From Martin:

“The D-18E Modern Deluxe is a new take on Martin Vintage. This guitar is packed with custom features and modern technology that you have to see, feel, and hear for yourself. The vintage appointments include a spruce VINTAGE TONE SYSTEM(VTS) top, a dovetail neck joint, and natural protein glue construction that give it the rich, fully aged Martin tone that has inspired generations. The look is unlike anything in our production line to date with East Indian rosewood binding, stylish gold frets, gold open-gear tuners, and a unique 1930s style script logo inlaid in pearl on the headstock. Some ultra-modern features include Liquidmetalbridge pins with red dots and a composite carbon fiber bridgeplate that boosts volume. And weve included a new neck shape that is slightly asymmetrical for maximum hand comfort up and down the fretboard. This guitar is anything but standard.”

Natural, Gloss top and body finish, D-14 Fret body shape, Solid Sitka Spruce top w/VTS, Adirondack Spruce w/VTS scalloped forward shifted X bracing, Old Style 18 multi-stripe Rosette, Indian Rosewood binding with the multi-stripe top inlay, Mahogany back and sides, Style 18 back purfling, Ebony fingerboard with the Abalone Old Style 18 position markers on a vintage deluxe w/high performance taper shaped Mahogany neck, 25.4 scale length, 1 3/4 nut width, Waverly tuners, With the Fishman Aura VT Blend pickup system and hardshell case