2021 Martin Special 18 VTS Natural

A 2021 Martin Special 18 Style VTS (Vintage Tone System) in natural finish.

FROM MARTIN:

What is Martin’s Vintage Tone System? It’s a proprietary temperature aging process that allows Martin to target the sound of their vintage acoustic guitars within a decade. It’s like a time machine taking your new guitar and aging it to sound vintage. Martin has honed this process by benchmarking some of the finest examples of their 185-year history, found in their Nazareth, PA museum. Once they reference a vintage top, the new top is aged to the correct moisture content and look of that period. This proprietary VTS process is unique to Martin and can only be found on custom, special and Authentic Martin models.

In the spirit of combining a modern feel with a vintage tone the Special 18 Series VTS dreadnought incorporates a premium grade of Adirondack spruce for the top that is temperature aged to sound like a guitar from the 1930s. The guitar is then braced with the standard 5/16" X bracing pattern to add just the right of color to the tone. Martin then combined this Adirondack VTS top with mahogany back and sides and a low profile, standard taper neck to create a dreadnought guitar that has an extraordinary sound and feel. To recreate a vintage look, the vintage black, binding and black pickguard. The Special 18 Style VTS dreadnought has a clear, defined treble and midrange tone, with a very balanced and controlled bottom end.

SPECS:

Chrome Grover Tuners

1 11/16" Bone Nut

Neck Depth .82" at First Fret and 1.35" at Heel

Rosewood Fingerboard with 16" Radius

20 Medium Fret in Excellent Condition

Adirondack Spruce Top and Mahogany Back and Sides

Top has been Aged with Martin's Proprietary Vintage Tone System Treatment

Rosewood Bridge with Compensated Bone Saddle

Non-Scalloped Bracing

Roadrunner Gig Bag

Weight 4 lbs 1 oz

Serial Number 2517335