A Road Series Rendition of Martin’s Cutting-edge SC Formula
Featuring all-solid-wood construction, the Martin SC-10E Spruce blends 21st-century acoustic innovation with a decidedly traditional tonewood formula. This Road series acoustic-electric guitar boasts Martin’s supremely ergonomic SC-shaped body, complete with a heel-less neck joint and a Low Profile Velocity neck profile for effortless access to the 16-inch-radius Richlite fingerboard’s entire range. As for the tone, this guitar’s solid spruce top and Tone Tension X-bracing sing with a clear, crisp character and superb sensitivity. Next, the solid sapele back and sides offer a warm and enveloping aura, all adding up to an impeccably modernized variation of Martin’s timeless Style 18 sonic signature. What’s more, the SC-10E Spruce’s Martin E1 electronics system captures every nuance of the guitar’s complex unplugged tone, and it also comes equipped with tone-shaping controls and an onboard tuner. Finished off with Martin’s forward-thinking bolt-on Sure Align neck system, top-shelf closed-gear tuning machines, and classic Martin aesthetic accouterments, the Martin SC-10E Spruce pays tribute to the Nazareth tradition while pushing the boundaries of steel-string design.
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Removes the limitations of the conventional cutaway acoustic
Playing the Road series SC-10E Spruce is a unique, yet comfortably familiar experience. Its offset S-shaped body fits you like a glove, while providing balanced output and effective feedback rejection. Its low-profile velocity neck shape allows for helical hand rotation to ensure that every hand position feels relaxed and natural. Plus, its 13-fret neck joint and heel-less Sure Align neck system gives you unfettered access to the SC-10E Spruce’s entire fretboard. No matter what you’re playing, cowboy chords, jazz shapes, or rapid-fire leads, the SC-10E Spruce makes it effortless.
Quality tonewoods deliver timeless tone
As a top tonewood, spruce offers a combination of strength and elasticity that delivers a broad dynamic range with crisp articulation that’s ideal for a wide range of playing styles, from delicate fingerpicking to aggressive flatpicked strumming. Sapele, used for the back and sides of the SC-10E Spruce, 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.
Onboard E1 electronics
Martin E1 electronics let you quickly connect to your favorite acoustic amp, recording interface, or even house PA systems at venues. Musicians at Sweetwater are impressed with the E1 system’s tone, volume, and phase-reverse controls, which let you faithfully amplify your SC-10E Spruce’s richness and warmth while shaping sound quality to taste. The E1’s phase-reverse button is especially convenient for eliminating prickly feedback in tight spaces when standing near your amp is unavoidable. What’s more, the E1 system features a built-in tuner. You can tune up without cable connections, so tuning breaks onstage and on the couch are equally painless! With onboard electronics this good, you’ll feel confident Martin SC-10E Spruce is equipped for anything.
Martin SC-10E Spruce Features:
- Road series variation of Martin’s innovative SC platform, featuring all-solid tonewoods
- Spruce top rings with crisp articulation and clarity
- Tone Tension X-bracing combines scalloped bracing on the treble side for non-scalloped tone bars
- Sapele back and sides provide a warm and midrange-forward tonality that recalls Martin’s timeless Style 18 formula, with a slightly extended top-end definition
- Select hardwood neck in an ultra-ergonomic Low Profile Velocity profile, further bolstered in performance with a heel-less neck joint
- 16-in.-radius Richlite fingerboard with classic Style 28 dot inlays
- Stage-ready Martin E1 electronics system, complete with an onboard chromatic tuner volume/tone/phase controls
- High-performing chrome closed-back tuning machines
- 1.75-in. nut width is sure to please players of all styles, equally accommodating fingerpicking, strumming, and flatpicking
