The 000-18 has the most beautiful soft mahogany sound to it. For any fans of mahagony, little is needed to be said. For fingerstyle, it has a very special sound to it; and is wonderful for acoustic blues.

It is a no frills guitar, with all expense in the instrument itself. It is beautiful in its simplicity. I have a picture of Bob Dylan playing the 000-18 in 1970.

It for for fingerstyle folk and blues. I love it for fingerpicking Christmas tunes and use it every day in practice.

The sound is soft and it is beautiful. This is a great guitar for the cost.

I own a 1969 000-18 and it is a best friend of a guitar. It will play any type of music I want. Rock, blues, disco, whatever. And it does it with class. It's the perfect finger style guitar , but can be plat picked . The volume is not as big as a D model but much warmer. I would recommend this guitar for any serious player. There are no frills but playing it will give many thrills. I have a few guitars, LBenito, Yamaha (old), baby Taylor, etc.. My Martin is my favorite.

This guitar radiates with beautiful tone! One gets the impression that this tone is in the wood of the guitar, eager to come out, wanting wholeheartedly to please appreciative ears. Play an E on the third or fourth strings and you will hear the most beautiful vibrations ever created. Magnificent!

I own a number of very fine guitars (Martins, Taylors, Alvarez-Yairi) and this guitar is the finest in my collection. Note: I do own a 1955 000-18 so it's mellowed through the years! This is one fine guitar with great mellow sound, easy to play. It has a bit smaller body than some other guitars, but does not lack on sound. Very rich. You'll love this guitar!

I've owned this guitar of around 5 years own and my only complaint is that it's neck just dosen't feel right to me I'm pretty sure its a C shape but it's really thin and makes bar chords difficult. Its sound is really bluesy, its not that good for modern stuff in my opinion its more raw blues and light rock to it. Its also a martin and martins always have a sound of their own. I'd rather have a D-28.