Martin 000-18 Sunburst Kenny Sultan Custom Edition Sunburst

Martin 000-18 Kenny Sultan Sunburst Custom Edition - No 103

West Coast bluesman Kenny Sultan is honored with the release of a modern version of the most coveted Martin guitar in Kenny's collection, the 1936 vintage 000-18. A kind of "old school" instrument with a few modern updates, the 000-18 Kenny Sultan Sunburst Custom Edition starts with a two-piece back and sides made of rare, fiddleback mahogany. The top is done in Adirondack spruce with scalloped, 1/4-inch thick spruce bracing. The neck is carved from mahogany, has a scale length of 24.9-inches with 20 total frets, and a two-way adjustable truss rod.

The rich and dark Kenny Sultan Sunburst finish contrasts nicely with the rosette featuring a single ring of herringbone pearl inlays sandwiched between black and white line inlays. The tapered headstock has a plate of polished ebony and sits atop a modified V-neck that measures 1 3/4-inch at the nut. Vintage features are an old-style tortoise pick guard, bone nut and compensated bone saddle, and plain black ebony bridge pins. You also get Waverly nickel open-gear tuners with butterbean knobs.

Other than some fingernail dings above bottom strings and some crazing on the head stock, this guitar is in amazing condition. 

I have had it a couple years now and have only played finger style on it.

These are very difficult to find even in California where the overwhelming majority were purchased as Kenny is known there in local circuits and by his guitar students.

Comes with original hard shell case.

MODEL: 000-18 Kenny Sultan Custom Signature Edition 

CONSTRUCTION: Dovetail Full Gloss 

BODY SIZE: 000-14 Fret (Short Scale) 

TOP: Adirondack Spruce 

ROSETTE: Single Ring Herringbone Pearl Inlay (B/W/B Inlay On Either Side Of Herringbone Pearl) 

TOP BRACES: Scalloped 1/4” Width, Adirondack Spruce 

BACK: Fiddleback Mahogany, 2 Piece 

BACK PURFLING: Fine Pattern Herringbone 

CUSTOM 000-18 Kenny Sultan Serial Number 

SIDES: Fiddleback Mahogany 

RIBBON: Spanish Cedar 

END PIECE: Tortoise Color 

END PIECE INLAY: None 

BINDING: Tortoise Color 

TOP INLAY: Black/White/Black/White/Black 

BACK INLAY: .0325” Black White (White Faces Tortoise) 

NECK: Genuine Mahogany, 10/4 With Wings, No Diamond 

NECK SHAPE: Modified V-Shape 

TRUSS ROD: 2 Way Adjustable 

HEADSTOCK: Solid Square Tapered 

HEADPLATE: Ebony, Unbound, MOP Decal Logo Inlaid 

HEELCAP: Ebony NUT: Genuine Bone 

FINGERBOARD: Black Ebony 

SCALE LENGTH: 24.9” 

# OF FRETS CLEAR: 14 

# OF FRETS TOTAL: 20 

FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT NUT: 1 3/4” 

FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT 12th FRET: 2 1/4” 

FINGERBOARD POSITION INLAYS: Diamonds & Squares, Short Pattern 

SIDE POSITION DOTS: White, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 12th (double), 15th, 17th 

FINGERBOARD BINDING: None 

FINISH BODY: Polished Gloss, Dark Mahogany Stain, Dark Filler 

FINISH TOP: “Kenny Sultan” Unique Sunburst Masked Herringbone Pearl, Rosette & Top Inlays 

FINISH NECK: Polished Gloss Complete, Dark Mahogany Stain, Dark Filler 

BRIDGE: Black Ebony 

BRIDGE STYLE: Belly, 2 5/16” Bridge Spacing 

SADDLE: Genuine Bone, Compensated Drop-In (Not Long) 

TUNING MACHINES: Waverly Nickel With Butterbean Knobs 

BRIDGE & END PINS: Plain Ebony (Gurian) 

PICKGUARD: Acetate Nitrate Laminate, Polished & Beveled 

CASE: Hardshell Case 

INTERIOR LABEL(S): Personally Signed By Kenny Sultan Numbered In Sequence Without Total