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Martin SC-18E Acoustic Electric Guitar - Preorder

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Striking Elegance and Exceptional Sound - The Martin SC-18E Acoustic Electric Guitar

Modern playability and classic looks—the all-new SC-18E pairs technology with timeless style and tone, combining SC innovation and Standard Series appointments. Its patented features include a Sure Align® neck system that helps you play all the way up the neck, while the low-profile velocity satin neck barrel fits comfortably in your hand, and an internal soundboard recurve for added bass response. This gloss guitar features a spruce top with mahogany back and sides, giving you plenty of volume, bright treble, and punchy midrange for that classic Martin sound. It also features an ebony fingerboard and bridge, nickel open gear tuners, Fishman Aura VT Blend or LR Baggs Anthem electronics, and is strung with LUXE BY MARTIN® Kovar™ strings. The SC-18E comes with a molded hardshell case.


SPECIFICATIONS

Overview

  • Body Size: S-13 Fret Cutaway
  • Finish Top: Gloss
  • Construction: Sure Align® Linear Dovetail Neck Joint
  • Back and Side Finish: Gloss
  • Bracing Pattern: Tone Tension X-Brace
  • Scale Length: 25.4"
  • Brace Shape: Treble Side Scalloped X with Scalloped Tone Bars
  • Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4"
  • Top Material: Spruce
  • Neck Shape: Low Profile Velocity
  • Back Material: Mahogany
  • Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper
  • Side Material: Mahogany
  • Electronics: Fishman Aura VT Blend

Top

  • Top Color: Aging Toner
  • Bridge Style: Sloped Modern Belly - Drop in Saddle
  • Binding: Black
  • Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32"
  • Top Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
  • Bridge Material: Ebony
  • Top Detail: None
  • Bridge Pin Material: Black Plastic
  • Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern
  • Pickguard Inlay: None
  • Saddle: Compensated Bone
  • Rosette: Multi-Stripe
  • Saddle Radius: 16"

Body

  • Brace Material: Spruce
  • Back and Sides Color: Dark Mahogany
  • Brace Size: 5/16" with 1/4" Tone Bars
  • Back Detail: None
  • Back Purfling/Strip: None
  • Back Inlay Material: None
  • Heelcap: None
  • Side Detail: None
  • Endpiece: None
  • Side Inlay Material: None
  • Endpiece Inlay: None

Neck

  • Neck Material: Select Hardwood
  • Fingerboard Material: Ebony
  • Finish Neck: Satin
  • Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8"
  • Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
  • Fingerboard Inlay Style: Old Style 18
  • Number of Frets Total: 20
  • Fingerboard Inlay Material: Abalone
  • Neck Joins Body At: 13th Fret
  • Fingerboard Binding Material: None
  • Side Dots: White

Headstock

  • Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper
  • Tuning Machines: Nickel Open Gear
  • Headplate Material: East Indian Rosewood
  • Knob: Butterbean
  • Headplate Logo Style: Script Old Style Overlay
  • Nut Material: Bone
  • Headplate Binding Material: None
  • Headplate Detail: None

Miscellaneous

  • Case: Molded Hardshell
  • Label: Paper Label with Model Name


Manufacturer: C. F. Martin & Co.
Model: SC-18E
SKU: I760373-N-1-WHXC
UPC: 729789653633


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