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This guitar has had a tough life. It may well have been through bar fights and/or domestic disputes. It has had many repairs and alterations, some more professional than others. Nevertheless, it has nice low action and a big sound.
Here is what we see that has been done: It has had cracks repaired on the top back and sides. We re-repaired two cracks in the top and oversprayed a number of areas with nitro-cellulose laquer. The original maple bridgeplate has been replaced with another of appropriate shape and thickness. The tone braces below the bridge have been deeply scalloped. The X braces below the bridge have been lightly scalloped. Our shop replaced the bridge and the bridge pins are ebony. The neck has been re-set. It has probably had a refret at some point in time.
1965 was the first year Grover Rotomatic tuners were used on all Martin dreadnoughts, but for a time this one had Kluson style tuners. It currently has Grover Rotomatic tuners and the small extra screw holes from the Kluson style tuners have been filled and sealed. It retains its original tortoise style pickguard and tortoise style binding. There is a fair belly behind the bridge, but the neck is flat and the action is set low (3/32-2/32 inches) with plenty of adjustability at the saddle. There is a strap button in the neck heel. It is currently strung with D'Addario light gauge strings.
The Vintage Guitar Price Guide lists a 1965 D-18 in excellent condition at $4-4,400.00 Our price on this survivor is $2,295.00 with non-original hard case.
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Martin made 600 OO-18s in 1947. The back, sides and neck are mahogany; the top is Sitka spruce; the fretboard is Brazilian rosewood. The Vintage Guitar Price Guide lists the value of OO-18s, in Excellent condition, at $3,700 - 4,000.
This example is clearly not in excellent condition. The main detraction is that it has, inexplicably, had a backyard-luthier's refinish job. The original nitro-cellulose gloss is gone, and it now has a matte, probably urethane, finish coat. Here are the other things we see about this guitar: There are repaired cracks on the top and sides, and one filled hole in each side. The back and neck however are crack free. It has probably both been re-fretted and had the neck re-set at some point in its life. One tuner has been replaced in a style consistent with the others. The bridge is non-original.
All of this said, the neck is straight, the strings are finger-pickin' low (3/32-2/32 inches), it plays great and it sounds wonderfully clear and present. This is a just post-war vintage guitar that you can take to the cabin or the beach and not have to worry about. It is currently strung with D'Addario light gauge strings. Non-original hardshell case included.
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1954 was the last year for the Gretsch Synchromatic 100 (also known as the model 6014) with its art-deco headstock and stairstep bridge. This example still has the original bridge though the tuners have been updated to vintage scalloped button style open-backs made by Gotoh. The guitar has had a recent re-fret, and, while not re-finished, it appears to have had a professionally applied clear top-coat over the original sunburst finish (or maybe it was just expertly buffed and polished?). At some point in time the treble top/side seam was reglued. The original pickguard does not exist. They were of a type of celluloid that rapidly disintegrated and are rarely seen in good shape after 50 years. It does have a reproduction pickguard in the correct style. Additionally, there has been added a floating Kent Armstrong mini-humbucker with discreet volume control and jack mounted directly to the repro-pickguard. This entire assembly is removable from the instrument. If preferred, our luthier would install a permanent end-pin style jack for an additional $50.00. But as it stands, the electronics package is entirely removable. The guitar is currently strung with flatwound D'Addario Chromes and the action is comfortably cool-jazzman low.
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