• Built with sinker mahogany, this impressive Martin D-18 Custom has an Authentic thickness (thin-sanded) Adirondack spruce top with Golden Era style scalloped bracing and a forward-shifted X brace.  Appointments include an ebony fretboard with old style 18 abalone dots, faux tortoise body binding, and nickel open gear tuners with butterbean buttons. 

    In honor of our 50th Anniversary, there is a special stamp on the back of the peghead and an inside label signed by C.F. Martin IV and Elderly owners Stan and Lily Werbin.

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Model:D18ASM-E50 Elderly Anniversary Sinker Mahogany
Body Size:D 14-Fret
Construction:Dovetail Neck Joint
Back and Sides:Sinker Mahogany
Top:Adirondack Spruce, Authentic Thickness
Bracing:Golden Era, Scalloped 5/16”, Forward Shifted X Brace
Binding, Heelcap, Endpiece:Faux Tortoise
Rosette:Old Style 18 Multi-Stripe
Top Inlay Material:Multi-Stripe
Pickguard:Faux Tortoise
Neck Material:Genuine Mahogany
Scale Length:25.4"
Fingerboard Width At Nut:1 3/4"
Neck Taper:High Performance Taper
Fingerboard Material:Ebony
Fingerboard Inlay Style:Old Style 18, Abalone
Fingerboard Inlay Material:Abalone
Neck Joins Body At:14th Fret
Headstock Shape:Solid with Square Taper, Elderly Instruments Stamp on Back
Tuning Machines:Nickel Open Gear, Butterbean Buttons
Headplate:East Indian Rosewood, with Old Style Logo
Nut Material:Bone
Bridge:Ebony, Modern Belly - Drop in Saddle
Saddle:Compensated Bone
Bridge String Spacing:2 5/32"
Bridge Pin Material:Black Plastic
Finish:Gloss, Aging Toner Top, Satin Neck
Case:Ply Hardshell
Label:Elderly Instruments 50th Anniversary

Martin Custom 18-Style Dreadnought & Case, Sinker Mahogany - Elderly 50th Anniversary Model

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SKU: D18ASM-E50

$3,999 USD
$3,999 USD
Built with sinker mahogany, this impressive Martin D-18 Custom has an Authentic thickness (thin-sanded) Adirondack spruce top with Golden Era style scalloped bracing and a forward-shifted X brace.  Appointments include an ebony fretboard with old style 18 abalone dots, faux tortoise body binding, and nickel open gear tuners with butterbean buttons. 

In honor of our 50th Anniversary, there is a special stamp on the back of the peghead and an inside label signed by C.F. Martin IV and Elderly owners Stan and Lily Werbin.

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Model:D18ASM-E50 Elderly Anniversary Sinker Mahogany
Body Size:D 14-Fret
Construction:Dovetail Neck Joint
Back and Sides:Sinker Mahogany
Top:Adirondack Spruce, Authentic Thickness
Bracing:Golden Era, Scalloped 5/16”, Forward Shifted X Brace
Binding, Heelcap, Endpiece:Faux Tortoise
Rosette:Old Style 18 Multi-Stripe
Top Inlay Material:Multi-Stripe
Pickguard:Faux Tortoise
Neck Material:Genuine Mahogany
Scale Length:25.4"
Fingerboard Width At Nut:1 3/4"
Neck Taper:High Performance Taper
Fingerboard Material:Ebony
Fingerboard Inlay Style:Old Style 18, Abalone
Fingerboard Inlay Material:Abalone
Neck Joins Body At:14th Fret
Headstock Shape:Solid with Square Taper, Elderly Instruments Stamp on Back
Tuning Machines:Nickel Open Gear, Butterbean Buttons
Headplate:East Indian Rosewood, with Old Style Logo
Nut Material:Bone
Bridge:Ebony, Modern Belly - Drop in Saddle
Saddle:Compensated Bone
Bridge String Spacing:2 5/32"
Bridge Pin Material:Black Plastic
Finish:Gloss, Aging Toner Top, Satin Neck
Case:Ply Hardshell
Label:Elderly Instruments 50th Anniversary