MARTIN D-18V(M)S Description
- 12-fret dreadnought body style, solid Sitka spruce top, solid mahogany back and sides, round soundhole with old Style 18 three-stripe rosette (1/9/1 grouping), tortoise color binding, multiple-ply B/W boltaron top inlay, Style 18 back purfling, select hardwood neck, 12/19-fret ebony fingerboard with old Style 18 pearl dot inlays, slotted headstock with rosewood overlay and raised gold foil logo, three-per-side Waverly nickle side-mount tuners with butterbean knobs, vintage ebony belly bridge with drop-in long saddle, black bridge pins with white dots, beveled tortoise pickguard, available in Natural or Sunburst polished gloss finish with Aging Toner top, 25.4 in. scale, mfg. 1996-2011.
The M was dropped from the D-18VMS designation after 1998 and called the D-18VS from 1999 through 2011.