The many hours logged on this 00-18 are evident in its voice: it's an amazing sounding guitar, bafflingly lightweight and responsive, with huge low end for its size alongside beautiful warmth and roundness of tone.

The many hours logged on this 00-18 are evident in its voice: it's an amazing sounding guitar, bafflingly lightweight and responsive, with huge low end for its size alongside beautiful warmth and roundness of tone. The 14-fret 00 may be the ideal small-bodied guitar; and the incredible amount of tone per pound lurking in this one is enough to convince any player it should be their one and only.

This guitar sat largely unplayed for the last 25 years or so, though the owner's family did take it to an authorized Martin warranty center for appraisal about 5 years ago. At that time, a neck reset and re-fret were performed; and the bridge plate was replaced. A new nut was also installed. When we received the guitar, its original bridge was still on it, though a crack between the pin holes led us to replace it with one of TJ Thompson's modern replicas.

There are no cracks in the guitar, though there are three small witness holes near the end wedge from a previously-installed trapeze tailpiece. The finish is original throughout.

In all, this guitar plays beautifully up and down the neck; and it's worth repeating that the sound is terrific. The owner's family only had an extremely weathered chipboard case with the guitar, so we've paired it with a new 5-ply Martin hard case. Interested parties are welcome to contact us for an in-hand description. Payment requested by check or wire transfer.