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10-27-2014, 10:12 PM
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Martin D18 w/label in the sound hole?
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10-27-2014, 10:17 PM
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Stacked heel and odd headstock "volute" are common features of low quality Asian imports.
As Dave said, "VERY bad fake!!" 
Last edited by Guest 1928; 10-28-2014 at 07:28 AM.
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10-27-2014, 10:39 PM
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10-28-2014, 06:47 AM
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Not even a good fake, run away..............
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10-28-2014, 07:01 AM
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OMG that's faker than Pizza Hut cheese! It looks like a cheap $300 guitar out of Mexico or China. The headstock shape, fake volute isn't even a Martin design, "gloss" on the sticker (why would a Martin sticker point out ANY features on the sticker?!), cheap looking top & wrong color, the fretboard looks like something ultra cheap, the dot markers are all wrong, no interior back strip bracing, and worst of all: I have never seen a bridge/neck pulled that much on any guitar except an old Harmony that had been completely neglected.
DO. NOT. BUY!
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10-28-2014, 07:45 AM
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Wrong tuners also. Not even close!
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10-28-2014, 07:54 AM
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I just reported it to eBay.
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10-28-2014, 10:01 AM
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Martin D18 w/label in the sound hole?
I messaged the seller. He now claims it's a Shenandoah model. What say ye?
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10-28-2014, 10:43 AM
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I politely told him he had been misinformed, that I was sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings but his guitar was not a real Martin, Shenadoah or Sigma & pointed out a few telltale features. If he responds again, the gloves come off. I've been nice, but this "I am minimizing my Martin collection. this is a great price with the case" in the ad makes my BS meter peg. What kind of guy with a "Martin collection" has a POS like the guitar he's selling and doesn't have a clue what it is?
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10-28-2014, 10:52 AM
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Wow...even the shape of the pickguard is a little hinky.
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10-28-2014, 10:56 AM
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Obviously the items already noted would distinguish the guitar from a genuine Martin, including a Shenandoah, but wouldn't a Shenandoah be a D1832, not a D18 gloss top?
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10-28-2014, 11:00 AM
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