At 9:10 Lukens is seen playing a Martin guitar at a solo show in 2026

If you go to the Martin museum you are able to see a Martin D-18 used by Taylor which surprised me because I’ve never seen photos of him with it. His 1937 is actually the inspiration for the Martin D-18 Authentic 1937 VTS! From the article I linked scroll to Case D: “1937 is an extremely good year as far as vintage Martin guitars go. In addition to guitar collectors wanting a 1937 as part of their collections, musicians know how great Martin guitars from this year sound. This 1937 D-18 was used by James Taylor for two years as his touring guitar. It has all of the great attributes a 1937 D-18 is known for, which include being loud with a dry bass response and clear treble.“

"We also plugged in his new Line 6 bass amp that sounded very cool with that vintage Precision. I used my Gibson Elvis Dove and a Martin D-18 from 1970 for the acoustic parts, and all the other performances on the track were left intact."

In this video Pete unboxes his Martin d-18. Pete states this is a guitar he has wanted for some time. Pete states that He had been doing sessions, and would borrow a D-18 from the Andertons showroom. Pete likes that the guitar is just a simple workingman's guitar

‘My Martin is the workhorse, though. I have a D-18 and I think my Martin will be the only thing that I’ll tour with for the rest of my life. I love them, they’re really well balanced guitars and they sound how an acoustic guitar should sound, you know? They don’t need a lot of manipulation, when you’re playing live. They just do what they do and do it so well. I use Fishman pickups in most of my acoustics, but I just fitted an EQ system on my pedal board, too. I’ve got the Boss RC-20 lopper down there with it. I think it’s that one, I look at it everyday and still can’t manage to remember the name of it,’ he says laughing. ‘I use Elixir Polyweb 10 gauge for my acoustics, the Guild has Ernie Ball Slinkys on it, though. I’m so bad with names, it’s just like “Yeah, the purple packet, thanks”,’ says Matt Corby in this interview with Acoustic Magazine.

"- What’s the main acoustic you always resort to?

• Well, that’s not here. It’s a Martin D-18. Don’t have that here."

Eddie Cochran used a Martin D-18 for his acoustic performances, as shown in the image provided by SBOBET.

Kiwanuka plays different D-18s. One of them is a D-18 Authentic which was used on "Home Again" according to Paul Butler who produced Kiwanukas debut. (http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar12/articles/kiwanuka.htm)

Nils' Martin D-18 is mentioned, in this interview, as a gift from Neil Young.

"'The building's burning down - what guitar from your collection would you save?'

"'That's a rough one, but probably the Martin D-18 that Neil Young loaned me to make After The Gold Rush. Mostly, I was playing piano on that album, but one day, we were gonna do Tell Me Why and Neil wanted it played on two acoustics sat across from each other. I didn't own one - so he handed me this D-18, and gave it to me at the end. It doesn't leave the home.'"

‘I also have a pair of nice Martins here, both with a personal story. I used the D-18 a lot with the Pretenders. It wasn’t actually mine at the time. I commented once to Chrissie Hynde in the studio how nice it was, and jokingly asked if I could have it. I didn’t think any more of it until I decided to leave the band, and she just said “It’s yours!” It’s 43 years old now, so it’s well matured. It’s fitted with a Mimesis soundhole pickup, which was the prototype of the Fishman Rare Earth, designed by Bill Puplett and Mike Vanden. Unlike the modern Rare Earth which runs on 9 volts, this is powered by just 3 volts, and to my ears it has a much better sound. Recording and sound engineers love the balance of this one.’

You can see D-18, D-28 and 000-17SM in a photo from Chuck's instagram

Tomo playing this guitar in this concert image