For sale is a 2011 D-18 Authentic 1937 in excellent overall condition. These guitars are rare and don't come up for sale often, for good reason. This is an outstanding example with all the volume and headroom you'd expect from a guitar built to pre-war specs, but is also ultra responsive to a light touch. It's an absolute powerhouse of a guitar.

Neck angle on this guitar is spot on - action measures 6/64" and 4/64" at the 12th fret with .004-.005" relief with EJ17 medium strings, nut slots are filed to fret height. The frets show a little bit of wear, but have plenty of life left. The guitar plays cleanly up and down the neck with no buzzing.

Condition-wise, this guitar is in excellent overall shape, especially considering its age. It has a few very minor indentations on the top, typical swirling in the finish from wiping/handling, and a ding on the top of the headstock.

Original case included, specs below.

Adirondack Spruce top
Mahogany back and sides
Adirondack Spruce forward shifted scalloped bracing
Mahogany neck with Authentic 1937 Barrel and Heel
Old Style 18 rosette
Brazilian Rosewood headstock overlay with old style logo
Ebony fretboard, 1930’s bridge and heelcap
Bone nut and saddle
B/W top purfling
Black body binding
Waverly Nickel tuners with oval buttons
Delmar Tortoise endpiece in narrow 1937 shape
Brazilian Rosewood backstrip
Pearl Old Style 18 dot inlays
Ebony pins
1 3/4″ nut width
25.4″ scale length
2 5/16″ saddle spacing
Original Authentic style brown hardshell case