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Martin GPC-11E Road Series Acoustic-electric Guitar - Natural

6-string Acoustic-electric Guitar with Spruce Top, Sapele Back and Sides, Hardwood Neck, and Richlite Fingerboard - Natural
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Solid Tonewoods Form This Premium, Well-priced Road Warrior

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. Furthermore, onboard Artec Martin E1 electronics ready this guitar for prime time on the stage. Discover a new side to the Martin legacy with the GPC-11E Road Series acoustic-electric from Sweetwater.

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 for 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.

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
  • Artec Martin E1 electronics offer plug-and-play gigging convenience

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Tech Specs

  • String Type: Steel
  • Number of Strings: 6
  • Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
  • Body Shape: GPC-11E Road Series 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: Martin E1
  • Strings: Lifespan 2.0 92/8 Phosphor Bronze, .012-.054
  • Case/Gig Bag: Softshell Case
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 11GPC11E

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Rated 5/5

Nice Martin

This is my first Martin Guitar, so far not disappointed at all. Very well made, I see no issues at all with fit and finish. Beautiful finish and sounds really great. Has a lot of bass on top strings and good highs on bottom strings, maybe lacking a bit in the mids to me. Love the built in tuner which seems to be pretty accurate when testing it with more expensive tuners I have. Can't say much on the electronics and pickup really haven't plugged it in but once or twice and that was just a minute or two. But not plugged in sound great. The Martin 12-56 string sound great but a little thick for me so I replaced them with Elixir 52-11, which sound great too. Overall I'd definitely purchase this guitar again…..
Music background: Play guitar not a guitar player
Rated 5/5

I love this Martin

This came shipped in perfect condition. The setup out of the box was perfect with nice low action right around .090 on the low E at the 12th fret. No adjustment was needed on the neck. As good as this guitar looks, it sounds even better. The is a great deal for an all wood Martin.
Rated 4/5

Great, except.....

This guitar is beautiful. I love the tone and the playability and comfort. I would have given it 5 stars except for the tuners are not good. The B and G string martin logo tuners didn't hold tune and when I would turn the tuner 3 or 4 full rotations it wouldn't go up in pitch. So I swapped them out, now it's perfect! With that said, still would recommend this guitar. The sound is so beautiful
Rated 5/5

Martin gpc11e

I've been playing guitar for 30+ years. All this time the only acoustic guitar I had was a 38 year old acoustic. It worked, but I wanted something better. My wife finally let me buy a guitar I wanted. I researched acoustic guitars and decided on a Martin gpc11e. This is an incredible guitar. I played a chord and realized two things; first, how good this guitar is, second how much my technique had declined. It you are on the fence about acoustic guitars, check this one out, it is an incredible guitar. My sales engineer Nick Rice helped my zero in on this guitar. I had a minor issue with it, Nick got the ball rolling regarding a return label. Ty Feigrnspan was the technician who did the work on my guitar. It is perfect. Benjamin Barnett did the shipping order. The shipping department did an incredible job packing my guitar for shipping. Every purchase I have made has been incredibly well packaged. Thank you Sweetwater for a job well done..
Music background: Guitar player for over 30 years.
Rated 5/5

Martin gpc11e

I've been playing guitar for 30+ years. All this time the only acoustic guitar I had was a 38 year old acoustic. It worked, but I wanted something better. My wife finally let me buy a guitar I wanted. I researched acoustic guitars and decided on a Martin gpc11e. This is an incredible guitar. I played a chord and realized two things; first, how good this guitar is, second how much my technique had declined. It you are on the fence about acoustic guitars, check this one out, it is an incredible guitar. My sales engineer Nick Rice helped my zero in on this guitar. I had a minor issue with it, Nick got the ball rolling regarding a return label. Ty Feigrnspan was the technician who did the work on my guitar. It is perfect. Benjamin Barnett did the shipping order. The shipping department did an incredible job packing my guitar for shipping. Every purchase I have made has been incredibly well packaged. Thank you Sweetwater for a job well done..
Music background: Guitar player for over 30 years.
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