1938 Martin 00-18 Conversion – £3999

May 15, 2025 | Martin

1938 Martin 00-18 Conversion – £3999

NEW ARRIVAL This guitar started life in 1938 as a Martin R-17, an all Mahogany archtop. The top has since been replaced by a Lutz Spruce flat top, with new bracing and tortoise binding. The back, sides, back bracing, neck, fingerboard and tuners are all original from 1938. All this makes for a very interesting guitar. It feels like a vintage guitar, and the neck plays exactly as you’d expect from a 30’s Martin – a soft V profile, very comfortable, extremely playable, with a very responsive Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard. Tonally you can hear the warmth, depth and character provided by the original back and sides, but now there’s a brightness, and sparkle from the Lutz top. The guitar is in excellent condition for it’s age, with just one small repaired back crack. With 1930’s 00-18’s fetching very high prices, this guitar represents a far more affordable way of getting such a highly sought after guitar, although a little quirky. The guitar comes in a non original, vintage hard case.

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