The forward, balanced tone of the GPC-16E Rosewood comes from its Grand Auditorium body style. This body style provides excellent projection and focus with a warmth that is never booming and detail that is never harsh. This sound is popular for both fingerstyle nuance and full-chord strumming. The Grand Auditorium size gives you more low end and projection than the 000 models but is still supremely comfortable to sling over your shoulder for marathon gigs. That’s why Martin Grand Auditoriums are staples in the arsenals of the performing acoustic guitarists.

The CF Martin legacy

What hasn’t been said about the CF Martin company? Martin — a name virtually synonymous with the acoustic guitar — took root in the United States in 1833 with a small shop in lower Manhattan. Five years later, Christian Frederick Martin moved his business and family to the rolling hills of Pennsylvania, where Martin has been located ever since. From the dreadnought body shape to the 14-fret neck, Martin innovations paralleled (and indeed, drove) the development of the acoustic guitar itself. When you play any Martin guitar, you’re holding a piece of music history.

Martin GPC-16E Rosewood Features:

• Sitka spruce top, East Indian rosewood back and sides; satin finish
• Scalloped, forward-shifted Sitka spruce X bracing
• Bold Herringbone with Multi-Stripe rosette
• Antique white binding, faux Tortoise pickguard
• Select hardwood neck, Modified Low Oval with High Performance Taper profile; satin finish
• Ebony fingerboard, 16″ radius, MOP Style 28 inlays
• 25.4″ scale length, 20 frets
• Plek’d frets for optimized playability
• Fishman Matrix VT Enhance NT2 electronics
• Ebony bridge, 2-5/32″ string spacing
• Compensated White Tusq saddle with Black Tusq pins
• 1.75″ bone nut
• Nickel open-gear tuners
• Dual-action truss rod, soundhole access