Martin 000C16RGTE AURA Auditorium Cutaway Acoustic-Electric Guitar (with Case)

Spruce top. Rosewood body. Fishman Prefix Aura electronics.

Item: MRT000C16RGTEA

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38 People rated this product : * * * * * * * * * * 7 out of 10

5 People wrote reviews

* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

"UNBEATABLE GUITAR----GET ONE YOU WON"T BE SORRY!!!!!"

Feature:
I like the slimmer body style for my size, I'm a petite female and the regular width dreads gave me back fatigue, I feel this guitar is more comfortable. The Aura electronics is simply unbeatable in sound and ability to dial in specific tones.

Quality:
I think the overall quality of this guitar is unbeatable, I'm very well satisfied with the quality. It has a sustain on it that makes hammer-ons and pull-offs much more audible than other guitars I've tried. I've tried everything, from $4000 Gibsons, Epiphones, Taylors, Blueridge, and the Martins are a completely different league and sound.

Value:
In lieu of all the guitars I've tried, I think this Martin is the best value for the money. I think its priced right. I can't see that I would ever have a need for more.

Desirability:
My opinion is that this guitar is one of the better looking models out there. I personally like this body-shape as opposed to the regular dreadnoughts. I also love the satin back with gloss top. I think it is very tastefully done and I strongly disagree with the reviewer that stated, "it wasn't very good-looking". I think its very classy looking.

Sound:
Had just purchased a Blueridge 3 weeks earlier, thought it was great until I picked this up at a music store and gave it a try----WOW!! The sound is simply amazing unplugged, very very warm, mellow and extremely well balanced. I just couldn't put it down. Then plugged in you have even more sounds selections and best electronics I've seen on an acoustic/electric.

Ease of Use:
This thing played like butter the second I picked it up. Barre chords were a breeze even being lazy about it, IMO a guitar is set-up well when barre chords take little effort to make each string ring clearly.

Support:
haven't had to use it

Overall:
I love everything about this guitar, its sound, its playability, its size. I thought I would never find the perfect guitar but when I found this one I realized there is a perfect guitar!

Submitted: 1/12/2008

Style of Music: Folk, pop, 70s,country

* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

"Ecstatic"

Feature:
The Aura system is incredible. There is non other like it on the market. (to my knowledge at least). Highs, lows and mids are all represented beautifully, each note articulated perfectly.

Quality:
C.F. Martin Co. (need I say more?)

Value:
I was shopping/saving for a while to buy *THAT* acoustic, you know the one that will stay with me till the end (I'm only 19) I'm confident that this was the best purchase I could have made, and lucky for me, guitar center was out of the normal cases so I recieved the highest end case Martin produced (or atleast that they had in stock).

Desirability:
There are prettier guitars out there, but if you are shopping for looks rather than sound, you shouldnt be looking in this price range. The white binding and satin finishes combine for a classy, warm looking intstrument.

Sound:
The ultimate acoustic sound plugged in and acoustic. I was dead set on buying a taylor x14 series, going back and forth amongst taylors, until as i was having the salesman restring the taylor, i picked up this Martin and was blown away...

Ease of Use:
The Aura system and its on board tuner is incredibly user friendly, the guitar has a very playable neck, and you get a crisp sound up and down the neck.

Support:
havent had to deal w/ them.

Overall:
Couldnt be happier.

Submitted: 12/20/2007

Style of Music: Acoustic Alternative Rock (coffee shops, college gigs, that sort of thing)

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About This Product!
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Featuring a polished gloss top, a East-Indian rosewood body, a cutaway 000 shape, and onboard Aura electronics for pristine sound both acoustically and plugged-in. East-Indian rosewood is a very resonant wood, producing a deep, warm, projective bass response. All 16-Series Martins feature a hybrid A-frame bracing pattern that combines patented A-bracing with a modified version of scalloped X-bracing.

Aura System
Now you can bring the studio-quality sound of your Martin guitar to the stage in an onboard format with the Martin /Fishman Onboard Aura TMSystem. This onboard version of Fishman's groundbreaking new Aura Acoustic Imaging Blender harnesses the power of Fishman's proprietary Acoustic Sound Imaging technology and builds it into your Martin. The Onboard Aura features six customized Aura Acoustic Sound Images, specially created for and by Martin, which can be blended with the Martin Gold+Plus pickup signal for unequalled studio-quality reproduction of the world-renowned Martin acoustic tone. These Acoustic Sound Images are derived from real studio recordings of each specific Martin Aura model being played into a variety of high-end condenser microphones. Other Onboard Aura features include digital and fully programmable equalization, feedback control, and a chromatic tuner.

Aura System Features
Play with the highest quality sound of a studio recording

Choose from six pre-recorded sound images

Option to blend sound images with the Gold+Plus pickup

Convenient onboard digital tuner and feedback controls at your fingertips

Technical Info

Model: 000C-16RGTE AURA

Construction: mortise/tenon neck joint

Body size: 000-14 fret cutaway

Top: solid Sitka spruce

Rosette: bold herringbone

Top bracing pattern: 0001 Hybrid

Top braces: 1 Style/scalloped

Back material: solid East Indian rosewood

Back purfling: none

Side material: solid East Indian rosewood

Endpiece: white Boltaron

Endpiece inlay: black/white Boltaron

Binding: white Boltaron

Top inlay style: multiple black / white

Side inlay: none

Back inlay: none

Neck material: select hardwood

Neck shape: modified low oval

Nut material: white Corian

Headstock: solid/6 string no diamond/standard taper

Headplate: solid East Indian rosewood /raised gold foil logo

Heelcap: solid East Indian rosewood

Fingerboard material: black Micarta

Scale length: 25.4 in.

# of frets clear: 14

# of frets total: 20

Fingerboard width at nut: 1 11/16 in.

Fingerboard width at 12th fret: 2 1/8 in.

Fingerboard position inlays: Style 28

Fingerboard binding: white Boltaron

Finish back & sides: satin

Finish top: polished gloss

Finish neck: semi gloss/ dark mahogany stain

Bridge material: black Micarta

Bridge style: 1 Style belly

Bridge string spacing: 2 1/8 in.

Saddle: compensated white Tusq

Tuning machines: chrome w/ small knobs

Recommended strings: Martin MSP 4100 light phosphor bronze

Bridge & end pins: white w/ black dots

Pickguard: I-02 tortoise color

Case: 330 hard shell

Interior label: paper label

Electronics: Fishman Prefix Aura system
Comfortable player with crisp tone! Cutaway 000 body with solid spruce top and rosewood body is well-balanced for sit-down strumming. Onboard Fishman Prefix Aura preamp for plugged-in performance. Includes hardshell case.

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