While often overshadowed by its larger counterparts, the mighty 00-18 Standard Series acoustic guitar holds its own in tone and articulation. This guitar offers a warm, soft voice when played gently and a lively, bold bark when you dig in. Its shorter scale length makes bending notes effortless, and with a strap, it’s incredibly comfortable—arguably the perfect size for any player. It feels like an extension of your body, striking a perfect balance: big enough to project beautifully, yet compact enough for easy handling.
The high-performance neck ensures exceptional comfort and playability. Aesthetically, the aged toner on the top, paired with the tortoise binding and pickguard, gives the 00-18 a timeless vintage allure. The ebony fretboard, rosewood headplate, and rich mahogany back and sides create a visual harmony that’s both classic and refined.
Martin has thoughtfully reincorporated the finest design elements from previous iterations, while updating the tone and playability to meet modern preferences. The result is an instrument as lush and resonant as any 00-18 you’ll encounter, with harmonics that sing like distant bells.
The updated standard series model now features Golden Era Sitka Spruce bracing for a vintage, breathy tone with enhanced sustain, a Golden Era modern belly bridge with smoother and more comfortable corners, thin comfort beveled fingerboards, bone bridge pins, a long diamond neck transition, a cut angle on the nut, and a vintage style heel. A lot of these key features have only been available at custom and vintage style models, but not anymore!
Serial #6606
From Martin:
The Martin 00-18 is a trusted classic, beloved for its balanced and timeless tone. Its smaller, comfortable Grand Concert body size delivers a focused voice, with clear trebles and warm bass, making it perfect for intricate fingerstyle playing and dynamic, nuanced strumming. Handcrafted with a solid spruce top and solid mahogany back and sides, the 00-18 offers a bright treble response, punchy midrange, and the dependable projection players have relied on for generations. Its satin neck with a Golden Era (GE) Modified Low Oval profile, high-performance taper, and 24.9" scale length provides unmatched comfort, while ebony details, including the bridge, bridge pins, and fingerboard with abalone dot inlays, enhance its iconic design. Complete with aging toner on its top, black binding, and nickel open gear tuners, the 00-18 is a guitar you can trust to unleash the artist within.
Martin’s refreshed Standard Series for 2025 enhances tone, comfort, and style. Sitka spruce GE top bracing, as featured on the Modern Deluxe Series, delivers vintage-inspired tone and sustain, while updates like a reimagined neck profile, thinner fingerboard, and refined bridge and heel improve playability and aesthetics. Each guitar includes a hardshell case.
Specifications
- Back and Side Finish: Gloss
- Back and Sides Color: Dark Mahogany
- Back Detail: None
- Back Inlay Material: None
- Back Material: Mahogany
- Back Purfling/Strip: Old Style 18
- Binding: Black
- Body Size: 00-14 Fret
- Brace Material: Spruce
- Brace Shape: GE-Scalloped
- Brace Size: 1/4"
- Bracing Pattern: X-Brace
- Bridge Material: Ebony
- Bridge Pin Dots: None
- Bridge Pin Material: Ebony
- Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32"
- Bridge Style: GE Modern Belly - Drop in Saddle
- Case: Hardshell
- Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint
- Electronics: None
- Endpiece Inlay: None
- Endpiece: Black
- Fingerboard Binding Material: None
- Fingerboard Inlay Material: Abalone
- Fingerboard Inlay Style: 18 Old Style
- Fingerboard Material: Ebony
- Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8''
- Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4''
- Finish Neck: Satin
- Finish Top: Gloss
- Headplate Binding Material: None
- Headplate Detail: None
- Headplate Logo Style: Script Old Style Overlay
- Headplate Material: East Indian Rosewood
- Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper
- Heelcap: Black
- Knob: Butterbean
- Label: None
- Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
- Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
- Neck Material: Select Hardwood
- Neck Shape: GE Modified Low Oval
- Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper
- Number of Frets Total: 20
- Nut Material: Bone
- Pickguard Inlay: None
- Pickguard: Faux Tortoise
- Pleked: Yes
- Rosette: Old Style 18 Multi-Stripe
- Saddle Radius: 16"
- Saddle: Compensated Bone
- Scale Length: 24.9"
- Side Detail: None
- Side Dots: White
- Side Inlay Material: None
- Side Material: Mahogany
- Top Color: Aging Toner
- Top Detail: None
- Top Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
- Top Material: Spruce
- Tuning Machines: Nickel Open Gear
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