Fans of the Martin Road Series in need of enhanced performance and bolder looks will find lots to love about the GPC-13E. This stunning instrument builds on the foundation of the popular GPC-11E model with a solid spruce top and unique ziricote shell packed with beautiful wood grain streaks and bright clear tone that's perfect for fingerpicking. This roadworthy acoustic-electric features a comfortable Grand Performance body style. The Grand Performance is true to its name and built for onstage comfort with crisp articulation, a contoured waist, and a cutaway for easy access to the upper frets. That comfort travels up the body and to the neck where a Martin Performing Artist neck and richlite fingerboard deliver a modern feel that widens as you play up the neck for more precise fretting. Plus, a gorgeous mother-of-pearl soundhole rosette and white top and back binding take the GPC-13E's stage presence to the limit. When it comes to plugging in, Fishman MX-T electronics ensure quality amplified acoustic tone with volume and tone controls as well as a built-in tuner with automute for discreet stage tuning and a phase switch for frequency management at high or low volume. Get road-ready features with a luxury look with the GPC-13E acoustic-electric from Music Experience.
The forward, balanced tone of the GPC-13E comes from its Grand Performance body style, which 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.
The Martin GPC-13E's tonewoods typically aren’t found on guitars with a price this competitive. The top is solid spruce, an enduring popular choice wood for organic, well-balanced tone. Spruce helps each note sing with plenty of power and clarity that players demand. The back and sides feature bold ziricote, a prized tonewood with lots of beautiful dark grainy streaks and tonal characteristics similar to ebony and Brazilian rosewood; with balance across bass, mid, and treble frequencies, the GPC-13E embodies a recipe for vibrant tone that both you and your audiences can appreciate.
Whether you’re recording for hours or playing out late into the night, you’ll be glad you got a Martin GPC-13E. The GPC-13E features one of Martin’s outstanding Performing Artist series necks, with a slimmer feel towards the nut that widens towards the upper frets for plenty of anchor space and comfort that allows you to play those extended sessions without fatigue.
Powerful Fishman MX-T electronics let you plug in anytime, anywhere. MX-T electronics yield a natural amplified tone with plenty of ways to fine-tune the sound to your liking via volume and tone controls, a built-in chromatic tuner with auto-mute, and a phase switch for cutting feedback or boosting bass when you need to push the Fishman system at very high or low volumes.
With a gorgeous glossed spruce top and ziricote back and sides, this solid wood Grand Performance cutaway model is a great sounding guitar at an affordable price. New to this model are stunning mother-of-pearl pattern fingerboard and rosette inlays, a multi-stripe rosette border, and white binding. It has an FSC® Certified Richlite® fingerboard and bridge, gloss body, and a hand-rubbed neck finish. Also new to this model is a Fishman® MX-T electronics package with a built-in soundhole tuner that auto mutes the audio output so you can tune up any time without using a pedal. This guitar comes with a burst option and Premium Soft Shell Case so it is Road-ready to join you on all of your adventures!
String Type | Steel |
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Number of Strings | 6 |
Body Shape | Grand Performance |
Body Style | Cutaway |
Left-/Right-handed | Right-handed |
Color | Natural |
Finish | Gloss |
Top Wood | Sitka Spruce |
Back & Sides Wood | Ziricote Fine Veneer |
Body Bracing | Scalloped X-bracing |
Neck Wood | Select Hardwood |
Neck Shape | Performing Artist |
Radius | 16" |
Fingerboard Material | Richlite |
Fingerboard Inlay | Mother-of-Pearl Dots |
Number of Frets | 20 (total), 14 (clear) |
Scale Length | 25.4" |
Tuning Machines | Chrome Enclosed Gear |
Bridge Material | Select Hardwood |
Nut/Saddle Material | White Corian/Compensated White TUSQ |
Nut Width | 1.75" |
Bridge String Spacing | 2 5/32" |
Saddle Radius | 16" |
Pickguard | Tortoise Shell |
Neck Taper | High Performance Taper |
Electronics | Fishman MX-T |
Strings | Martin SP Lifespan Phosphor Bronze Light Gauge |
Case Included | Gig Bag |
Manufacturer Part Number | 11GPC13E-01 GPC13E 729789602099 |