Custom Shop Build Overview

This Martin Custom Shop Black Walnut 000 is part of a special Custom Shop edition available exclusively through select Martin dealers and visitors to the Nazareth, Pennsylvania factory.

Inspired by the earlier Cherry Hill Custom series, this newer Black Walnut build offers a distinctive tonal and visual alternative within the Martin lineup. This guitar was part of a carefully selected group ordered during multiple factory visits, where tonewoods were personally chosen to ensure standout quality and consistency.

Featuring a spruce top paired with Black Walnut back and sides, this guitar delivers a unique tonal profile that blends the warmth of mahogany with a touch of rosewood-like clarity and overtone presence.

Tone & Performance

Black Walnut offers a balanced and versatile voice that sits between traditional mahogany and rosewood tonal characteristics.

  • Warm, focused fundamentals with added clarity and sparkle
  • Balanced response across bass, mids, and highs
  • Excellent note separation for fingerstyle and light strumming
  • Controlled low-end with articulate high-end detail

The result is a highly musical and versatile instrument that performs beautifully in both recording and live settings.

Custom Shop Craftsmanship

Handcrafted in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, this instrument features Martin’s traditional dovetail neck joint and all-solid tonewood construction for maximum resonance and long-term stability.

The forward-shifted scalloped X-bracing enhances top movement, delivering improved responsiveness, projection, and sustain.

Visually, the guitar is elevated by European flamed maple binding, adding a refined contrast to the Black Walnut body and giving this instrument a distinctive Custom Shop aesthetic.

Why This Guitar Stands Out
  • Limited Custom Shop Black Walnut edition
  • Factory-access build inspired by the Cherry Hill series
  • Spruce top with Black Walnut back and sides
  • Unique tonal balance between mahogany warmth and rosewood clarity
  • European flamed maple binding upgrade
  • Forward-shifted scalloped bracing for enhanced responsiveness
  • Hand-selected during Martin factory visits
  • Handcrafted in Nazareth, Pennsylvania
  • Brand new with full Martin Lifetime Warranty

Serial Number: 2933307

Professionally inspected and ready to ship.

Features & Specifications
  • Construction: Mahogany Blocks / Dovetail Neck Joint
  • Top: Spruce
  • Bracing: Forward Shifted X – Scalloped 5/16"
  • Back & Sides: Black Walnut
  • Neck: Genuine Mahogany – Modified Low Oval
  • Fingerboard & Bridge: Ebony
  • Nut Width: 1 3/4"
  • Scale Length: 24.9"
  • Frets Clear: 14
  • Bridge Spacing: 2 5/32"
  • Nut & Saddle: Bone
  • Top Inlay: Style 18
  • Fingerboard Inlays: Old Style 18
  • Binding: European Flamed Maple
  • Tuners: Nickel Grover
  • Finish Top: Clear
  • Finish: Gloss Body / Satin Neck
  • Bridge Style: Modern Belly
  • Bridge & End Pins: Black
  • Pickguard: Tortoise
  • Case: Hardshell Case

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ConditionBrand New (New)
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Brand
Model
  • Custom Shop 000-18
Finish
  • Gloss
Year
  • 2025
Made In
  • United States
Pickup
  • None
Series
String Type
  • Steel
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Number of Strings
  • 6-String
Model Family
Body Shape
  • 000
Active Preamp
  • No
Number of Frets
  • 20

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