Name: Allen C. Date: 6-3-09 Review: Martin D18 Rating you give the Martin D-18: 5 - Best thing I ever played
Likes: Mine is a Vintage 1956 model and has the best tone I've ever heard in an acoustic guitar.
Dislikes: Absolutely nothing.
Additional Comments: Warm low-end; crystal clear mids and ringing highs. Easy to play which is not always the case with old Martins. Wherever I go it smokes the competition hands-down.
Name: Dave Date: 09/17/08 Review: Martin D18 Rating you give the Martin D-18: 4 - Highly recommend it
Likes: Everything, except I have to borrow it to play it.
Dislikes: Not having my own.
Additional Comments: Hey Mac Dunleavy,I enjoyed reading your review. Hope you keep it.
Name: Mac Dunleavy Date: 12-7-07 Review: Martin D-18 Rating you give the Martin D18: 4 - Highly recommend it
Like about the Martin D-18: The classic Martin sound.
Dislike about the Martin D18: These guitars have certainly gone-up in price over the years. My first D-18 cost me $110 though I was making only 25 cents an hour in those days.
Additional Comments: I once owned one of these, a 1937 model that I saved for over three summers while working in the sorghum fields as a youth during the 1930s. My buddies & me had a little bluegrass band & we used to perform at various church socials in West Virginia. Then the war came along & following my enlistment in the US Navy, my parents sold their small farm & moved to the west coast (California). Somewhere along the way, my D-18 got lost, stolen or misplaced. After I returned home from the war, guitar music got put on the backburner as I got married & raised seven children while working as a steam fitter. I never had the extra money to buy another guitar, let alone a Martin as the expenses of running a household pretty much depleted most of my available income. I retired after 45 years of steam fitting at age 67 still in debt & the thought of ever resuming my interest in music & guitar seemed distant at best. The union had compromised its retirement benefits package & whatever I had coming pretty much went to paying outstanding medical expenses for my wife who had worked herself to the bone during those 25+ years of raising children & keeping up the household. Nevertheless I was grateful for having my hearing & being able to enjoy various forms of music while either listening to the radio, watching TV or checking out LPs from the local library. Funny, though I hadn't picked-up a guitar in over 50 years, I could still visualize the chordal progressions & the memories of playing with my little group in the late 30s still remained clear as a bell. I guess it's like riding a bicycle, you never forget. Anyway & to make a long story short, several months ago I managed to scrape together about $85.00 in order to take a charter bus along with some other seniors to an Indian gaming casino in the foothills of Califorina. Having only $25.00 to gamble with, I was very cautious of how to allocate my resources. I immediately lost $10.00 in the slot machines & after losing another $10.00 at two hands of blackjack, I was pretty much finished. I then decided to to play one round of craps recalling my navy days when some guys would blow an entire pay period on a roll of dice. Call it Providance but I somehow managed to win $1500 as the dice were friendly that evening. Upon returning home & after careful deliberation, I decided I really wanted to replace my old D-18 & though there are other more pressing expenses to deal with, I bought another D-18 with the help of a few retirees at the senior center who offered to pitch in another $300 or so. I am now paying them back at about $15-$20 per week but being able to resume playing music & the guitar has been very enriching. I perform a little Texas Swing for my acquaintances & though I can barely scrape up $6 for a new set of strings every now & then, the purchase was well worth it. Martin has always made a fine guitar & though this one lacks a 'little something' compared to my first D-18, I am very grateful for the opportunity to be able to play again.
UMGF username: oldandintheway Date: Dec 14 2005 Review: Martin D-18 Rating you give the Martin D18: 4 - Highly recommend it
Like about the Martin D-18: Fit and finish is perfect.Initially I was dissapointed with the sound, but after 3 months it has totally changed.Balance, bass and fat trebles. I am very pleased with this guitar for Bluegrass backup fingerpicking and blue grass lead
Dislike about the Martin D-18: I wish it had a 1 and 3/4 fingerboard width.
Additional Comments: If you're a Mahogany fan, this is hard to beat
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