About This Martin Custom Guitar
The Martin Custom Shop OM-18 is a premium acoustic guitar designed for musicians seeking exceptional tone and craftsmanship.
Featuring a Bearclaw Sitka spruce top, this model delivers superior resonance, dynamic range, and a striking visual texture.
The orchestra model (OM) body style provides a balanced tonal spectrum, making it ideal for fingerstyle playing and light strumming.
With its mahogany back and sides, this guitar produces warm mids and clear highs, ensuring articulate note definition.
The traditional dovetail neck joint enhances sustain and projection, solidifying the OM-18 as a top-tier instrument for professional and aspiring players alike.
Designed for versatility, the Martin Custom Shop OM-18 boasts a high-performance neck taper, ensuring effortless playability and smooth transitions across the fretboard.
The hand-scalloped X-bracing maximizes tonal response, making this guitar perfect for both studio recordings and live performances.
Its premium appointments, including East Indian rosewood binding and an aging toner gloss finish, add to its aesthetic appeal.
Whether you’re a dedicated musician or a collector searching for a standout instrument, the Martin OM-18 Bearclaw Sitka delivers the legendary quality, playability, and rich sound that Martin guitars are renowned for.
Features & Specifications
- Brand New - Martin Lifetime Warranty
- Serial Number - 2884384
- Body Size - OM
- Construction: Mahogany Blocks / Dovetail Neck Joint
- Top Material: Bearclaw Sitka Spruce
- Top Bracing Pattern: Standard "X" Scalloped
- Top Braces: Adirondack Spruce 1/4"
- Top Inlay: Style 18
- Rosette: Black Maple Fiber Old Style 18
- Back and Side Material: Mahogany
- Binding: Faux Tortoise
- Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany
- Neck Shape: Modified Low Oval
- Nut and Saddle Material: Bone
- Fingerboard and Bridge Material: Ebony
- Scale Length: 25.4"
- Number of Frets Clear: 14
- Width at Nut: 1 3/4"
- Fingerboard Inlays: Old Style 18 Select Abalone
- Finish Top: Aging Toner
- Finish: Gloss Body, High Sheen Satin Neck
- Headplate: Gloss
- Bridge Style: Modern Belly w/ Drop In Saddle
- Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32"
- Tuning Machines: Grover
- Bridge and End Pins: Black
- Pickguard: Tortoise
- Case: Geib Hardshell
Serving Musicians Since 1991
