Serial: 3029770

The Martin Custom Shop 000-18 delivers classic Martin tone and feel in a highly playable, short-scale auditorium body built with premium tonewoods and traditional construction. Featuring a solid Adirondack spruce top paired with genuine mahogany back and sides, this Custom Shop model offers exceptional clarity, warmth, and dynamic response that works equally well for fingerpicking, strumming, and recording.

Hand-shaped Golden Era scalloped bracing and a traditional dovetail neck joint give this 000-18 a lively, open voice with vintage-inspired resonance. Subtle custom touches like faux tortoise binding and Old Style 18 fingerboard inlays round out a timeless design that captures the soul of classic Martins while remaining accessible and versatile for modern players.

• Adirondack spruce top for power, clarity, and headroom
• Genuine mahogany back and sides for warmth and balance
• Golden Era hand-scalloped bracing for vintage-inspired response
• Comfortable short-scale 000 body ideal for fingerstyle and light strumming
• Martin Custom Shop craftsmanship without a long custom wait
• Specifications

• Size: 000-14 Fret
• Top: Adirondack spruce
• Back & Sides: Genuine mahogany
• Bracing Pattern: X-brace
• Brace Shape: GE-scalloped, hand-shaped
• Finish: Gloss
• Top Color: Aging toner
• Binding: Faux tortoise

Neck

• Material: Select hardwood
• Profile: GE Modified Low Oval
• Scale Length: 24.9"
• Fingerboard: Ebony
• Nut Width: 1-3/4"
• Frets: 20
• Inlays: Old Style 18
• Neck Finish: Satin

• Bridge: Ebony
• Saddle: Bone
• Tuners: Nickel open-gear
• Pickguard: Faux tortoise

Electronics

• None

• Case: Hardshell case
• Recommended Strings: Martin Authentic Acoustic Lifespan 2.0 Light
• Left-handed version available from the factory

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