For Sale: SOLD!MARTIN 000-Custom Shop-Adi/Hide Glue/Figured Woods/Waverlys/Calton option added!

[roberts]

Support bump for this beauty....

[kiva238]

The neck on this guitar is exactly the same shape and contour found on the 000-18GE. The only difference is that this neck is carved from a single piece of 12/4, highly flamed South American Mahogany.
It is not like the deeper neck contour found on the 000-18 Authentic, OM-18 Authentic, or the OM-28 Marquis for example.

The tone is similar, but not exactly like, a 000-18 Authentic, no doubt due to the Adirondack top and bracing coupled with hide glue. It is quite dry and articulate with great separation. African Mahogany typically imparts a somewhat brighter tone than the American Mahogany which tends to be the case on this Custom Shop build. It has a very pleasing and snappy voice all its own.

Hope this helps.

[kiva238]

Last call! Final few days to own this Custom Shop Martin. Now's the time to hit me with your best offer.

Price now includes CONUS shipping.

Speak now or forever hold your peace.

John

[kiva238]

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[Guitars44me]

Please pardon my ignorance, but what does 12/4 signify? Duh...

What a beauty. Amazing it is still here at this price from this seller!

Cheers

Paul

[invguy921]

Originally Posted by kiva238

A few additional shots as requested. . . .

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That shot is pretty cool. You'll have to teach us all how you get a guitar to balance upside down like that...those Martin people certainly know how to build a balanced guitar

Just funnin'. That's a nice looking guitar. Like Paul, I too wonder what 12/4 means??

[Methos1979]

Originally Posted by invguy921

That shot is pretty cool. You'll have to teach us all how you get a guitar to balance upside down like that...those Martin people certainly know how to build a balanced guitar

Just funnin'. That's a nice looking guitar. Like Paul, I too wonder what 12/4 means??

He lives in Arizona... it's all sand. He just stuck the headstock into the sand. It's called the 'Ostrich Pose'!

Just kidding, John! I love this guitar.

[brencat]

Originally Posted by Guitars44me

Please pardon my ignorance, but what does 12/4 signify? Duh...

Paul

Originally Posted by invguy921

That's a nice looking guitar. Like Paul, I too wonder what 12/4 means??

12/4 means a neck carved from a 1-piece mahogany block, with guaranteed no headstock wings. It's a $500 MSRP ($300 street) upcharge.

Otherwise, you take your chances in the "Select Hardwood" lottery.

[kiva238]

Originally Posted by brencat

12/4 means a neck carved from a 1-piece mahogany block, with guaranteed no headstock wings. It's a $500 MSRP ($300 street) upcharge.

Otherwise, you take your chances in the "Select Hardwood" lottery.

Thanks Brencat.

Let me add that the 12/4 is simply the size of the wood in fourths of an inch, so 12/4 would equal 3". Brencat is correct in saying that at this width of wood, no wings are required to be glued on to widen the headstock. It's one piece.
Amazingly, even as fine a guitar as the Martin 000-42 Marquis was built using wings on the headstock! I was surprised to discover that.

John

[kiva238]

Someone reminded me to mention that the upcharge Brencat talked about is just for the standard mahogany 12/4 dimension. If you want that neck in 12/4 flamed mahogany as is the case with this guitar, well now you're really talking upcharge!

Guitar is still available for now.

[roberts]

This deserves to be on pg. 1....

[kiva238]

SOLD!

CALTON case option now added. Incredible package

Austin made, white/red interior and nearly new!

Priced at $ shipped CONUS with Calton shipped CONUS with standard Geib style case. Buyer's choice.

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