Martin Steel String Backpacker Acoustic Guitar New

Experience The Ultimate Traveler’s Guitar – The Martin Steel String Backpacker Acoustic Guitar

The sky’s the limit for portability! The steel-string Backpacker travel guitar is lightweight, durable, easy to play (and tune) and is shaped to fit into the smallest places. Constructed of solid tonewoods. This model includes sustainable wood certified parts. See specifications for details.

SPECIFICATIONS

Overview

• Body Size: Backpacker
• Finish Top: Hand-rubbed
• Construction: Backpacker
• Back and Side Finish: Hand Rubbed
• Bracing Pattern: Backpacker
• Scale Length: 24”
• Brace Shape: Non-scalloped
• Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 11/16”
• Top Material: Sapele
• Neck Shape: Backpacker
• Back Material: Sapele
• Neck Taper: Backpacker Taper
• Side Material: Sapele
• Electronics: No

Top

• Top Color: None
• Bridge Style: Backpacker Steel String
• Binding: None
• Bridge String Spacing: 2.187”
• Top Inlay Material: None
• Bridge Material: FSC® Certified Richlite®
• Top Detail: None
• Bridge Pin Material: Black Plastic
• Pickguard: None
• Bridge Pin Dots: White Plastic
• Pickguard Inlay: None
• Saddle: Compensated Black Tusq
• Rosette: None
• Saddle Radius: 16″

Body

• Brace Material: Sitka Spruce
• Back and Sides Color: None
• Brace Size: 5/16″
• Back Detail: None
• Back Purfling/strip: None
• Back Inlay Material: None
• Heelcap: None
• Side Detail: None
• Endpiece: None
• Side Inlay Material: None
• Endpiece Inlay: None

Neck

• Neck Material: Select Hardwood
• Fingerboard Material: FSC® Certified Richlite®
• Finish Neck: Hand-rubbed
• Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8”
• Neck Color: None
• Fingerboard Inlay Style: 1 at 5th & 2 at 12th
• Number of Frets Total: 15
• Fingerboard Inlay Material: White Plastic
• Neck Joins Body at: 15th Fret
• Fingerboard Binding Material: None
• Side Dots: White

Headstock

• Headstock Shape: Solid
• Tuning Machines: Black Enclosed Gear
• Headplate Material: None
• Knob: Small
• Headplate Logo Style: Script Overlay
• Nut Material: Black Corian
• Headplate Binding Material: None
• Headplate Detail: None

Manufacturer: C. F. Martin & Co.
Model: BACKPACKER STEEL STRING
SKU: I369959-4-WHXB

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