Martin 000-18 Custom Guitar

A rare personal project I've wanted to tackle for a long time. I bought a stock 000-18 kit from Martin Guitar and added 45 style headstock and fingerboard inlays, white body and fingerboard bindings, white/black/white laminated headstock binding,along with maple/walnut/ebony top purfling and a shop made walnut/maple backband. The parts come machined to rough shapes and dimensions. As in the Martin factory, all the precise work has to be done by hand. For around $600.00 I have a dream guitar that Martin would sell for over $7000.00. I also gained great respect for the luthiers trade.