Martin Guitar GPC11E Road Series Semi Acoustic - Natural

6-string Acoustic-electric Guitar with Spruce Top, Sapele Back and Sides, Hardwood Neck, and Richlite Fingerboard - Natural

Martin’s timeless tone and history of acoustic innovation come to a great-playing, competitively priced road warrior in the value-packed Martin GPC-11E Road Series. This acoustic-electric prominently features Martin’s comfortable Grand Performance body style, built from solid spruce and sapele for premium Martin projection and resonance, along with a great-playing Performing Artist cutaway neck that boasts unfettered fret access and stunning playability. Gorgeous mother-of-pearl forms the soundhole rosette and graces the fingerboard top to bottom. Onboard Fishman MX-T electronics with an auto-mute soundhole tuner, which cuts the output when engaged for discreet stage tuning, ready this guitar for prime time. Discover a new side to the Martin legacy with the GPC-11E Road Series acoustic.

Comfortable Grand Performance body style

The forward, balanced tone of the GPC-11E comes from its Grand Performance body style. This body style provides excellent projection and focus with a warmth that doesn’t boom in the low end or harsh out in the higher range. This sound is popular for both fingerstyle nuance and full-chord strumming. The Grand Performance size gives you more lows than 000 models but is still supremely comfortable during marathon gigs.

Quality solid tonewoods deliver timeless tone

As a top tonewood, Sitka spruce offers a combination of strength and elasticity that delivers a broad dynamic range with crisp articulation — one that’s ideal for a wide variety of playing styles, from delicate fingerpicking to aggressive flatpicked strumming. Sapele, used for the back and sides of the GPC-11E, is tonally similar to mahogany, but its higher density tends to produce a slightly brighter sound with more high-end shimmer. The characteristic sapele sound is consistently balanced across the tonal spectrum, which makes it, again, suitable to a broad range of playing styles.

Smooth-playing Performing Artist neck

Whether you’re recording for hours or playing out late into the night, you’ll be glad you got a Martin Road Series GPC-11E. The GPC-11E features one of Martin’s outstanding Performing Artist series necks, whose slimmer profile is easy on the hand, allowing you to play those extended sessions in comfort.

Fishman MX-T electronics with auto-mute tuner

An onboard Fishman MX-T pickup system gives the GPC-11E plug-and-play gigging convenience. Unique to this system is its auto-mute soundhole tuner, which spares your audience the between-song tuning rigmarole without the need to alert your soundperson.

Martin GPC-11E Road Series Acoustic-electric Guitar Features:

• Martin tone and innovation come to a competitively priced road warrior
• Built from solid tonewoods for premium projection and resonance
• Comfortable Grand Performance body style with neck cutaway
• Crisp, dynamic Sitka spruce meets a bed of warm, mahogany-like sapele
• Great-playing Performing Artist neck profile
• Gorgeous mother-of-pearl rosette and fingerboard accents
• Fishman MX-T electronics offer plug-and-play gigging convenience
• Auto-mute soundhole tuner permits discreet stage tuning

Tech Specs

• String Type:Steel
• Number of Strings:6
• Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
• Body Shape:Grand Performance
• Back & Sides Wood:Sapele
• Top Wood:Sitka Spruce
• Finish:Gloss
• Color:Natural
• Body Bracing:X-bracing
• Binding:Black
• Neck Wood:Select Hardwood
• Neck Shape:Performing Artist
• Radius:16"
• Fingerboard Material:Richlite
• Fingerboard Inlay:Mother-of-pearl Dots, 28 Style
• Number of Frets:20
• Scale Length:25.4"
• Nut Width:1.75"
• Nut/Saddle Material:White Corian/White Tusq
• Bridge Material:Richlite
• Tuning Machines:Chrome Enclosed Gear
• Electronics:Fishman MX-T
• Strings:Lifespan 2.0 92/8 Phosphor Bronze, .012-.054
• Case Included:Softshell Case