Martin guitars Performing Artist series has a unique position within the catalog, as it is supposed to be the meeting point of two distinct classes of acoustic-electric guitars. Here, up-scale guitars meet affordable price tags. These Martins are built to provide the quality the brand is known for, and at the same time to be as easy on the pocket as possible. For 2012 Frankfurt Musikmesse Martin prepared three brand new rosewood-made Performing Artist models: DCPA 4 Rosewood, GPCPA 4 Rosewood and OMCPA 4 Rosewood. GPCPA 4 Rosewood comes with a grand auditorium cutaway body made of solid Indian rosewood back and sides and solid spruce top. The top on this model is bound in white boltaron binding and adorned with an elegant double-ring rosette. Also, it features a tortoise pickguard. The bridge on this GPCPA is made of black richlite, which is usual for the budget-oriented series within the Martin catalog. It comes with a belly shape, white string pins and TUSQ saddle. In the electronics department, Fishman F1 Analog system takes care of amplification duties. It is equipped with side-mounted controls. The neck is made of select hardwood and it features a Performing Artist contour. satin finish and mortise & tenon joint complete the neck specs. Fingerboard matches the bridge and is also made of black richlite. It sports 20 frets, style 28 corian dot inlays and 1.75" wide corian nut. 25-2/5" scale, chrome hardware and hybrid scalloped X bracing complete the list of specs for this model.


GPCPA 4 Rosewood Full Specs

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Body Construction Single cutaway
Body Construction Acoustic
Body Type Hollowbody
Body Shape Grand Auditorium
Body Wood Rosewood
Body Top Wood Spruce
Binding White
Bridge Black Richlite
Number of Pickups 1
Bridge Pickup Type Piezo
Controls Volume
Controls Tone
Neck Wood Hardwood
Neck Shape Artist Style
Neck Joint Mortise & Tenon
Fingerboard Material Richlite (Black)
Number of Frets 20
Fingerboard Inlays Dot
Hardware Chrome
Number of Strings 6
Pickguard Yes
String Nut Corian
Scale Length 25-2/5"
Nut Width 1.75"
Finish Satin
Finish Gloss

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Body Construction
Acoustic/Single cutaway
Single cutaway
Body Type
Hollowbody
Hollowbody
Body Shape
Grand Auditorium
Grand Auditorium
Body Wood
Rosewood
Rosewood
Body Top Wood
Spruce
Spruce
Binding
White
White
Bridge
Black Richlite
Black Richlite
Number of Pickups
1
1
Bridge Pickup Type
Piezo
Piezo
Controls
Tone/Volume
Tone
Neck Wood
Hardwood
Hardwood
Neck Shape
Artist Style
Artist Style
Neck Joint
Mortise & Tenon
Mortise & Tenon
Fingerboard Material
Richlite (Black)
Richlite (Black)
Number of Frets
20
20
Fingerboard Inlays
Dot
Dot
Hardware
Chrome
Chrome
Number of Strings
6
6
Pickguard
Yes
No
String Nut
Corian
Corian
Scale Length
25-2/5"
25-2/5"
Nut Width
1.75"
1.75"
Finish
Gloss/Satin
Gloss
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