Martin 00018

[kayakman]

Just got a new 00018,liking it alot.....Thanks folks.

[phydaux]

[phydaux]

Originally Posted by kayakman

Just got a new 00018,liking it alot.....Thanks folks.

The 000 is the one I would buy. Good for you, man. Play it with joy.

[hairpuller]

I miss mine!!

Good choice; play well!

scott

[kayakman]

Thanks to all the Martin lovers......

[Humbuster]

One of the finest Martins at any price.

[kayakman]

I might change the tuners to Waverly /with the ivoroid buttons, any thoughts?

[Downeast]

Congrats, I just got one yesterday too. Need to make a NGD post .

[kayakman]

Great guitar,like the sound of hog...very light guitar..

[TJNies]

Originally Posted by kayakman

I might change the tuners to Waverly /with the ivoroid buttons, any thoughts?

Is something wrong with the OE's or is it just a visual preference?

Oh, and congrats on a great guitar!

[BradleyS]

The 000-18 was my first Martin.
Wonderful guitar, should have never parted with it.
Enjoy

[kayakman]

Visual appearance,The Gotah`s are ok, but like the look and smoothness of the Waverly`s..Im a little obsessive.

[DBW]

I wouldn't change out the tuners. The tuners it has are great.

[Sasquatchian]

Just a note on the Waverly's. If you're going to install them, and having done this several times, they are extremely sensitive to proper mounting hole spacing. Even mounting them in place of Grover Sta-Tite's, where the mounting hole spacing is literally 1/10th of 1mm different, that's enough to cause the Waverly's to have major backlash issues. It'd be nice if Stew-Mac's website would tell you about this, but they don't.

The solution is to plug all the original hole with tiny Mahogany toothpicks that I make using my hand drill as a mini lathe and then use the ingenious little jig that Stew-Mac sells (around $60 or so) that lets you both accurately align the hole placements in regards to the headstock and drill new holes that are exactly at the prescribed 25.4mm spacing. The difference between winging it and using this jig is amazing and I would not have believed it had I not seen it myself.

So the process of swapping out tuners goes from a twenty minute job to one that takes a full day or more to make the tiny plugs, glue them in and let them dry, but doing that I went from - and with the exact same set of brand new Waverly 21:1 tuners - from individual tuner that had a full 1/4 to 1/3 turn backlash free play to ones with virtually none. Still not as nice as the Gotoh 510's but aesthetically more appropriate on many guitars.

[DanR]

Congrats on the new guitar. I sold mine after I got a 00-18 which I liked a bit better for fingerpicking. But it was still a terrific guitar. I felt it was too extravagant, at least for me, to have both. That's the one sale that I have regrets about.

Enjoy yours! ♫