Glancing at the OMC-18 Laurence Juber
* Venetian cutaway 000 body * Adirondack spruce top * 1/4" scalloped Adirondack spruce braces * Mahogany back and sides * Style 28 rosette * Diamond volute on the back side of the neck * Vintage tortoise-colored Style 18 top and back bindings * Style 18 black/white Boltaron inlay lines * Modified V mahogany neck * Headplate of Madagascar rosewood * Old Style gold Martin logo decal * Gotoh nickel tuners with butterbean knobs * Black ebony fingerboard * Abalone pearl "Doppler dot" (sequentially smaller) position markers at the 5th, 7th and 9th frets * Ebony belly bridge * Natural untinted top * High-gloss lacquer finish on body, neck, and headplate.
The body The OMC-18 Laurence Juber Custom Edition features the same long scale and rounded Venetian cutaway 000 body of previous Laurence Juber signature guitars. Like the 2002's OMC-18VLJ, this Custom Edition also combines an Adirondack spruce top, 1/4" scalloped Adirondack spruce braces and genuine mahogany back and sides. And consistent with the three previous Laurence Jubers, it doesn't have a pickguard. A style 28 rosette, in keeping with the diamond volute on the back side of the neck, is blended with vintage tortoise-colored Style 18 top and back bindings with traditional Style 18 black/white Boltaron inlay lines.
Other appointments The black ebony fingerboard bears elegant abalone pearl "Doppler dot" (i.e. sequentially smaller) position markers at the 5th, 7th and 9th frets, a feature both of the OMC-18VLJ and Style 18 Martins from the early 1930s, but - in keeping with the Laurence Juber guitars' tradition of elegance - no signature. The belly bridge is also black ebony, and the nut and compensated drop-in saddle are crafted from genuine bone. Plain ebony bridge and end pins enhance the guitar's understated beauty, as does the natural, untinted top. The OMC-18 Laurence Juber Custom Edition showcases Martin's flawless high gloss lacquer finish throughout, including the neck and headplate.
