Martin GPC-16E Acoustic Electric Guitar – Mahogany New

Warm Tones and Versatile Performance in a Sleek Design – The Martin GPC-16E Mahogany Acoustic Guitar

The Martin GPC-16E acoustic-electric offers players a sleek and comfortable Grand Performance-style guitar. Handcrafted in our Nazareth factory as part of the 16 Series, its body shape combines the projection, balanced tone, and added bass of a Grand Performance model with the depth and comfort of an Auditorium (000) guitar. Available with your choice of either a gloss or satin spruce top and East Indian rosewood or mahogany satin back and sides, this guitar is ready to help you unleash your inner artist, wherever your musical journey takes you.

SPECIFICATIONS

Overview

• Body Size: Grand Performance 14-Fret Cutaway (000 Depth)
• Finish Top: Gloss
• Construction: Simple Dovetail Neck Joint
• Back and Side Finish: Satin
• Bracing Pattern: Forward-Shifted X-Brace
• Scale Length: 25.4″
• Brace Shape: Scalloped
• Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4”
• Top Material: Spruce
• Neck Shape: Modified Low Oval
• Back Material: Mahogany
• Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper
• Side Material: Mahogany
• Electronics: Yes
• Electronics Options: Fishman Matrix VT Enhance NT2

Top

• Top Color: Clear
• Bridge Style: Modern Belly – Drop in Saddle
• Binding: Brown Tortoise Pattern
• Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32″
• Top Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
• Bridge Material: Ebony
• Top Detail: None
• Bridge Pin Material: Black Tusq
• Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern or Black
• Bridge Pin Dots: Mother of Pearl
• Pickguard Inlay: None
• Saddle: Compensated White Tusq
• Rosette: Bold Herringbone with Multi-Stripe
• Saddle Radius: 16″

Body

• Brace Material: Spruce
• Back and Sides Color: Dark Mahogany
• Brace Size: 5/16″
• Back Detail: None
• Back Purfling/Strip: None
• Back Inlay Material: None
• Heelcap: Brown Tortoise Pattern
• Side Detail: None
• Endpiece: None
• Side Inlay Material: None
• Endpiece Inlay: None

Neck

• Neck Material: Select Hardwood
• Fingerboard Material: Ebony
• Finish Neck: Satin
• Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8”
• Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
• Fingerboard Inlay Style: Style 28
• Number of Frets Total: 20
• Fingerboard Inlay Material: Mother of Pearl
• Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
• Fingerboard Binding Material: None
• Side Dots: White

Headstock

• Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper
• Tuning Machines: Nickel Open Gear
• Headplate Material: East Indian Rosewood
• Knob: Butterbean
• Headplate Logo Style: Script Old Style Overlay
• Nut Material: Bone
• Headplate Binding Material: None

Miscellaneous

• Case: Softshell

Manufacturer: C. F. Martin & Co.
Model: GPC16E-02
SKU: I623957-0-WHXC

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