Martin CEO8 Grand Jumbo Acoustic-Electric Guitar (with Case)

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Worthy of the name "CEO's Choice", this Grand Jumbo pulls out all the stops with D-TAR electronics, solid sycamore and spruce construction and unique inlays.

What's special about this item?

Feature: What it does:
Solid Sitka spruce top Projects rich, crisp and responsive tone
Ebony fretboard Dark color, tight grain; premium fretboard wood
Bone nut Enhanced sonic character
Tusq compensated saddle Man-made ivory; enhances resonance and sustain

This is the eighth incarnation of C. F. Martin IV's "CEO's Choice" series, with favored specifications selected by Chris Martin. Martin's largest acoustic body size, the Grand Jumbo, is combined with solid sycamore back, sides and neck, and a Sitka spruce top with Martin's new Vintage Tone System (VTS) that boasts uniquely shaped top bracing that introduces non-scalloped 5/16" X-braces with graduated scalloped tone bars.

Enhanced appointments include a black Corian headplate with a Martin crown inlay in solid mother-of-pearl, a faux red tortoise pickguard with a Purple Martin motif, and unique "backlash" design mother-of-pearl fingerboard inlays. Comes equipped with D-TAR Wave-length Multi-Source electronics and bears an interior label individually numbered in sequence and personally signed by C. F. Martin IV.

The new Martin Vintage Tone System (VTS) uses a unique recipe that is based on the historic torrefaction system. The VTS acts much like a time machine in which Martin can target certain time periods and age the top/braces to that era. This focused method allows Martin's craftsmen and women to recreate not only the pleasing visual aesthetics of a vintage guitar, but also reproduce the special tones previously reserved for vintage instruments.

Features:

- Sitka spruce top with Martin's new Vintage Tone System (VTS)
- Solid sycamore back, sides
- Solid sycamore neck
- Solid Black Ebony Fingerboard
- Faux red tortoise pickguard with a Purple Martin motif
- Unique read more "backlash" design mother-of-pearl fingerboard inlays
- D-TAR Wave-length Multi-Source electronics
- Case Included
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- Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint
- Body Size: 17" Grand J-14 Fret
- Top: Solid Sitka Spruce with VTS
- Rosette: Two Ring - Multiple B/W Fiber w/ Select Abalone
- Top Bracing Pattern: Standard "X", Progressively Scalloped Tone Bars
- Top Braces: Solid Sitka Spruce 5/16"
- Back Material: Solid Sycamore
- Back Purfling: Style 45
- Side Material: Solid Sycamore
- Endpiece: Black Boltaron
- Endpiece Inlay: Black/White Boltaron
- Binding: Black Boltaron
- Top Inlay Style: Multiple Black/White Boltaron
- Side Inlay : Multiple Black/White Boltaron
- Back Inlay: Black/White Boltaron
- Neck Material: Solid Sycamore
- Neck Shape: Modified Low Oval w/ PA Taper
- Nut Material: Bone
- Headstock: Solid/Archtop Shape
- Headplate: Black Corian w/ MOP (The Martin) w/ Crown Inlay
- Heelcap: Black Boltaron w/ Multiple B/W Inlay
- Fingerboard Material: Solid Black Ebony
- Scale Length: 25.4"
- Number of frets Clear: 14
- Number oF Frets Total: 20
- Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1-3/4"
- Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2-1/8"
- Fingerboard Position Inlays: MOP Backslash Design
- Finish Back & Sidea: Polished Gloss w/ Custom Cherry Burst
-- Finish Top: Polished Gloss w/ Custom Cherry Burst
- Finish Neck: Polished Gloss w/ Custom Cherry Burst
- Bridge Material: Solid Black Ebony
- Bridge Style: Modified 30's Style w/ Drop-In Saddle
- Bridge String Spacing: 2-3/16"
- Saddle: 16" Radius/Compensated/White Tusq
- Tuning Machines: Gold w/ Pearloid Keystone Buttons
- Bridge & End Pins: Bone w/ Paua Pearl Dots
- Pickguard: Faux Red Tortoise w/ Purple Martin Design
- Case: 593 Geib Style
- Interior Label: Signed by CFM IV - Numbered in Sequence w/o Total
- Electronics: D-Tar Wave-Length Multi-Source

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 610-759-2837

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