{"product_id":"martin-guitars-1944-d-18-vintage","title":"Martin Guitars - 1944 D-18 - Vintage","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis vintage 1944 D-18 delivers that classic, lightweight, wartime Martin tone with improved playability after a trip through our Mass Street repair shop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere with an Adirondack Red spruce top, paired with mahogany back and sides, this is a warm, punchy example of the classic dread build. Thanks in part to the ebony neck support, a return to the original Martin neck support design due to steel shortages during WWII, this D-18 is particularly expressive, and dynamic with an airy quality to the attack. The rear-shifted bracing and lightweight constructions makes for one of those rare dreandoughts that really sings with a light touch, but has the headroom on tap to lean in and drive it with a flatpick.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeautiful checking throughout to the original nitrocelluse finish, along with the more opaque look to the finish over the pickguard - all telltale look of a '44 Martin. There are a few discoloration spots to the top and back finish, most likely from a naugahyde strap sometime in the guitar's past - which is not uncommon. There is a repaired, stable pickguard crack (see photos). There is evidence of a previous ball-end repair to the original bridge plate. The bridge, saddle and tuners have been replaced. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to a bit of fret work here in our shop and a Mass Street setup this classic, wartime Martin D-18 plays fantastic up and down the neck. Includes a quality replacement hardshell case.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14-Fret Dreadnought body\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRear-Shifted X-Bracing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdirondack Red Spruce Top\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMahogany Back and sides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMahogany Neck with Ebony rod neck support\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReplacement Waverly tuners with (era-appropriate) plastic buttons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEbony fingerboard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReplacement Ebony bridge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal pickguard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 11\/16\" nut width\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReplacement Hardshell case\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSerial # 89502\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Martin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50600483291355,"sku":"1944D18-89502","price":42500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0202\/0250\/files\/1944-MartinD18-89502-fcls.jpg?v=1791982627","url":"https:\/\/massstreetmusic.com\/products\/martin-guitars-1944-d-18-vintage","provider":"Mass Street Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}