Custom Shop Build Overview
This Martin Custom Shop 000-18 Golden Era is a refined small-body acoustic that blends vintage Martin character with modern precision and playability.
Built with a solid Adirondack spruce top and genuine mahogany back and sides, this 000-18 GE delivers a clear, articulate voice with excellent dynamic range. The Adirondack top provides added headroom and responsiveness, while the mahogany body keeps the tone warm, focused, and balanced.
The 000 (Auditorium) body size offers a more controlled, intimate tonal response compared to a dreadnought, making it an ideal choice for players who value clarity, balance, and note separation.
Tone & Performance
This Golden Era 000-18 is exceptionally responsive, with a voice that excels in both subtle and dynamic playing situations.
- Quick response and headroom from the Adirondack spruce top
- Warm, focused midrange with clean, articulate highs
- Excellent note separation for fingerstyle playing
- Balanced tonal output ideal for recording and live performance
The result is a guitar that feels lively, expressive, and highly controlled across the entire fretboard.
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 Golden Era scalloped Adirondack bracing allows the top to move freely, enhancing responsiveness, sustain, and tonal complexity.
Vintage-inspired details including Waverly open-gear tuners, bone nut and saddle, and Style 18 appointments complete the build with an authentic pre-war aesthetic.
Why This Guitar Stands Out
- Martin Custom Shop 000-18 Golden Era build
- Adirondack spruce top for dynamic range and clarity
- Mahogany back and sides for warm, focused tone
- Golden Era scalloped Adirondack bracing
- 000 body size for balance, control, and articulation
- Premium vintage-style appointments including Waverly tuners
- Handcrafted in Nazareth, Pennsylvania
- Brand new with full Martin Lifetime Warranty
Serial Number: 2714342
Professionally inspected and ready to ship.
Features & Specifications
- Construction: Mahogany Blocks / Dovetail Neck Joint
- Top: Adirondack Spruce
- Bracing: Golden Era Scalloped X – Adirondack 1/4"
- Back & Sides: Mahogany
- 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
- Rosette: Old Style 18
- Fingerboard Inlays: Old Style 18 Select Abalone
- Binding: Black
- Tuners: Waverly Open-Gear
- Finish Top: Aging Toner
- Finish: Gloss Body & Headstock / High Sheen Satin Neck
- Bridge Style: Modern Belly
- Bridge & End Pins: Black
- Pickguard: Tortoise
- Case: Geib Hardshell
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