C.F. Martin & Co Gpc-13E Burst

A Grand Performance Designed for the "Road-Ready" Musician

With the GPC-13E, Martin offers a solid wood Grand Performance cutaway guitar that focuses on the essentials: an expressive, elegant instrument ready to keep up with a busy schedule of rehearsals, gigs, and travel. The aesthetic choices (mother-of-pearl, multi-band rosette, white binding) and practical features (glossy body finish, hand-polished neck) reinforce its positioning: a high-end acoustic in spirit, designed to remain accessible.

For Which Guitarists and Styles?

The Martin GPC-13E is aimed at motivated beginners to intermediate players who want an immediately inspiring guitar, as well as advanced musicians looking for a reliable and versatile electro-acoustic. Its Grand Performance format suits both strumming (pop, folk, acoustic rock) and fingerstyle playing (ballads, accompaniment, picking), while the cutaway facilitates upper-fret playing for modern arrangements.

Sound Characteristics

The spruce top delivers a clear attack, good dynamics, and a wide response range: the sound is lively, handling both energetic pick playing and more subtle touch. The ziricote (back and sides) adds a sense of depth with complex harmonics, pleasant definition, and solid bass, while maintaining clarity in chords. The Grand Performance format promotes balance between bass, mids, and treble, with generous projection, and the cutaway encourages more melodic playing in the upper registers. Plugged in, the Fishman MX-T electronics allow the guitar to be used on stage while keeping tuning discreet thanks to the built-in tuner that mutes the audio output during tuning.

Technical specifications

Category	Steel String Shaped Body Electric-Acoustic	Fingerboard	Richlite
Format	Grand Performance	Marker	Point
Left handed	No	Nbrs of frets	20
Cutaway	Yes	Electronics	Fishman MX-T
Strings	Steel	Original Strings	Authentic Acoustic Lifespan 2.0 - Light MA540T
Nbr of strings	6	Neck Type	Glued
Top	Sitka Spruce	Electroacoustic	Yes
Back&Sides	Ziricote	Color	Sunburst
Bracing	X	Finishing	Glossy
Neck	Selected wood	Hardware	Nickel

Type	electro-acoustic guitar	Neck finish	hand-polished
Back	solid ziricote	Bridge	FSC-certified Richlite
Sides	solid ziricote	System	Fishman MX-T
Body finish	glossy	Tuner	built into the soundhole
Binding	white	Tuning function	automatic audio output mute during tuning
Rosette	mother-of-pearl inlays with multi-band border	Inlays	mother-of-pearl on the fingerboard
Pickguard	black or "tortoise" pattern (depending on availability)	Case	Premium Soft Shell case or soft gig bag (depending on availability)
Color options	"burst" finish (depending on availability)	Note	selection of variable components may differ depending on shipments