Serial:  2848822

1937 was an excellent year for guitars with a perfect storm of craftsmanship, innovation, and materials. This Authentic Series replication of a 1937 D-18 stays true to the original with hide glue construction and historically accurate detailing. This guitar features genuine mahogany back and sides and an Adirondack spruce top, and it includes an Authentic circa 1937 bracing pattern. It includes period-correct "18" Authentic-style appointments and an Authentic neck barrel and heel, and new this year, a more accurate body profile based on dreadnought shapes from the early Golden Era of Martin’s history. Martin’s VINTAGE TONE SYSTEM® (VTS) is employed to age the top and braces, which captures the tone from the 1930s era. Martin’s craftspeople can recreate the pleasing visual aesthetics of a vintage guitar and reproduce the particular tones previously reserved for vintage instruments.

SPECIFICATIONS

BODY
Body Size: Authentic D-14 Fret
Top Material: Adirondack Spruce with VTS
Back Material: Genuine Mahogany
Side Material: Genuine Mahogany
Binding: Brown Tortoise Pattern
Bracing Pattern: Forward Shifted X-Brace
Brace Shape: Scalloped
Top Finish: Vintage Gloss
Back and Side Finish: Vintage Gloss

NECK
Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Scale: 25.4″
Neck Shape: Authentic 1937
Finish: Vintage Gloss
Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4″
Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/4”
Fingerboard Binding: None
Number of Frets: 20
Headstock Shape: Solid with 1937 Taper
Fingerboard Inlay Style: Old Style 18
Fingerboard Inlay Material: Abalone

HARDWARE
Bridge Style: Modern Belly – Glue in Long Saddle
Bridge String Spacing: 2 1/4″
Bridge Material: Ebony
Bridge Pin Material: Black Plastic
Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern
Saddle: Bone
Rosette: Old Style 18 Multi-Stripe
Saddle Radius: 16″
Tuning Machines: Waverly Nickel Open Gear

Case: Ply Hardshell