2021 Martin D-18 Authentic Aged

This guitar needs on introduction, but you'll find a great one below from Martin themselves. This comes to us as a one owner guitar played very sparingly and shows no wear to mention besides the very light aging job from the factory. This one is not overdone in the slightest, in fact this is one of the most tasteful ones we've seen!  It basically looks like a new old guitar... Very loud, clear and robust tone, with a perfect neck angle and needs nothing but a player. 

If you are a fan of vintage instruments, you may know that some of the most highly regarded pieces are Martin guitars that preceded World War II. Martins that were built between the 1930s and 1940s benefited from a perfect storm of innovation, materials, and craftsmanship and today they are among the world’s most sought-after vintage guitars. The reason? They simply sound amazing and they continue to sound better over time. 

From this knowledge, Martin’s Authentic Series was born. The Authentic Series is made up of new instruments that are constructed to be faithful-looking and faithful-sounding reproductions of history-making, pre-war models like the D-45, D-28, and D-18.

With Martin’s Authentic Series, the Martin customer who wants the sound that only a pre-war vintage Martin provides, without having to wait many years to get it, has an option. 

Martin accomplishes this amazing feat using their proprietary VINTAGE TONE SYSTEM® (VTS). This system allows Martin to target certain time periods and age the top and the top braces to that specific era. It’s like magic! This focused method allows Martin’s craftspeople to reproduce the special tones previously found only in true vintage instruments.

And if you choose the aged version of an instrument in this series, you will get a guitar that has also been methodically and painstakingly hand-distressed, inside and out, in all the right places. Only a few luthiers at Martin are trained to do this. It’s that meticulous. The result is a tactile, visual, and auditory experience that will transport you back to the 1930s. And we know you’re going to like it there!

The Authentic series was first introduced in 2005, and they have been widely praised. Over the last 17 years, Martin has made many Authentic models from specific time periods, and they’ve focused on the most iconic models from highly collectible vintage years, each one representing a high point in acoustic guitar design.