Martin SC-13E Special Acoustic-Electric Guitar

Do you want to play leads all the way up the neck? Play longer? Play louder? Now you can with this super-comfortable, easy-to-play acoustic-electric from Martin. The SC-13E, with its patented Sure Align® neck system, gives you full access to all frets so you can comfortably reach those high notes. It’s also equipped with a new, low-profile velocity neck barrel that ergonomically accommodates your hand as you move up the neck, giving you the comfort and playability of an electric. This special edition SC-13E features a spruce gloss top and ziricote fine veneer gloss finished back and sides. The design motif features an aperture rosette inlay with ebony headplate, fingerboard, and bridge. It also features nickel open gear keyhole tuners with skeleton key knobs. This model is available with or without a burst top.

Due to material availability the SC-13E Special and Special Burst comes with a soft-shell case or soft gig bag. Selection may vary.

Features

• 6-string acoustic-electric guitar with amazing playability, comfort, and versatility
• Offset S-shaped body fits you like a glove, while providing balanced output and effective feedback rejection
• Sloped bridge stays out of your hand’s way, whether you’re strumming or fingerpicking
• Low-profile velocity neck shape allows for helical hand rotation to ensure relaxed and natural feel
• 13-fret design blends the tone of a long-scale instrument with the playability of a short-scale
• Heel-less Sure Align neck system gives you unfettered access to the entire fretboard
• Low action maintains the feel of an acoustic guitar, while providing effortless playability
• Spruce top yields the direct, punchy sound and broad dynamic range that the tonewood is known for
• Fine-tuned body with tailored X-bracing produces near-cannon-like levels of volume and projection
• Onboard LR Baggs Element electronics deliver stellar amplified acoustic tone
• Eye-grabbing tortoise-pattern pickguard, mother-of-pearl celestial blue dot fingerboard inlay, and aperture-design rosette

Specifications:

- 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 Non-Scalloped Tone Bars
- Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4''
- Top Material: Spruce
- Neck Shape: Low Profile Velocity
- Back Material: Ziricote Fine Veneer
- Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper
- Side Material: Ziricote Fine Veneer
- Electronics: LR Baggs Element

Top
- Top Color: Sunburst 2
- Bridge Style: Sloped Modern Belly - Drop in Saddle
- Binding: White
- Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32"
- Top Inlay Material: Black with Multi-Stripe
- Bridge Material: Ebony
- Top Detail: None
- Bridge Pin Material: White Plastic
- Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern
- Bridge Pin Dots: Black Plastic
- Pickguard Inlay: None
- Saddle: Compensated White Tusq
- Rosette: Aperture Design with Multi-Stripe
- Saddle Radius: 16"

Body
- Brace Material: Spruce
- Back and Sides Color: None
- 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: None
- Fingerboard Inlay Style: SC-13 Special Style
- Number of Frets Total: 20
- Fingerboard Inlay Material: Ziricote Dot with Plastic Ivory Pattern Border
- Neck Joins Body At: 13th Fret
- Fingerboard Binding Material: None
- Side Dots: White

Headstock
- Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper
- Tuning Machines: Ratio Nickel Open Gear
- Headplate Material: Ebony
- Knob: Butterbean
- Headplate Logo Style: Silver Script Overlay
- Nut Material: White Corian
- Headplate Binding Material: None
- Headplate Detail: Do Not Use

Misc
- Case: Soft-shell or Soft Gig Bag
- Label: Paper Label
- Pleked: true