Martin GPCRSGT Grand Performance Road Series Acoustic-Electric Guitar (with Case)

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This road-ready Martin is crafted with sapele back and sides, Fishman Sonitone electronics, and a Grand Performance body with a comfortable Venetian cutaway.

What's special about this item?

Feature: What it does:
Solid Sitka spruce top Projects rich, crisp and responsive tone
Sapele back and sides Rich, warm, and focused midrange; added sustain
Richlite fretboard Focused tone with excellent playability
Fishman Sonitone electronics Natural sounding and loud; great live projection

This GPCRSGT Grand Performance, 14-fret cutaway model features a gloss top, Sapele back and sides and Fishman Sonitone electronics. It is one of the first Grand Performance body sizes in the Road Series. Equipped with SP Lifespan strings and a hardshell case. This model has the look and sound of a cherished Martin guitar at an affordable price. Sustainable Wood Certified parts.

- Construction: Mortise & Tenon Neck Joint
- Body Size: Grand Performance 14 Fret Cutaway
- Top: Sitka Spruce
- Rosette: Multi-Stripe
- Top Bracing Pattern: X Brace Scalloped
- Brace Material: Sitka Spruce, 5/16" with 1/4" Tone Bars
- Back Material: Sapele
- Side Material: Sapele
- Endpiece: Black
- Binding: Black
- Neck Material: Select Hardwood
- Neck Shape: Performing Artist Profile
- Neck Taper: High Performance Taper
- Plek: Yes
- Nut Material: White Corian
- Headstock: Solid/Standard Taper
- Headplate: Rosewood HPL
- Heelcap: Black
- Fingerboard Material: FSC Certofied Richlite
- 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: Style 28 w/ White ABS Dots
- Side Dots: White
- Fingerboard Binding: none
- Finish Back & Sides: Satin
- Finish Top: Gloss
- Finish Neck: Hand Rubbed
- Bridge Material: Black Richlite
- Bridge Style: Modern Belly
- Bridge String Spacing: 2-5/32"
- Saddle: 16" Radius/Compensated/White Tusq
- Tuning Machines: Chrome Enclosed w/ Small Buttons
- Bridge & End Pins: White w/ Black Dots
- Pickguard: Black
- Case: Ply Hardshell
- Interior Label: Paper Label
- Electronics: Fishman Sonitone

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

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (6 ratings)
Submitted August 12, 2016 by Barnabas C in Los Angeles, CA

""Dude.....I got a MARTIN!""

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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The guitar is advertised that the neck "plays like butter" but out of the box (or beautiful case that it comes with) it didn't. But that was okay. It played WELL, but not like butter. So I took it to a luthier who did minor adjustments to both the saddle and the nut and had the strings changed to a lighter gauge. Well, 58 dollars and 62 cents later it DOES play like butter. I love the 1.75" width at the nut..... I wasn't sure about this guitar as I did buy it sight unseen. And honestly I didn't expect it to "play like butter" off the assembly line. But it had everything I wanted within my budget of $1000.... Solid wood everywhere except for the fret board. A case. Able to plug it in and jam with a band. You purists can say what you want about the rich lite fretboard....it is denser than wood, lighter than wood, and impervious to hot and cold weather changes. I've always wanted a Martin. This is a made in Mexico but the craftsmanship is A-one. If I ever gig with a Martin, uhhhh taking out a D-28 would be pretty foolish in my book. So this brilliant acoustic guitar is a higher end "beater" for me. And....it's a MARTIN! Calling it a "beater" is no disrespect. I mean this guitar is a "Road Series" model. And I see why they call it "Road Series." It rips, it's a MARTIN, and if It ever gets lost or stolen it would be easily replaceable. Great lows and great even-sound across the strings acoustically OR amplified. A little more polite sounding than my 20 read more year old Ovation (talk about a "beater") yet this guitar (after having it set-up) is an extension of me now. It even smells gorgeous. Beautiful well constructed case as well. I am still going to buy a D-28 or D-18. It will most likely not ever leave my house. And I will probably buy it from zzounds....whom I have bought a lot of gear from and they have always done exactly what they said they were going to do. Thanks zZounds!! Before writing this review I was playing my just-back-from-the-luthier Martin GPCRSGT guitar and was thinking as I played "Dude....you got a MARTIN" Yeah it's true. I did. And you should too!!! "Dude....I GOT A MARTIN!!!"

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