Martin's Fred Greene talks about the new Modern Deluxe Series and its creation.
The D-18 Modern Deluxe is a new take on Martin Vintage. This guitar is packed with custom features and modern technology that you have to see, feel, and hear for yourself. The vintage appointments include a spruce VINTAGE TONE SYSTEM® (VTS) top, a dovetail neck joint, and natural protein glue construction that give it the rich, fully aged Martin tone that has inspired generations. The look is unlike anything in our production line to date with East Indian rosewood binding, stylish gold frets, gold open-gear tuners, and a unique 1930s style script logo inlaid in pearl on the headstock. Some ultra-modern features include Liquidmetal® bridge pins with red dots and a composite carbon fiber bridgeplate that boosts volume. And we’ve included a new neck shape that is slightly asymmetrical for maximum hand comfort up and down the fretboard. This guitar is anything but standard.
OVERVIEW
Body Size: D-14 Fret
Finish Top: Gloss
Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint
Back and Side Finish: Gloss
Bracing Pattern: Forward-Shifted X-Brace
Scale Length: 25.4"
Brace Shape: Scalloped
Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4''
Top Material: Spruce with VTS
Neck Shape: Vintage Deluxe
Back Material: Genuine Mahogany
Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper
Side Material: Genuine Mahogany
Electronics: Optional
TOP
Top Color: Clear
Bridge Style: Modern Belly - Drop in Saddle
Binding: East Indian Rosewood
Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32"
Top Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
Bridge Material: Ebony
Top Detail: None
Bridge Pin Material: Liquidmetal®
Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern
Bridge Pin Dots: Red Acrylic
Pickguard Inlay: None
Saddle: Compensated Bone
Rosette: Old Style 18 Multi-Stripe
Saddle Radius: 16"
BODY
Brace Material: Adirondack Spruce with VTS
Back and Sides Color: Dark Mahogany
Brace Size: 5/16"
Back Detail: None
Back Purfling/Strip: Style 18
Back Inlay Material: None
Heelcap: East Indian Rosewood
Side Detail: None
Endpiece: East Indian Rosewood
Side Inlay Material: None
Endpiece Inlay: None
NECK
Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Finish Neck: Satin
Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8''
Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
Fingerboard Inlay Style: Old Style 18
Number of Frets Total: 20
Fingerboard Inlay Material: Abalone
Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
Fingerboard Binding Material: None
Side Dots: Abalone
HEADSTOCK
Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper
Tuning Machines: Gold Open Gear
Headplate Material: East Indian Rosewood
Knob: Butterbean
Headplate Logo Style: Stylized Script Inlay
Nut Material: Bone
Headplate Binding Material: None
Headplate Detail: None
MISC
Case: Ply Hardshell
Left Handed Availability: true
Label: None
Pleked: true
