Martin Standard Series 000-18 Acoustic Guitar

The Martin 000-18 is an iconic acoustic, trusted by generations of players for its balanced tone and legendary craftsmanship. Its Auditorium body size delivers a rich, even voice with perfect balance across all six strings, making it ideal for everything from intricate fingerstyle to strumming full-bodied chords. Handcrafted with a solid spruce top and solid mahogany back and sides, the 000-18 offers a bright treble response, punchy midrange, and impressive projectionall in a classic, comfortable design. The satin neck with a Golden Era (GE) Modified Low Oval profile, high-performance taper, and 24.9″ scale length ensures unmatched playability. Elegant ebony details, including the bridge, bridge pins, and fingerboard with abalone dot inlays, enhance its timeless design. Complete with aging toner on its top, black binding, and nickel open gear tuners, the 000-18 is a guitar you can trust to unleash the artist within.

Martins refreshed Standard Series for 2025 enhances tone, comfort, and style. Sitka spruce GE top bracing, as featured on the Modern Deluxe Series, delivers vintage-inspired tone and sustain, while updates like a reimagined neck profile, thinner fingerboard, and refined bridge and heel improve playability and aesthetics. Each guitar includes a hardshell case.

SPECIFICATIONS

Overview

• Body Size: 000-14 Fret
• Finish Top: Gloss
• Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint
• Back and Side Finish: Gloss
• Bracing Pattern: X-Brace
• Scale Length: 24.9″
• Brace Shape: GE-Scalloped
• Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4”
• Top Material: Spruce
• Neck Shape: GE Modified Low Oval
• Back Material: Mahogany
• Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper
• Side Material: Mahogany
• Electronics: None

Top

• Top Color: Aging Toner
• Bridge Style: GE Modern Belly – Drop in Saddle
• Binding: Black
• Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32″
• Top Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
• Bridge Material: Ebony
• Top Detail: None
• Bridge Pin Material: Ebony
• Pickguard: Faux Tortoise
• Bridge Pin Dots: None
• Pickguard Inlay: None
• Saddle: Compensated Bone
• Rosette: Old Style 18 Multi-Stripe
• Saddle Radius: 16″

Body

• Brace Material: Spruce
• Back and Sides Color: Dark Mahogany
• Brace Size: 1/4″
• Back Detail: None
• Back Purfling/Strip: Style 18
• Back Inlay Material: None
• Heelcap: Black
• Side Detail: None
• Endpiece: Black
• Side Inlay Material: None
• Endpiece Inlay: None

Neck

• Neck Material: Select Hardwood
• Fingerboard Material: Ebony
• Finish Neck: Satin
• Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8″
• Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
• Fingerboard Inlay Style: Old Style 18
• Number of Frets Total: 20
• Fingerboard Inlay Material: Abalone
• Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
• Fingerboard Binding Material: None
• Side Dots: White

Headstock

• Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper
• Tuning Machines: Nickel Open Gear
• Headplate Material: East Indian Rosewood
• Knob: Butterbean
• Headplate Logo Style: Script Old Style Overlay
• Nut Material: Bone
• Headplate Binding Material: None
• Headplate Detail: None

Misc

• Case: Hardshell
• Left Handed Availability: true
• Label: None
• Pleked: true