Detail 01
Scalloped X-bracing
Supports the clear, powerful response described for the spruce top.
Product detailSKU #1500000464498
Martin Custom Shop18 Style Spruce-Black Walnut Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Natural
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Independent shopping perspective
The Korena take
Built as a dreadnought, Martin’s Custom Shop 18 Style combines a spruce top with scalloped X-bracing and black walnut back and sides. The walnut is described with a crisp low end, clear mids, bright highs, and articulate response for picked or fingerstyle parts. Its modified low oval mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard, 1.75-inch nut width, and 25.4-inch scale create the core playing layout. Flamed maple binding and Old Style 18 inlays add contrast around the natural gloss body.
Strong match
Who this is for
- Flatpicked or fingerstyle arrangements that benefit from the described articulated response of black walnut.
- Long studio sessions or stage sets using the modified low oval mahogany neck.
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
Grover nickel vintage-button tuning machines
Provides the guitar’s tuning adjustment hardware.
Detail 03
Hardshell case
A hardshell case is supplied for transport and storage.
Product questions
Before you decide
Straight answers to the questions shoppers most often ask about this product.
01What woods are used for this guitar?
It has a spruce top and black walnut back and sides, with a mahogany neck and ebony fingerboard.
02What body style is it?
It is a dreadnought acoustic guitar.
03Does it include a case?
Yes. A hardshell case is included.
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
- Natural
- Top finish
- Gloss
- Side materials
- Black walnut
- Body Material
- Black walnut
- Top Material
- Spruce
- Neck finish
- Gloss
- Neck Wood
- Mahogany
- Body wood
- Black walnut
- Neck wood
- Mahogany
- Fingerboard Material
- Ebony
- Nut material
- Bone
- Body Shape
- Dreadnought
- Top wood
- Spruce
- Body finish
- Gloss
- Back material
- Black walnut
- Neck joint
- Dovetail
2 detailsSize & weight
- Scale length
- 25.4"
- Nut width
- 1.75"
20 detailsOther
- Body shape
- Dreadnought
- Top bracing pattern
- Scalloped X brace
- Inlays
- Old Style 18
- Neck shape
- Modified low oval
- Saddle
- Bone
- Case
- Hardshell
- Top braces
- Spruce
- Tier
- platinum
- Category Source
- detail
- Product type
- Acoustic guitar
- Material
- Ebony
- Korena Special
- false
- Tuning machines
- Grover nickel vintage button
- Orientation
- Right handed
- Strings
- Authentic Acoustic Lifespan 2.0
- Bridge and end pin
- Black
- Product Type
- Acoustic guitar
- Bridge type
- Modern belly
- Pickguard
- Faux tortoise
- Source Id
- site51500000464498
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