Martin Road Series GPC-11E Satin Spruce

With a gorgeous glossed spruce top and sapele back and sides, this solid wood Grand Performance model with cutaway is a great sounding guitar at an affordable price. New to this model are stunning mother-of-pearl pattern fingerboard and rosette inlays with a multi-stripe rosette border. It has an FSC® Certified Richlite® fingerboard and bridge, satin finish body, and a hand-rubbed neck finish. Also new to this model is the Fishman® MX-T electronics package with a built-in soundhole tuner that auto mutes the audio output so you can tune up any time without using a pedal. This guitar comes with a Premium Soft Shell Case so it is Road-ready to join you on all of your adventures!

 

Overview:

• Body Size: Grand Performance 14 Fret Cutaway
• Construction: Mortise & Tenon Neck Joint
• Bracing Pattern: X-Brace
• Brace Shape: Scalloped
• Top Material: Spruce
• Back Material: Sapele
• Side Material: Sapele
• Electronics Options: Fishman MX-T
• Finish Top: Gloss
• Back and Side Finish: Satin
• Scale Length: 25.4”
• Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 ¾”
• Neck Shape: Performing Artist
• Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper
• Electronics: Yes

 

Top:

• Top Color: Clear
• Binding: Black
• Top Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
• Top Detail: None
• Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern
• Pickguard Inlay: None
• Rosette: Mother-of-Pearl Pattern with Multi-Stripe
• Bridge Style: Modern Belly – Drop in Saddle
• Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32”
• Bridge Material: FSC Certified Richlite
• Bridge Pin Material: White Plastic
• Bridge Pin Dots: Black Plastic
• Saddle: Compensated White Tusq
• Saddle Radius: 16”

 

Body:

• Brace Material: Spruce
• Brace Size: 5/16” with ¼” Tone Bars
• Back Purfling/Strip: None
• Heelcap: Black
• Endpiece: None
• Endpiece Inlay: None
• Back and Sides Color: Cherry
• Back Detail: None
• Back Inlay Material: None
• Side Detail: None
• Side Inlay Material: None

Neck:

 

• Neck Material: Select Hardwood
• Finish Neck: Hand-Rubbed
• Neck Color: None
• Number of Frets Total: 20
• Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
• Side Dots: White
• Fingerboard Material: FSC Certified Richlite
• Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8”
• Fingerboard Inlay Style: MOP Pattern Dots-28 Style Pattern
• Fingerboard Inlay Material: Mother-of-Pearl Pattern
• Fingerboard Binding Material: None

 

Headstock:

• Headstock Shape: Solid with Standard Taper
• Headplate Material: HPL
• Headplate Logo Style: Script Ink
• Headplate Binding Material: None
• Tuning Machines: Chrome Enclosed Gear
• Knob: Small
• Nut Material: White Corian
• Headplate Detail: Rosewood Pattern

 

Misc:

• Case: Soft-Shell
• Label: Paper Label