C.F. Martin D-18 (2025)

Martin D-18 Standard 2025 – Vintage Soul, Modern Precision

The Martin D-18 has long stood as a cornerstone of acoustic guitar history, and the newly refreshed D-18 Standard 2025takes that legacy to powerful new heights. Crafted with a solid spruce top and solid mahogany back and sides, this iconic dreadnought delivers the punchy midrange, deep bass, and sparkling trebles that have defined generations of recordings—from bluegrass and folk to rock and Americana.

The 2025 update brings tonal and ergonomic enhancements inspired by Martin’s Modern Deluxe Series. Golden Era (GE) forward-shifted scalloped bracing provides vintage-inspired resonance and improved sustain, while a newly refined GE Modified Low Oval neck profile with high-performance taper ensures a remarkably smooth playing feel. The thinner ebony fingerboard and sleeker bridge improve both tone transfer and aesthetics, while maintaining the no-frills charm that has made the D-18 a workhorse since the 1930s.

Complete with open-gear tuners, abalone dot inlays, faux tortoise accents, and a gloss finish that lets the wood speak for itself, this is a guitar made for serious players—and for the ages. Includes a premium hardshell case.

SPECIFICATIONS

Overview

• Recommended Strings: Authentic Acoustic Lifespan 2.0 Guitar Strings Phosphor Bronze - Medium
• Body Size: D-14 Fret
• Finish Top: Gloss
• Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint
• Back and Side Finish: Gloss
• Bracing Pattern: Forward-Shifted X-Brace
• Scale Length: 25.4"
• Brace Shape: GE-Scalloped
• Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4''
• Top Material: Spruce
• Neck Shape: GE Modified Low Oval
• Back Material: Mahogany
• Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper
• Side Material: Mahogany
• Electronics: None

Top

• Top Color: Aging Toner
• Bridge Style: GE Modern Belly - Drop in Saddle
• Binding: Black
• Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32"
• Top Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
• Bridge Material: Ebony
• Top Detail: None
• Bridge Pin Material: Ebony
• Pickguard: Faux Tortoise
• Bridge Pin Dots: None
• Pickguard Inlay: None
• Saddle: Compensated Bone
• Rosette: Old Style 18 Multi-Stripe
• Saddle Radius: 16"

Body

• Brace Material: Spruce
• Back and Sides Color: Dark Mahogany
• Brace Size: 5/16"
• Back Detail: None
• Back Purfling/Strip: Style 18
• Back Inlay Material: None
• Heelcap: Faux Tortoise
• Side Detail: None
• Endpiece: Black
• Side Inlay Material: None
• Endpiece Inlay: None

Neck

• Neck Material: Select Hardwood
• Fingerboard Material: Ebony
• Finish Neck: Satin
• Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8''
• Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
• Fingerboard Inlay Style: Old Style 18
• Number of Frets Total: 20
• Fingerboard Inlay Material: Abalone
• Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
• Fingerboard Binding Material: None
• Side Dots: White

Headstock

• Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper
• Tuning Machines: Nickel Open Gear
• Headplate Material: East Indian Rosewood
• Knob: Butterbean
• Headplate Logo Style: Script Old Style Overlay
• Nut Material: Bone
• Headplate Binding Material: None

Misc

• Case: Hardshell
• Left Handed Availability: true
• Label: None
• Pleked: true