1965 Martin D-18 Natural

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This guitar is alive. It sounds so good, as do most that have been played as much as this one has.

It came in with some issues. I hate seeing an old Martin like that so I sent it off to our friend Jeff Hoppe at South Sound Guitar Works up in Tacoma, Washington. Jeff has done quite a few guitars for us now, and he never disappoints.

The guitar received a neck reset and a refret along with a new saddle to get the action all dialed in. This also greatly improved what was already an excellent sounding guitar. A pickguard area crack was stabilized. Three side cracks were stabilized and an old under saddle pickup was removed. The endpin jack was removed and a NoJack was installed to allow installation of a standard endpin.

It appears that the original bridge plate was changed at some point. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it just looks too fresh.

The top and back are free of cracks, other than the typical pickguard shrinkage crack of course. The top obviously shows extensive wear. The neck is also free of repairs. The tuners and the pickguard are original.

The guitar is big and bright sounding. It is a cannon.

Included is a recent Martin hardshell case.

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Color: Natural
Weight: 4lbs 8.2ozs
Top: Spruce
Body: Mahogany
Neck: Mahogany
Fretboard: Rosewood
Inlays: Mother of pearl
Frets: Re-fret
Fret count: 20
Nut/Saddle material: Bone
Nut width: 1 5/8"
Scale: 25.4"
Radius: 16"
Neck thickness at 1st Fret: 0.81"
Neck thickness at 10th Fret: 1.01"
Action 1st String at 12th Fret: 1.5mm
Action 6th String at 10th Fret: 2mm
Total length: 40 1/4"
Body length: 19 15/16"
Lower bout: 15 9/16"
Waist: 11"
Upper bout: 11 7/16"
Body depth/thickness: 5"
String gauge: .012-.053"
Pickguard: Original
Bridge: Reproduction
Tuners: Original
Case: Martin HSC
Notes: Top crack next to the pickguard and one located in the lower bout lower side have been professionally repaired. The guitar was just re-fretted and a new bridge and bridge plate installed.