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Martin Custom Shop D-18

Name: Martin Custom Shop D-18
Brand: Martin
Price: 5929.0 CAD
Availability: BackOrder

Pre-orderMartin part 10CMD182025

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$5,929 CAD

Finish: Natural

By placing a pre-order you agree to our Pre-order Terms.

Time of arrival for special orders varies by product.
It can be anywhere from two weeks up to several months. After you order, we check with the supplier and email you an ETA. Want an estimate before you order?

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Shipped insured from Ottawa
Free shipping over $200

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Our take

Who this one is for

The Custom Shop D-18 is a 14-fret dreadnought in genuine mahogany with an Adirondack spruce top in Aging Toner. The braces are Adirondack as well, hand-shaped and GE-scalloped in the Forward-Shifted X-Brace pattern, and the trim leans old: faux tortoise binding and guard, an Old Style 18 multi-stripe rosette, Old Style 18 abalone inlays on ebony and an East Indian rosewood headplate with an Authentic Style script logo.

The neck is a GE Modified Low Oval with the High-Performance Taper and a 1 3/4" nut on a 25.4" scale, with a bone nut and saddle and nickel open-gear tuners. Martin's description is of a strong, resonant dreadnought.

Next to the Standard Series D-18, the changes are the Adirondack top and bracing and the genuine mahogany. For the hide-glue build with VTS-aged woods and a 1937 neck, look at the D-18 Authentic 1937. We'd point a player here who wants an Adirondack top and the High-Performance Taper neck together.

SPECIFICATIONS

BODY
Country of Origin: USA (Nazareth, Pennsylvania)
Body Size: D-14 Fret
Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint
Back Material: Genuine Mahogany
Side Material: Genuine Mahogany
Back and Sides Finish: Gloss
Back and Sides Color: Dark Mahogany
Back Purfling/Strip: Style 18
Bracing Pattern: Forward-Shifted X-Brace
Brace Shape: GE-Scalloped Hand Shaped
Brace Material: Adirondack Spruce
Brace Size: 5/16"
Endpiece: Faux Tortoise
Top Material: Adirondack Spruce
Finish Top: 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: Select Hardwood
Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
Finish Neck: Satin
Scale Length: 25.4"
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: Butterbean
Nut Material: Bone

CASE
Case: Hardshell

Bench inspected

Every instrument crosses our bench before it ships, and on an online order that setup is free. It can cover the frets, hardware, truss rod, action, nut slots, intonation, pickup heights and electronics, whatever the guitar needs.

Shipped insured

Free insured shipping in Canada on orders over $200.

Financing

Pay in full and you can spread the cost with PayPlan by RBC or Shop Pay Installments, with the exact terms shown at checkout. Financing never changes the price of the guitar. How financing works

Authorized dealer

Full manufacturer warranty on every new instrument.

Three generations

In the family since 1945, with a player answering your questions before and after you order.

Free with online orders

Set up your way

What a setup can cover

Whatever your guitar needs, it gets. None of it is an upcharge.

Frets polished
Fretboard conditioned
Hardware tightened
Fresh strings, your choice
Truss rod adjusted
Action set at the bridge
Nut slots detailed
Saddles radiused, where they are individual
Vibrato springs adjusted
Intonation set
Pickup height set
Electronics checked

Set up by Ian Vance, Fender Custom Shop Technician and Taylor Gold Level Technician

Strings

Gauge

Action

Tuning

Anything else How you play, a problem you have had with past setups, a request the list does not cover.

Pre-orders

Questions we get

How much do I pay today?

Your choice: the full price, or a 25% deposit. On a deposit, the balance is due when the guitar reaches the shop, before it ships to you. A deposit is paid by card or PayPal. Shop Pay, Apple Pay and Google Pay can't take one.

When will it arrive?

It varies by product, anywhere from two weeks up to several months. If you'd like a date for this model first, ask us in the chat and we'll check with the supplier before you order. If you're ready now, go ahead: we confirm the ETA by email once your order is in, and if it changes, we let you know and you can cancel.

Can I cancel?

Yes, any time before the supplier invoices it and ships it to us. We refund what you paid less 3% to cover the card processing fee.

Once it has shipped to us it is a special order and final sale. If it arrives with something wrong, we put that right.

What if the price goes up before it arrives?

You pay the price you ordered at. Once your order is placed we hold that price, even if the supplier raises it before the guitar arrives.

Is the free setup included?

Yes. A pre-order is an online order, so it gets the same free setup: it crosses our bench before it ships, set up the way you choose. The setup menu above shows what that covers.

Do I pay duty or brokerage on a US order?

No. Duty, taxes, brokerage and customs on a US order are handled at our end before the instrument leaves Ottawa. It arrives at your door with nothing to pay.

Orders going anywhere outside Canada and the United States work differently. The shipping and returns policy sets out which is which.

Can I finance it?

Yes, if you are in Canada and paying in full. Pick PayPlan by RBC or Shop Pay Installments as your payment method at checkout. The plan, the rate and the approval sit with the provider, and you see the terms before you agree to anything. You pay a deposit by card or PayPal.