Solid Sitka spruce top with flat tone-tension X-bracing
Ziricote-Fine-Veneer back and sides
Multi-ply binding and single ring soundhole rosette with aperture design
Select Hardwood neck with low-profile velocity
Ebony fingerboard with Dot-Inlays and Ziricote inlay at 12th fret
L.R. Baggs Element pickup
Open nickel tuners with butterbean buttons
Compensated saddle made of GraphTech TUSQ
44,45 mm wide nut made of White-Corian
High gloss finish
Bag included
The Martin S-13 Fret models from the Road series come including bag
Excellent for use when traveling
Due to its compact size, the Martin SC-13E Special is excellently suited for use while traveling. At the same time, the instrument develops an amazingly loud and wide-ranging sound thanks to a cleverly thought-out construction. The neck/body junction is unusually located at the 13th fret, but this has the advantage that the guitar has a normal scale length of 645 mm and thus contains the full range of a standard acoustic guitar. The short neck also gets optimized access to all 20 frets through a generous cutaway. The finely tuned Hardware also guarantees clean intonation. furthermore, the open tuners promise precise tuning of the 6 steel strings. In addition to the high-gloss finish, the guitar is rounded off by eye-catching inlays that harmonize perfectly with its extraordinary appearance. To ensure that the Martin SC-13E Special guitar is also suitable for stage use, the L.R. Baggs Element pickup is built into the body, which transmits the sound unaltered to the amplifier. The scope of delivery includes a robust bag.
Compact, innovative and efficient. With the Martin SC-13E Special acoustic guitar you are well equipped for any occasion
Construction and woods
Since the guitar's construction consists of a solid Sitka spruce top on a Ziricote-Fine-Veneer body, the instrument produces a powerful and balanced sound even with light strumming. Therefore, the acoustic guitar is suitable for both fine Pickings and assertive strumming. At the same time, the Select Hardwood neck with ebony fingerboard offers excellent playability in all registers. This is helped not least by the flat velocity neck profile and the wide cutaway. The overlay of the headstock is like the fretboard and the bridge made of finest ebony.
Hardware and design
To ensure that the strings intonate perfectly, the compensated saddle made of GraphTech TUSQ and the 44.45 mm wide nut made of White-Corian are precisely aligned. The open nickel tuners with butterbean buttons allow for easy and clean tuning at the same time. Dot inlays made of Ziricote with Ivoroid edge are incorporated into the fretboard for orientation and tastefully harmonize in color with the Aperture Design soundhole rosette and the contrasting white Multi-Ply bindings.
Electronics
To be able to present the guitar on stage or in the rehearsal room without any problems, its body is equipped with the L.R. Baggs Element pickup. This is especially convincing due to its ability to transmit the sound of the guitar as unadulterated as possible. Anyone who places particular value on a natural sound is definitely well advised with this. For this purpose, the pickup has a wafer-thin sensor film that perceives every little movement and nuance of the guitar and thus causes a high dynamic and compression. The simple design of the pickup does not affect the sound in any way.
This new SC-13E model from Martin Guitars is blowing my mind! The designers over at Martin re-thought and re-invented almost every aspect of the acoustic guitar, the neck joint, the body shape, the bracing, the neck shape, the bridge shape, and so on… As cool as these features all look, this guitar really has to be felt to be totally appreciated. It feels much more like an electric than an acoustic, and the access to the upper frets is unheard of in an acoustic guitar. This guitar is a perfect gigging guitar if you want a smooth & comfortable feel that you can play for hours, and balanced tone and articulation. Very fast delivery and well packaged .... all thanks to the team working at Musicstore. Congratulations!
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