Martin 0-18 1964 | $2775 | (v2250) By the mid-sixties, baby boomers were hot into folk guitars and Martin produced the 0-18 in pretty decent numbers to help fill that need. In 1964, 550 0-18s were made and cost $150, so a mid-sixties hippie would surely need a job to afford one! The model has become a popular one with guitarists in the past decade or so, with much appreciation of the power and clarity of the small-bodied acoustic.
The top is spruce featuring a rosewood bridge, a faux-tortoise pick guard, multiple binding rings and edged in faux-tortoise celluloid binding. The back and sides are mahogany. The neck is mahogany and features a Brazilian rosewood fingerboard. The headstock is overlaid in Brazilian and sports the C.F. Martin decal in gold.
The body measures 13 1/2" across at the lower bout. Scale length is a comfortable 25". The fingerboard measures 1 11/16" across at the nut, and string spacing is 2 3/16" at the saddle.
The guitar came to us with a number of prior repairs including a neck reset, top crack repairs, glued braces, a removed strap pin, and a small overlay on the bridge plate. We re-glued a brace and leveled and dressed the frets.
The guitar appears to have been a road warrior but is set up and solid now. The original finish shows signs of wear and use. Like all the small-body Martins, it plays well and produces a sound bigger than one would expect, great projectiona and clarity .. great for fingerpicking and studio work.
Comes with its likely original soft case.
Check out the sound clip!
The top is spruce featuring a rosewood bridge, a faux-tortoise pick guard, multiple binding rings and edged in faux-tortoise celluloid binding. The back and sides are mahogany. The neck is mahogany and features a Brazilian rosewood fingerboard. The headstock is overlaid in Brazilian and sports the C.F. Martin decal in gold.
The body measures 13 1/2" across at the lower bout. Scale length is a comfortable 25". The fingerboard measures 1 11/16" across at the nut, and string spacing is 2 3/16" at the saddle.
The guitar came to us with a number of prior repairs including a neck reset, top crack repairs, glued braces, a removed strap pin, and a small overlay on the bridge plate. We re-glued a brace and leveled and dressed the frets.
The guitar appears to have been a road warrior but is set up and solid now. The original finish shows signs of wear and use. Like all the small-body Martins, it plays well and produces a sound bigger than one would expect, great projectiona and clarity .. great for fingerpicking and studio work.
Comes with its likely original soft case.
Check out the sound clip!