The Custom Shop 0-18 is a 0-14 Fret in genuine mahogany with an Adirondack spruce top, braced with hand-shaped, GE-Scalloped Adirondack X-bracing. Body and neck are in Vintage Gloss, over an Aging Toner top.
The neck is genuine mahogany in the GE Modified Low Oval shape with the High-Performance Taper, 1 3/4" at the nut on a 24.9" scale. Faux tortoise binding and guard, an Old Style 18 rosette and Old Style 18 abalone inlays on ebony set the look, and the GE Modern Belly bridge carries a bone saddle.
Martin describes its voice as intimate and articulate. For the same Custom Shop build in East Indian rosewood with Style 28 trim, look at the Custom Shop 0-28. The Custom Shop 000-18 brings the mahogany and Adirondack pairing to a 000 with a Forward-Shifted X-Brace, and the 00-18 is the Standard Series mahogany 00.
SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
Country of Origin: USA (Nazareth, Pennsylvania)
Body Size: 0-14 Fret
Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint
Back Material: Genuine Mahogany
Side Material: Genuine Mahogany
Back and Sides Finish: Vintage Gloss
Back and Sides Color: Dark Mahogany
Back Purfling/Strip: Style 18
Bracing Pattern: X-Brace
Brace Shape: GE-Scalloped Hand Shaped
Brace Material: Adirondack Spruce
Brace Size: 1/4"
Endpiece: Faux Tortoise
Top Material: Adirondack Spruce
Finish Top: Vintage Gloss
Top Color: Aging Toner
Top Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
Binding: Faux Tortoise
Pickguard: Faux Tortoise
Rosette: Old Style 18 Multi-Stripe
NECK
Neck Shape: GE Modified Low Oval
Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper
Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany
Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
Finish Neck: Vintage Gloss
Scale Length: 24.9"
Number of Frets Total: 20
Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
Heelcap: Faux Tortoise
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8''
Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4''
Fingerboard Inlay Style: Old Style 18
Fingerboard Inlay Material: Abalone
Side Dots: White
Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper
Headplate Material: East Indian Rosewood
Headplate Logo Style: Authentic Style Script Overlay
Pleked: Yes
HARDWARE
Bridge Material: Ebony
Bridge Style: GE Modern Belly - Drop in Saddle
Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32"
Bridge Pin Material: Black Plastic
Saddle: Bone
Saddle Radius: 16"
Tuning Machines: Nickel Open Gear
Knob: Oval
Nut Material: Bone
CASE
Case: Hardshell




