{"product_id":"c-f-martin-custom-shop-000-17-12-12-string-flat-top-acoustic-guitar-2001-13841","title":"C. F. Martin Custom Shop 000-17-12 12 String Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (2001)","description":"C. F. Martin Custom Shop 000-17-12 Model 12 String Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (2001), Nazareth, PA, serial # 802936. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a truly unique Custom Shop Martin, a \"guitar that (usually) doesn't exist\" with an unusual combination of features. With a 15 1\/8\" all mahogany body and a 14-fret mahogany neck this is technically a 000-17-12, although the designation on the heelblock is simply \"CUSTOM\". This combination of features is not a standard Martin formula; the 000-17 14-fret 6-string was just launched as a featured model in 2025, and no 12-string is offered. Back in 2001 someone special ordered this guitar and we have to say it represents and excellent idea well executed!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe back, sides and top are mahogany, satin finished, with a mahogany neck and rosewood bridge and fingerboard. The neck has a fairly shallow \"C\" profile and is quite comfortable for a 12 string, with a trussrod adjusted in front of the soundhole. The uncommon choice of a mahogany top adds an different timbre to the 12-string palette, offering a tight response and a lot of clarity compared to the standard spruce top. This is a really fun guitar to play, with a superbly comfortable action and a great ringing sound acoustically, or plugged in via the installed Baggs pickup system. While unassuming in looks this is a superb player's instrument, a really cool and unique take on the modern\/vintage 12-string formula.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOverall length is 41 1\/4 in. (104.8 cm.), 15 1\/8 in. (38.4 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 4 in. (10.2 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 25 1\/4 in. (641 mm.). Width of nut is 1 27\/32 in. (47 mm.). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis guitar shows signs of only light play over the last 25 years, with just minor scuffs and very light scratches scattered around. There is a little wear to the little soundhole rim. The pickguard has some pick scratching in the surface; the plastic protective film was never removed and is now quite scruffy looking but of course was never intended to be left on in the first place! This is a very fine playing guitar with a light, easy action and a pleasant, surprisingly rich sound. It is fitted with an L.R. Baggs Anthem pickup under the bridge plate (removable) wired to an endpin jack and would make an excellent gigging guitar. This unique Martin lives in the original HSC. Excellent Condition.","brand":"C. F. Martin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46853716443276,"sku":"13841","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/8702\/3756\/files\/01_de7d436a-ede1-4fc2-a2b1-c51abea24fe7.jpg?v=1774344426","url":"https:\/\/retrofret.com\/products\/c-f-martin-custom-shop-000-17-12-12-string-flat-top-acoustic-guitar-2001-13841","provider":"RetroFret","version":"1.0","type":"link"}