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GPC-16E

4.1 out of 5 Customer Rating

GPC-16E

$2,099.00
4.1 out of 5 Customer Rating

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. At its core lies a resonant satin spruce top, paired with your choice of East Indian rosewood or mahogany satin back and sides. Equipped with Martin E1 electronics, the GPC-16E lets you sculpt your sound with onboard controls for volume, tone, and phase, while the built-in chromatic tuner ensures accurate tuning without the need for plugging in. This guitar is ready to help you unleash your inner artist, wherever your musical journey takes you.

Style: Rosewood
Select Preferred Hand: Right

GPC-16E

Style: Rosewood
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Overview

Body Size: Grand Performance 14-Fret (000 Depth)
Finish Top: Satin
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: East Indian Rosewood
Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper
Side Material: East Indian Rosewood
Electronics: Yes
Electronics Options: Martin E1

Top

Top Color: Clear
Bridge Style: Modern Belly - Drop in Saddle
Binding: Antique White
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
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: None
Brace Size: 5/16"
Back Detail: None
Back Purfling/Strip: None
Back Inlay Material: Black Stripe
Heelcap: Antique White
Side Detail: None
Endpiece: None
Side Inlay Material: 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

Misc

Case: Softshell
Left Handed Availability: true
Label: None
Pleked: true

Reviews

5.0

3 Reviews

My New Matin GPC-16E

This guitar looks and sounds amazing, I made a great choice!

Karl E.
Verified Purchaser

a year ago

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Exceptional!

Sounds great — easy to play! Love this guitar - both unplugged and plugged in!

Ed
Verified Purchaser

2 years ago

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GREAT GUITAR

Well I am 63 year that have played at playing a guitar since I was 16. I never could play anything but a C,G and D and very bad at strumming much less picking. Last year I started a journey to actually learn how to play. I have taken personal lessons from a professional musician and currently are using a couple of internet courses. I started with a Seagull Flaming Maple Performer CW QIT. It is a beautiful guitar and chose it for the 1.8 nut. I have fat short fingers and currently suffer from carpal tunnel on my fretting hand until surgery. I am also a large guy. So the Seagull is a big heavy guitar. I started looking for a smaller parlor that would fit me better. I looked at several different kinds and was about to get a Zager just based on their hype. I trust James Rawson at Rawson Music in OKC so I called him. I told him my situation. I asked him about Zager and my thoughts and after a discussion he said I have a Martin that is the easiest playing guitar in the country and I can set it up with really low action. I went in and looked at several models. Looked at a couple of models made in Mexico and they were really nice. More pretty than the GPC but when he put the GPC in my hands and strummed it I realized that I had found the guitar I was looking for and needed in order to progress in thru my journey. All wood and made in Nazareth it is a great value. I have always wanted a J45 but after playing several with the 1.72 nut and then playing the Martin that has the 1.75 nut and the low oval performance neck there is really no comparison. I have found a friend to take on my journey and now I love to pick it up. My abilities are progressing and I am starting to achieve my life long dream of playing the guitar for real........GPC16E is a absolutely great guitar for anyone from a stage performer singer/songwriter or just a ole campfire guy like me.

Curtis
Verified Purchaser

2 years ago

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