The Custom Shop 000-18 makes it easier than ever to get your hands on a handcrafted Martin built with premium tonewoods. With a solid Adirondack spruce top and genuine mahogany back and sides, this short-scale Auditorium model offers warm, articulate tone with exceptional clarity. It features hand-shaped Golden Era scalloped bracing and a dovetail neck joint for vintage-inspired resonance and response. The 000 body is equally at home with fingerpicking, strumming, or recording, and the faux tortoise binding adds a refined, custom touch. Designed to bring Custom Shop quality to more players, this special model is ready when you are-no need to start from scratch. For those seeking an heirloom-level guitar within reach, the Custom Shop 000-18 delivers.

Highlights
000-14 Fret body size
Genuine Mahogany back and sides
Adirondack Spruce top with Aging Toner top color
GE Modified Low Oval with High-Performance Taper neck
1 3/4'' fingerboard width at nut
Hardshell case

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

Body
Body Size: 000-14 Fret
Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint
Back Material: Genuine Mahogany
Side Material: Genuine Mahogany
Back and Side Finish: Gloss
Back and Sides Color: Dark Mahogany
Back Detail: None
Side Detail: None
Back Purfling/Strip: Style 18
Back Inlay Material: None
Side Inlay Material: None
Bracing Pattern: Forward-Shifted X-Brace
Brace Shape: GE-Scalloped Hand Shaped
Brace Material: Adirondack Spruce
Brace Size: 5/16"
Heelcap: Faux Tortoise
Endpiece: Faux Tortoise
Endpiece Inlay: None

Neck Shape: GE Modified Low Oval
Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper
Neck Material: Select Hardwood
Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
Finish Neck: Satin
Scale Length: 24.9"
Number of Frets Total: 20
Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8''
Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4''
Fingerboard Inlay Style: Old Style 18
Fingerboard Inlay Material: Abalone
Fingerboard Binding Material: None
Side Dots: White

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