{"product_id":"1965-martin-000-18","title":"1965 Martin 000-18","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA lovely 1965 Martin 000-18, offering the classic spruce and mahogany Martin voice in a comfortable, beautifully balanced 000 body size.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 000-18 has long been one of Martin’s great understated models, pairing a spruce top with mahogany back and sides for a clear, dry and articulate tone. It is a wonderfully versatile instrument: smaller and more waisted than a dreadnought, but still with plenty of projection and headroom when played with a little more intent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOverall this is a very clean example, with a beautiful tight-grained spruce top, mahogany back and sides, tortoiseshell body binding to the front and back, an unbound fingerboard with dot markers, the correct tortoiseshell pickguard, and correct Grover Sta-Tite tuners. As is common with these, there is a top crack from pickguard shrinkage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe neck is really comfortable, measuring 43.3mm at the nut, with a depth of 21.1mm at the 1st fret and 24.8mm at the 10th. The original frets and nut remain, it's had a compensated saddle fitted, and intonation is good.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe saddle height is currently around 1mm. The action is playable as it stands, though the guitar would benefit from a neck reset in the future, which we can arrange if the buyer would like.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTonally, this is exactly the kind of sound you hope for from a good ’60s 000-18: it has a clarity and warmth, with excellent note separation and a lovely dry mahogany character. It works beautifully for fingerstyle, strumming and more nuanced playing, with that direct, vintage mahogany growl when you dig in. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA very nice example all round, and a guitar that is difficult to put down! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComes with a non-original hard shell case. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54316810305875,"sku":"205054","price":5750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0917\/7258\/4275\/files\/1965Martin000-18-6.jpg?v=1784131503","url":"https:\/\/www.atbguitars.com\/products\/1965-martin-000-18","provider":"ATB Guitars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}