The Player’s Choice for Tone and Comfort
There’s a reason the 000-18 is a stone-cold classic. It’s the perfect blend of warmth, clarity, and player-focused design that feels like an old friend from the first strum. The combination of a solid Sitka Spruce top and genuine Mahogany back and sides delivers that dry, woody, and articulate tone that records like a dream and sits perfectly in any mix. Martin’s scalloped X-bracing allows the top to breathe and resonate freely, giving this compact Auditorium-sized guitar a shocking amount of punch and dynamic range.
Engineered for Performance
The neck is where this guitar truly sings. Martin’s Modified Low Oval profile with the High-Performance Taper is a modern player’s dream—fast, comfortable, and consistent all the way up the ebony fingerboard. The shorter 24.9″ scale length makes bends feel a little slinkier and gives the overall tone a warmth and bloom that’s incredibly inspiring. It’s a neck that just begs you to play for hours on end.
Timeless Style
From the Aging Toner on the spruce top to the Old Style 18 appointments and open-gear tuners, this 000-18 has an understated, vintage-inspired elegance. It’s a workhorse guitar that looks as good as it sounds, built with the legendary dovetail neck joint for a lifetime of stability and resonance. It’s everything you need, and nothing you don’t—a pure, tone-first instrument for the discerning musician.
