Detail 01
VTS-treated Italian Alpine spruce top
The top uses Martin’s Vintage Tone System treatment and is described as resonant with added depth and character.
Product detailSKU #1500000456024
Martin Custom Shop18 Style Italian Alpine Spruce VTS-Wild Grain East Indian Rosewood Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Toasted Burst
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Independent shopping perspective
The Korena take
The Custom Shop 18 Style is a dreadnought built with an Italian Alpine spruce VTS top and wild grain East Indian rosewood back and sides. It is voiced for a bold, full sound with clear articulation and projection, making it suited to studio work and live sets. The forward-shifted X-bracing is designed to react quickly to changes in picking dynamics, while the low-profile mahogany neck and ebony fingerboard support movement across the 20-fret layout. Rosewood binding and a Tree of Life pickguard complete the visual treatment.
Strong match
Who this is for
- Studio sessions and live sets needing a projecting dreadnought with clear articulation.
- Complex fingerstyle passages or forceful strumming with changing picking dynamics.
Consider the trade-offs
When to look elsewhere
- Left-handed players; this is a right-handed guitar.
What matters in use
The specifications, translated
Catalog numbers tell only part of the story. These are the details most likely to change how this product feels, sounds, or fits into a setup.
Detail 02
Waverly nickel tuning machines
They are intended to hold pitch steadily and allow quick adjustments.
Detail 03
Hardshell case
A hardshell case is included for travel and storage.
Final check
Know before you order
- 01The nut width is 1.75 inches and the scale length is 25.4 inches.
- 02The guitar has a 14-fret body joint and 20 frets.
Product questions
Before you decide
Straight answers to the questions shoppers most often ask about this product.
01What wood is used for the back and sides?
The back and sides are wild grain East Indian rosewood.
02Which pickguard does it have?
It has a black pickguard with a Tree of Life inlay.
Reference
Full specifications
The complete catalog record, organized around the decisions musicians make when comparing gear.
7 detailsPlayability
- Orientation
- Right handed
- Bridge string spacing
- 2.15625"
- Number of frets
- 20
- Number of frets to body
- 14
- Number of Frets
- 20
- Number of Strings
- Authentic Acoustic Lifespan 2.0
- Scale Length
- 25.4"
17 detailsBody & build
- Bridge Type
- Modern belly
- Color
- Black
- Top finish
- Gloss
- Side materials
- Wild grain East Indian rosewood
- Body Material
- Wild grain East Indian rosewood
- Top Material
- Italian alpine spruce VTS
- Neck finish
- Satin
- Neck Wood
- Genuine mahogany
- Body wood
- Wild grain East Indian rosewood
- Neck wood
- Genuine mahogany
- Fingerboard Material
- Ebony
- Nut material
- Bone
- Body Shape
- Dreadnought
- Top wood
- Italian alpine spruce VTS
- Body finish
- Gloss
- Back material
- Wild grain East Indian rosewood
- Neck joint
- Dovetail
2 detailsSize & weight
- Scale length
- 25.4"
- Nut width
- 1.75"
20 detailsOther
- Body shape
- Dreadnought
- Top bracing pattern
- X brace forward shifted
- Inlays
- Diamonds and squares long
- Neck shape
- Low profile
- Saddle
- Bone
- Case
- Hardshell
- Top braces
- Spruce
- Tier
- platinum
- Category Source
- detail
- Product type
- Acoustic guitar
- Material
- Ebony
- Korena Special
- false
- Tuning machines
- Waverly nickel
- Orientation
- Right handed
- Strings
- Authentic Acoustic Lifespan 2.0
- Bridge and end pin
- Bone with black
- Product Type
- Acoustic guitar
- Bridge type
- Modern belly
- Pickguard
- Black with tree of life inlay
- Source Id
- site51500000456024
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