Martin has teamed up with Grammy-winning guitarist and bluegrass icon Molly Tuttle on two new signature guitars: the D-18 Molly Tuttle and the D-X2E Molly Tuttle.

Each fashions take direct inspiration from Tuttle’s beloved 1943 Martin D-18, an instrument that has formed her sound and enjoying type for years. Whereas the D-18 Molly Tuttle goals to channel the punch, readability, and fast-playing really feel of that classic guitar, the D-X2E Molly Tuttle brings those self same artist-driven particulars right into a extra sturdy, accessible X Collection construct.

“I’ve all the time dreamed of enjoying Martin guitars ever since I began enjoying the guitar,” says Tuttle. “To see my identify on this Martin guitar and to have had a hand in designing it, it was simply an enormous second for me.”

Main the launch is the D-18 Molly Tuttle, the extra premium of the 2 fashions, and one Martin describes as being “all wrapped in timeless tone and classic type”. The guitar options rear-shifted scalloped bracing, a slim 1 11/16-inch nut width favoured by bluegrass flatpickers, and an genuine Nineteen Forties-style neck profile designed for velocity and luxury.

Customized moon-phase fingerboard inlays replicate Tuttle’s private aesthetic, joined by a silver Martin script headplate brand, oval tuner buttons, and a traditional classic sunburst high. Crafted with a strong spruce high, strong mahogany again and sides, and ebony appointments, the guitar delivers the stability, make clear, and punch D-18s are identified for.

“I simply love how D-18s sound,” Tuttle says. “It has that traditional D-18 sound… it’s great to make use of within the studio as a result of the notes are so clear.”

The guitar ships in a vintage-style mild blue molded hardshell case harking back to Seventies Martin designs and is priced at $4,199.99, with each right- and left-handed variations out there.

For gamers searching for a extra reasonably priced choice, the D-X2E Molly Tuttle brings these D-18 core specs into Martin’s X Collection for the primary time. Notably, it’s the primary X Collection mannequin to function a Nineteen Forties-style neck form with a 1 11/16” nut width, a profile Tuttle describes as “extraordinarily snug to play”.

The guitar’s strong spruce high is paired with figured mahogany HPL again and sides for added sturdiness, whereas scalloped X-bracing, moon-phase markers, and Martin E1 electronics make it stage-ready straight out of the field.

“You could possibly choose this up and go down and play a gig with it that very day,” says Tuttle. Priced at $999.99, it affords a much more accessible route into the Molly Tuttle signature lineup.

The moon-phase motif that seems on each guitars carries private that means for Molly as nicely: “I really feel just like the moon represents creativity, inspiration, your unconscious,” she says. “Generally once I realise it’s a brand new moon, I feel that’s time to plant the seeds of latest concepts.”

She hopes these guitars spark that very same artistic vitality for different gamers: “I hope you choose one up. I hope you like enjoying it. I hope they type of unlock some new concepts in your enjoying.”

The D-18 Molly Tuttle and D-X2E Molly Tuttle will likely be out there on-line and thru authorised Martin sellers following their debut at The 2026 NAMM Present.

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