Martin Custom Shop 000 Auditorium Body, 18 Style, Sitka Spruce Bearclaw Top, Sinker Mahogany Back & Sides, Ambertone

Russo Music and the Martin Custom Shop are excited to bring you this Martin Custom Shop 000 18 Style acoustic, featuring tonewoods and specs that were hand-selected by Russo Music as a Martin Custom Shop Expert Dealer. 

The Martin Auditorium (also known as 000) body is a 6-string staple, featured throughout all walks of music for the past two centuries— this Martin showcases exactly why that is. Featuring a Bearclaw Sitka spruce top that showcases a unique ripple provided only by nature, the body's top is finished with a gorgeous Ambertone, creating a slight burst to the Sitka spruce, which normally offers a more simple appearance. The top is paired to a sinker mahogany back and sides, with the wood grain of the mahogany being put on full display on the rear of the guitar's body, with two bookmatched halves highlighting the beauty of this wood and reminding why it's such a popular choice of tone wood, without even needing to hear a note. When the spruce top and sinker mahogany back and sides are combined, this Auditorium body guitar delivers a unique appearance and fundamental warmth and resonance delivered by only a Martin guitar. 

A Modified Low Oval neck profile with High Performance Taper is featured on this custom shop build: this specification has been remarkably favored by many players, and will certainly appeal to those seeking a balance between comfort and playability in an acoustic guitar neck profile. On the neck, an ebony fingerboard matches the dark appearance of its surroundings, adding a slight symmetry to the instrument. The fingerboard, although featuring a total of 20 frets, offers access to 14 of them, which feature Old 18 Style abalone inlays between them. The fingerboard's radius is 16", and the total scale length of this instrument is 24.9".

Other key features of this Martin Custom Shop offering include an ebony bridge to match its fingerboard, a matching bone nut and saddle, and the Grover open-gear tuning machine sthat grace the solid headstock. A truly unique and one of one Martin guitar, this Custom Shop 000 Auditorium Body 18 Style acoustic is a testament to the attention to detail offered by Martin Custom Shop instruments. 

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