1946 Martin 000-18

1946 Martin 000-18  

SPECS

Weight: 3.6 lbs 

Case: Hardshell Case

Year: 1946

Condition: Very good with plenty of years of wear/dings/scratching throughout.  Guitar has a ton of character and has been played.   Please take a look at our listing photos for a detailed look at the guitars condition.  There are a handful of various repairs that have been done to the guitar and well as a few modifications that are outlined in our tech notes section below.  

Year: 1946

Tech Notes:  This vintage Martin acoustic has been fully inspected, cleaned, and tested. The hardware and electronics are in proper working order, and the fretboard has been cleaned with the frets polished.

There’s some fret wear, most noticeably under the B and high E strings from frets 1–7, but it does not affect playability in any way. The guitar plays cleanly with no fret buzz or choking. Despite the lack of an adjustable truss rod, the neck is set perfectly with minimal relief and a comfortable medium/low action. Intonation is excellent across the entire neck, especially in open chord positions.

This instrument has clearly lived a long musical life, it’s been played extensively and loved for good reason. It shows the honest marks of a players guitar wear with a few dings, cracks, and well-done repairs. It’s been properly maintained and remains a wonderful, responsive player with many more years left ahead.

This guitar delivers a remarkably full, controlled low-end response and sounds much bigger than you’d expect from a traditional 000 body. The tone is beautifully balanced across all strings, from fingerpicking to heavier single note bluegrass picking, making this acoustic incredibly hard to put down.

Mods/Repairs/Issues: 

• Non - Original Saddle
• Non - Original Tuners
• 2 Body plugs on top and 1 side output jack plug from previous pickup install. 
• A couple side cracks repaired and patched internally and are structurally stable. Properly repaired/patched/resprayed to match finish. 
• Neck Reset
• Re-fretted in the past
• Some grain cracks/back cracks are properly stabilized 
• Upper Brace Re-glued/repaired

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Body Measurements:

• Lower Bout: 15"
• Waist: 9 1/4"
• Upper Bout: 11 1/2"
  
• Body Length: 19 1/4"
  
  
• Lower Bout Depth: 3 7/8"
• Waist Depth: 3 3/4"
  
• Upper Bout Depth: 3 1/2"

Neck Profile: Fat Soft "V" 

Neck Thickness: 1st: 0.91" / 10th: 1.08"

Fingerboard Radius: 16"

Nut Width: 1 11/16"

Scale Length: 24.9"

Electronics Layout: Volume x1 on Humbucker pickup

Pickups: Fishman Rare Earth Magnet Acoustic Soundhole Humbucker Pickup 
(uses 1 x 3V CR11108 or 2 x 1.5V LR-44 batteries for 240 hours of playtime)

String Gauge: 13 - 56 (Martin Phos Bronze Lifespan 2.0 MA550T)

Tools Included: None

Please note: All measurements are taken in-house. While we strive for accuracy, slight variations may occur compared to manufacturer specifications due to the nature of hand-measuring.

SETUP & INSPECTED BY OUR TECH TEAM

All of our guitars come with a FREE professional setup to a comfortable action as specified by that instrument’s manufacturer. Our setups always include inspection of (and necessary adjustment to): action, intonation, tremolo angle, truss rod, frets, nut, bridge, and more. We can accommodate special setup requests - additional charges and/or shipping delays of 1-2 business days could occur.

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