Yes, that’s a Martin.
The E Series was Martin's attempt to enter the solid body electric guitar market. They didn't stick around to duke it out with Fender or Gibson, but they still managed to make a sweet axe.
They ran prototypes in ’78 and the guitars entered production in 1979. There were 3 versions of the guitar; the E-18, the EM-18 and the EB-18 (bass!). All were double cutaway guitars, offset, with the horns rounded off. Inspired by the neck-through, active creations of Alembic guitars, the natural lacquered bodies were built to resemble the natural wood guitars of the day, using a laminate of maple and rosewood and mahogany giving not only a striped effect, but the appearance of a neck-through-body guitar, although they are set necks, glued into a pocket in the body.
The mahogany D-profile neck has a thickness of 0.865" at the 1st fret and 1.020" at the 12th fret, and is complemented by a 12" radius rosewood fretboard with a nut width of 1 5/8".
This EM-18 is a DiMarzio-loaded (8.43k N, 8.13k B), offset son of a gun ready to shred. It is versatile as hell, with dual volume and tone controls as well as coil tap and phase toggles that allow you to dial in exactly what you tone you hear in your head.
This one is really dang clean. Very light playwear but no serious dings or bruises. With less than 1400 of them made, this guitar is an absolute gem to have in your rig and being a Martin, it is certain to continue to increase in value with the vintage guitar market.
Aside from the cool factor, it's received a full fret level and a spot-on setup from our top shelf luthiers, this thing PLAYS. We'll ship it lightning fast in its hardshell case upon payment. Feel free to give us a call with any questions you may have about it!