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Martin 16 Series GPC-16E Mahogany Grand Performance Electro Acoustic

Spruce Top & Mahogany Body with Fishman Matrix VT Enhance NT2 Electronics

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SKU: GPC16E-02

Product Description

The Martin 16 series is an affordable entry-point into the world of USA-made Martin guitars. With its mahogany body, spruce top, and built-in Fishman Matrix VT electronics, the GPC-16E Mahogany is a workhorse guitar offering the quality of tone and craftsmanship you expect from an American-made Martin.

Grand Performance Body

The Grand Performance body shape is a true all-rounder. Unlike larger body shapes like dreadnoughts and jumbos, you get a more balanced sound across the frequencies, so it's great for a wide range of genres. There's also a cutaway letting you access the higher frets with ease. The slightly smaller body shape and versatile tone make the Grand Performance body suitable for both fingerstyle and strumming alike.

Construction

The versatile Grand Performance body is complemented by the tonewoods on this guitar. The mahogany back and sides provide warmth and punchiness to the tone, while the spruce top has a balanced response. The result is a versatile tone that's great for a wide range of styles, particularly folk and blues genres where a warm, direct tone is important. This guitar has a modified low oval neck, a rounded shape that fills the hand nicely. The high-performance neck taper keeps the neck comfortable whether you're playing open chords reaching those upper frets.

Fishman Matrix VT Enhance Electronics

This guitar is ready to perform thanks to the built-in Fishman Matrix VT Enhance electronics. The Enhance undersaddle pickup is designed to bring out the dynamics and percussiveness in your playing. You can blend this in or out with the discreet, soundhole mounted preamp that also features volume and tone controls for shaping your sound. Whether you're performing live into an amp/PA, or you're recording into an audio interface, the GPC-16E is ready to go right out of the box!

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Key Features

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

Customer Reviews

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Mr Graham Cave22nd Jul 2020

Sounds like a Martin, feels like a Martin. Perfect set up. Just needed the truss rod tweaking as it settled into it's new home. Exactly what I was looking for. I couldn't be happier with it.

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Andertons Music Company's Registered Office: 58-59 Woodbridge Road, Guildford, GU1 4RF. Andertons Music Company acts as a credit broker and not a lender and only offers credit products from Secure Trust Bank PLC trading as V12 Retail Finance. Not all products offered by Secure Trust Bank PLC are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Andertons Music Company is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, firm registration number 716155. Credit provided subject to age and status.