1942 Martin 00-18
$15495 USD
($22777.65 CAD)
For more details contact us at info@folkwaymusic.com or 855-772-0424.
With a beguiling voice, ultra-light build and beautiful vintage patina, this 1942 Martin 00-18 scores high marks with us. It’s an ebony neck-rod model with a scallop-braced red spruce top and delivers a wonderfully open, resonant, warm, and dark tone with a dynamic touch sensitivity and lots of headroom. A beautiful option for fingerstyle or melodic flatpicking alike, this guitar leaves you with little, if anything, else to want in a 00-sized flat-top.
In excellent condition, this 1942 00-18 remains largely original and free of any significant issues. There is a pickguard-margin crack and short hairline crack below the bridge, both of which have been glued. There are no back or side cracks, and all the guitars bracing is intact and in lovely condition. Original bridge and bridge plate, original finish throughout. The frets, saddle, pins and tuning machines are replacements. The bridge’s saddle slot has been filled and recut for correct intonation, a minor modification that many early 1940s Martins need in order to play in tune. The neck has been reset and there remains minor top damage visible alongside the fretboard’s edge. The guitar’s action is set at 5-7 64ths, with a full saddle height available for any downward adjustment desired.
The neck has a very soft V (almost C) carve with a 1-11/16” width at the nut, .822” 1st fret depth, and a scale of 24.9”. String spread at the saddle is 2-5/32”.
With modern hardshell case
In excellent condition, this 1942 00-18 remains largely original and free of any significant issues. There is a pickguard-margin crack and short hairline crack below the bridge, both of which have been glued. There are no back or side cracks, and all the guitars bracing is intact and in lovely condition. Original bridge and bridge plate, original finish throughout. The frets, saddle, pins and tuning machines are replacements. The bridge’s saddle slot has been filled and recut for correct intonation, a minor modification that many early 1940s Martins need in order to play in tune. The neck has been reset and there remains minor top damage visible alongside the fretboard’s edge. The guitar’s action is set at 5-7 64ths, with a full saddle height available for any downward adjustment desired.
The neck has a very soft V (almost C) carve with a 1-11/16” width at the nut, .822” 1st fret depth, and a scale of 24.9”. String spread at the saddle is 2-5/32”.
With modern hardshell case