2016 Martin 0-18A VTS Amberburst

This is a gorgeous Amberburst 0M-18A Vintage Tone System (VTS) with a K and K mini pickup installed that sounds, well, Authentically acoustic…

Martin made this extremely realistic and historically accurate Authentic by means of a original copy that was on loan from Fred Oster of Vintage Instruments.They put this guitar through a CAT-scanner in the Smithsonian Institute to take the exact measurements down to the tiniest detail.

This OM-18A consists of mahogany sides and back, paired with an Adirondack spruce top and an Authentic 1933 “Barrel and Heel” mahogany neck with T-bar, constructed entirely with Hide-glue. The top is supported by an Adirondack X-brace and, along with the ebony bridge with long saddle, is the final piece of the puzzle that makes this OM18 sound so ‘Authentic’. The sound is perfectly balanced with deep basses and clear highs. This Martin is further dressed in a warm Ambertone finish with features such as the striking black binding, tortoise pickguard, dot fingerboard inlays, Waverly machine heads and the classic script Martin logo. The condition of this guitar is Mint and I don’t say that lightly. Even the pickguard has no marks and I cannot find a mark anywhere else. The neck is a little under .900″ thick at the first fret and the action at the 12th fret is 3 x 2.5 32nds. It has a Tortoise Pickguard, Black Binding, and a Multi-Stripe Rosette. The Neck wood is Mahogany. The Neck Profile is rounded C and the Ebony Fingerboard Radius is16″ . The Neck is Detailed with Old Style 18 Abalone Inlay, Rosewood Headstock Overlay Nut width is 1-3/4″ and the string spacing at the bridge is 2-3/8″ The scale is 25.4″ Tuners: Waverly Nickel Open Gears with a K and K mini pickup that sounds just clear and woody…Great guitar!!!

Model: OM-18 Authentic 1933
Construction: Mahogany Blocks/Dovetail Neck Joint – Hide Glue Construction
Body Size: 000-14 Fret
Top: Solid Adirondack Spruce
Rosette: Old Style 18
Top Bracing Pattern: Standard ”X” Scalloped (Authentic Style) – Circa 1933
Top Braces: Solid Adirondack Spruce 5/16”
Back Material: Solid Genuine Mahogany
Back Purfling: Solid Madagascar Rosewood Strip
Side Material: Solid Genuine Mahogany
Endpiece: Solid Madagascar Rosewood in a Narrow 1933 Shaped
Endpiece Inlay: none
Binding: Black Boltaron
Top Inlay Style: Multiple Black/White Boltaron
Side Inlay: none
Back Inlay: none
Neck Material: Solid Genuine Mahogany
Neck Shape: Authentic 1933 Barrel and Heel
Nut Material: Solid Black Ebony
Headstock: Solid/1939 Taper
Headplate: Solid Madagascar Rosewood/Authentic Style (1933) Gold Lettering w/No Black Outline
Heelcover: Solid Black Ebony
Fingerboard Material: Solid Black Ebony
Scale Length: 25.4”
Number of Frets Clear: 14
Number of Frets Total: 20
Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1-3/4”
Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2-1/4”
Fingerboard Position Inlays: Old Style 18
Fingerboard Binding: none
Finish Back & Sides: Polished Gloss w/Aging Toner
Finish Top: Polished Gloss w/Aging Toner – 1933 Chris Hillman Shaded
Finish Neck: Polished Gloss w/Aging Toner
Bridge Material: Solid Black Ebony
Bridge Style: Authentic Style Belly w/Long Saddle
Bridge String Spacing: 2-3/8”
Saddle: 16” Radius/Fossilized Ivory
Tuning Machines: Waverly Nickel 8060 w/Butterbean Knobs
Recommended Strings: Martin Bronze Medium Gauge (M150)
Bridge & End Pins: Black
Pickguard: Delmar Tortoise Color
Case: 533V Harptone style
Interior Label: none