Whether it's the bracing, the materials, or something else entirely, these guitars have “it.” To sum it up, pre-war Martin's are so expensive because they are incredible instruments with an iconic history that have become rare over the passage of time.

A Martin Guitar will have the model designation and the serial number etched on the neck block. Look in the soundhole toward the neck to see where this is etched.

A member of Martin's Vintage Series acoustic guitars, the D-18V Dreadnought features many of the characterisitics of Martin's pre-World War II instruments - old-style squared headstock, modified V-shaped neck, period fingerboard inlays, scalloped bracing, beveled tortoise colored pickguard, vintage tuning machines and ...