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Key Features
- GE scalloped bracing delivers a vintage tone with enhanced sustain and warmth
- Modern belly bridge offers smoother, more comfortable playability
- Ebony bridge pins improve resonance and tonal clarity
- Vintage-style heel and angled nut create a classic, refined aesthetic
Martin D-18 (2025) Overview
The Martin D-18 Refreshed is a masterfully crafted acoustic guitar that blends vintage charm with modern enhancements. Featuring Golden Era scalloped Sitka spruce bracing, it delivers a rich, resonant tone with exceptional sustain. The GE modern belly bridge with smoother edges enhances playability, providing an exceptionally comfortable playing experience. Its solid mahogany back and sides, paired with an ebony fingerboard, offer a warm, balanced sound ideal for a myriad of playing styles.
This beautiful guitar boasts classic aesthetic updates, including a long diamond neck transition, an angled nut, and a sleek vintage-style heel. Bone or ebony bridge pins further enrich resonance and tonal clarity. The satin-finished neck ensures a smooth, fast feel, making this guitar as enjoyable to play as it is to hear. The Martin D-18 Refreshed offers gives you all the glory of a golden era D-18 only with modern comfort enhancing features.
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Full Description
View Full DescriptionGolden era scalloped bracing for vintage tone
The Martin D-18 Refreshed features Golden Era scalloped Sitka spruce bracing, a design inspired by Martin's legendary guitars from the late 1920s to the early 1940s. This bracing pattern enhances the guitar's resonance and projection, delivering a warm, open sound with remarkable sustain. The lighter, more responsive top allows for greater dynamic range, making each note richer and more expressive. This vintage-inspired feature brings an authentic, breathy tone that improves beautifully over time.
Modern belly bridge for improved comfort
Designed with player comfort in mind, the GE modern belly bridge on the Martin D-18 Refreshed has smoother, rounded edges that offer a more comfortable playing experience. This subtle refinement makes a significant difference during extended playing sessions by reducing hand fatigue and providing a natural hand position. Beyond comfort, the bridge enhances the guitar’s tonal transfer, contributing to its clear, resonant voice and balanced sustain.
Premium tonewoods for balanced sound
Crafted with a solid Sitka spruce top and solid mahogany back and sides, the Martin D-18 Refreshed produces a balanced tone with a rich midrange and crisp trebles. The spruce top provides clarity and dynamic range, while the mahogany body adds warmth and depth. This combination of premium tonewoods results in a versatile sound, suitable for fingerpicking, strumming, and flatpicking. The natural gloss finish enhances the wood’s visual appeal while allowing it to resonate freely.
Refined vintage aesthetics with modern playability
The Martin D-18 Refreshed pays homage to its heritage with vintage-inspired design updates. It features a long diamond neck transition, an angled nut, and a sleek vintage-style heel for a classic, elegant look. Paired with a satin-finished neck and a gently bevelled fingerboard edge, these updates offer a smoother, faster playing feel. Subtle yet impactful, these aesthetic refinements blend traditional craftsmanship with contemporary comfort, making the D-18 both visually stunning and highly playable.
Specifications
- Product Name: Martin D-18 Refreshed
- Product Code: CFM-GTR-D18
Body
- Top wood: Solid Sitka spruce with Golden Era scalloped bracing
- Back and sides: Solid mahogany
- Body finish: Gloss
- Bracing pattern: Forward shifted X brace
- Bridge: Ebony with GE modern belly drop-in saddle
- Binding: Black
- Body size: D-14 fret
Neck & fretboard
- Neck material: Select hardwood
- Neck finish: Satin
- Neck shape: Modified low oval with high-performance taper
- Fingerboard material: Ebony
- Fingerboard inlays: Old Style 18 abalone inlays
- Fingerboard binding: None
- Nut width: 1 3/4"
- Scale length: 25.4"
Hardware
- Bridge pins: Ebony
- Nut material: Bone
- Saddle: Compensated bone
- Tuners: Nickel open gear with butterbean knobs
- Pickguard: Tortoise pattern
- Electronics: None
- Case: Hardshell case included
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