Martin 000-18 Custom

[Dave Nauman]

Martin 000-18 kit guitar with Style 45 inlay and binding, walnut/ebony/maple top purfling, and shop made herringbone backstrip.

[Jim_H]

Nice work Dave!

Do you have any in-progress pics?

Are you happy with the final result? Good playability? Sound?

[Ben-Had]

Sweet, did you use a vintage toner for the top?

[Dave Nauman]

I'm real happy with it; it has a nice mellow sound for fingerstyle work and the neck has a nice feel. I used shellac as a finish; two coats of 1 1/2 lb. cut orange on the whole thing to give it that aged color, then four coats of 1 1/2 lb. cut blonde on the top, six coats on the sides, back and neck. I rubbed it out with Behlens Deluxing compound, then buffed it to a moderate gloss, and took the back of the neck down to a satin finish with 0000 steel wool.

[johnnparchem]

Nice guitar. I really like the fingerboard and the headstock bindings. Nice work on all of the inlays.

[John S]

Very nice. It really does have that aged look. Did you spray or brush the shellac? The torch inlay on the headstock looks very clean. Great job!

John

[Dave Nauman]

Thanks. It's a brushed on finish.

[Ken Hundley]

Nice Job! I haven't tried a guitar in all shellac yet...I have a bunch that I just haven't tried yet. Might be a good winter finish, as I can do it in the house....;)

[pjl1959]

Looks great! I really like the top purfling; very classy! Is that an oversized sound hole, or is it just my eyes?

I just ofered a OM kit from John @ Blues Creek and can't wait to get started. I'll keep the forum posted.

Paul

[rgogo65]

What's the top? Back and side wood? Nice work, great look!

Ray :)