Martin 0-18
Natural
Pre-Owned 1955 - Very Good
Guitar presents very nicely for it's vintage - bridge and sadde have been replaced as the guitar had a lefty bridge/saddle setup before. Also note in photos that there was a hole plugged on the side near the endpin.
The 0-18 was a commanding instrument when it was introduced in 1898, dwarfing the company’s parlor guitars in terms of size.
Like the majority of other Martin guitars, the 0-18 evolved from a 12-fret gut-string model to a 14-fret steel-string by the mid-1930s. For many years, the 0-18 remained a fixture in Martin’s catalog, and in the 1950s it was among the company’s hottest offerings, selling nearly as well as the D-28 dreadnought thanks to an agreeable price tag. Some formidable guitarists—Bob Dylan and Steve Earle, to name just two—would make good use of the 0-18’s balanced voice.
Nonetheless, the 0-18 fell out of favor and it was discontinued in 1996.
- Anna Pulley, Acoustic Guitar Magazine, 2017
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