Martin D-18 Standard Series Acoustic Guitar, Ambertone w/ Hard Case

Taking a bold, rugged, classy step into their revered Standard Series, we have the Martin D-18 Standard Series Ambertone. This high-quality Martin classic, always up for a dazzling musical experience, sets up top-shelf Martin sounds and styles for a great ride every time its picked up. As part of Martin's highly celebrated and refreshed Standard Series, this D-18 easily displays the brand's technical know-how, reputation for showmanship, and musical intuition.

The Martin Standard Series is a line of guitars each exhibiting different modes of Martin musical mojo. This particular Martin does so first with their iconic D-14 Fret dreadnought body assembled from a combination of spruce and mahogany. A combo of tonewoods well documented and celebrated over many years, this match produces a voice that is rich, radiant, and resonant primed for performance. The spruce top is treated with Martin's Golden Era scalloped Sitka spruce braces aligned in a forward-shifted X-brace pattern that elevates balance and projection across the entire instrument – a feature most notably found in Martin's Modern Deluxe series. The top is then treated to Martin's shady 1933 Ambertone burst color.

This Standard Series entry continues with its satin-finished neck assuming a Golden Era Modified Low Oval profile with a High-Performance taper. Brought together from its dovetail neck joint construction, this neck is effortlessly played and produces a solid transfer of motion. Its ebony fingerboard comes together with this neck with twenty frets and abalone Old Style 18 inlays balancing seamless fretting and an understated, charming aesthetic element.

For players always considering the small stuff in their Martins, this Standard Series has plenty to chew on. First, the base of the scale features an ebony Golden Era Modern Belly bridge with a drop-in compensated bone saddle. Toward the opposite end, a bone nut and nickel open gear tuning machines line up with an East Indian rosewood-plated headstock with an Martin Script Old Style Overlay logo. Across the rest of the model, Multi-Stripe top inlay can be found alongside an Old Style 18 Multi-Stripe rosette. Altogether, these features create an authentic Martin aesthetic with some gently crafted gloss finish age. This Standard Series D-18 travels with an included Martin hardshell case.

Perfectly fitted for anyone seeking out a quality, authentic Martin trip, this Ambertone D-18 hits all the highs.