Martin 1951 5-18 (Terz) Guitar with soft shell case

A 5-18 model is a smaller size and scale guitar that is tuned a minor 3rd higher than a traditional full sized acoustic. Low to High G-C-F-Bb-D-G. This type of guitar dates back to before C F Martin immigrated to the USA in 1833 when the Terz guitar as it was called, was fashionable in Europe. Many duets were written for a Terz and Standard guitar at that time. 

Move forward to the mid 1900's and Marty Robbins was a main stream Country Western artist who played one much of the time on stage. Many of his performances of him playing a Martin 5-18 can be seen on YouTube. Martin offered the 5-18 from the late 1800's to 1989 in their catalog.

https://youtu.be/czVopvpn-t4?si=8UJo10RiLgT-3eJ5


This guitar is free of cracks. It has the original tuners, bridge, bridge plate, and frets. It has had the neck reset by our repairman Jace Hughes and now plays as a new guitar.