C. F. Martin 1-18 Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1919)

C. F. Martin 1-18 Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1919)

$6,500

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C. F. Martin 1-18 Model Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1919), made in Nazareth, PA, serial # 13533, natural lacquer finish, Adirondack spruce top, Honduras mahogany sides and neck, ebony fingerboard and bridge, black tolex hard shell case. This is a nice player's example of a just-pre 1920s 1-sized mahogany Martin, something we don't see that much. Martin's Size 1 is just slightly smaller overall than the much more familiar Size 0, but while the 0-18 became a big success in the 1920s and beyond the