Martin D-18E 2020

[ricko]

Can anyone tell me about this model? As I understand it, it is a limited run of D-18s with a pre-installed Baggs pickup system. Additionally, it has a rosewood fingerboard as opposed to ebony, a mahogany, rather than "select hardwood" neck and, surprisingly, a Tusq, rather than bone saddle.

I don't currently play out, but that may happen down the line so a good pickup would be nice to have. I'm trying to decide if it would be worth the higher price over a standard D-18. The Willcutt Guitar website is showing two of them in stock.

Thanks in advance for any guidance.

[Birchtop]

According to Martins website, the D-35E comes with the ”Select Hardwood” neck, not Genuine Mahogany, and it lists Ebony for the fretboard. The material for the nut is not listed, but it does list Tusq instead of bone for saddle though.

https://www.martinguitar.com/guitars...guitars/d-18e/

[ricko]

Originally Posted by Birchtop

According to Martins website, the D-35E comes with the ”Select Hardwood” neck, not Genuine Mahogany, and it lists Ebony for the fretboard. The material for the nut is not listed, but it does list Tusq instead of bone for saddle though.

https://www.martinguitar.com/guitars...guitars/d-18e/

That's a different version. This is the one I was looking at:



https://www.martinguitar.com/guitars...ns/d-18e-2020/
This is one of the guitars on the Willcutt page:
http://willcuttguitars.com/martin-gu...ed-edition-349

[pagedr]

Originally Posted by Birchtop

According to Martins website, the D-35E comes with the ”Select Hardwood” neck, not Genuine Mahogany, and it lists Ebony for the fretboard. The material for the nut is not listed, but it does list Tusq instead of bone for saddle though.

https://www.martinguitar.com/guitars...guitars/d-18e/

He's talking specifically about the 2020 Limited Edition model:

https://willcuttguitars.com/martin-g...ed-edition-349

[Birchtop]

Originally Posted by ricko

That's a different version. This is the one I was looking at:



https://www.martinguitar.com/guitars...ns/d-18e-2020/
This is one of the guitars on the Willcutt page:
http://willcuttguitars.com/martin-gu...ed-edition-349

I gotcha... sorry ‘bout that!