Martin D-18 Jason Isbell - Natural

If It's Good Enough for an Award-winning Artist…
Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Jason Isbell collaborated with the Martin Custom Shop to create the D-18 Jason Isbell acoustic guitar, and it offers the best sonic qualities of Martin's Golden Era series instruments. Its pre-aged Vintage Tone System Adirondack spruce top speaks with the harmonic complexity of a well-cared-for vintage acoustic. Rear-shifted scalloped bracing enhances volume and tonal focus. And the use of real hide glue, which dissolves directly into the wood, maximizes resonance. Complete with an extremely thin finish and no pickguard to absorb vibrations, the Martin D-18 Jason Isbell is designed to sound loud and proud.














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Woods aged to perfection with Martin's VTS
Martin Guitars has perfected a unique way of torrefying the top woods and braces of their guitars to achieve the sound of an aged and broken-in Martin. The Vintage Tone System (VTS) ages the woods to a specific age/time period without the change in color that typically results from the torrefaction process. The process adds the same kind of harmonic complexity and expanded range that you hear from vintage instruments that have naturally aged.




Premium tonewoods used throughout
A quality acoustic guitar is all about the wood, and the Martin D-18 Jason Isbell delivers no-compromise quality. The top is of solid Adirondack spruce, reinforced with scalloped Adirondack bracing. At Sweetwater, we've found that a solid mahogany neck with solid black ebony fingerboard gives the D-18 Jason Isbell great playability to match its awesome sound.




The choice of session guitarists for decades
The Martin D-18 Jason Isbell's "just right" tonality is just as useful in your studio as it is onstage. Just ask any recording engineer that's been in the business for a couple decades: the D-18 has an uncanny ability to set itself into any mix nicely with a minimum of processing. Sure, that jumbo-body rosewood guitar looks great, but you'll be rolling off low frequencies and carefully adjusting compressors to prevent it from getting too boomy or indistinct in the final mix. Just grab your Martin D-18 Jason Isbell, point your favorite small-diaphragm condenser mic at the 12th fret, and you've got a sound that practically mixes itself.




Martin D-18 Jason Isbell Acoustic Guitar Features:

Designed with Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Jason Isbell
Pre-aged Vintage Tone System spruce top features more harmonic complexity than non-aged tops
Rear-shifted scalloped bracing for more volume and focused low end
Hide glue construction for maximum resonance and sustain
Thin finish and lack of pickguard further enhance resonance and volume
Custom 12th fret inlay based on one of Isbell's tattoos






Tech Specs



String Type
Steel


Number of Strings
6


Body Shape
Dreadnought


Left-/Right-handed
Right-handed


Color
Natural


Finish
Gloss


Top Wood
Adirondack Spruce, Vintage Tone System aged


Back & Sides Wood
Mahogany


Body Bracing
Rearward Shifted X brace


Binding
Black


Neck Wood
Mahogany


Neck Shape
Authentic 1939


Radius
16"


Fingerboard Material
Ebony


Fingerboard Inlay
12th fret tattoo inlay


Number of Frets
20


Scale Length
25.4"


Tuning Machines
Satin Pearl open gear


Bridge Material
Ebony


Nut/Saddle Material
Bone/Bone


Nut Width
1.6875"


Electronics
Fishman Infinity Matrix


Strings
92/8 Phosphor Bronze Medium


Case Included
Hardshell case


Manufacturer Part Number
10D18JASONISBELL





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