* Hold – In Store – Martin, 000-C16RGTE, Acoustic Electric Guitar, 2009, Aura system

• Auditorium-size 000 body for comfort with a big sound
• Premium-quality tonewoods used throughout
• Fishman Onboard Aura preamp delivers amazingly realistic reproduction
• 3-band EQ plus built-in tuner and feedback-fighting phase switch
• A beautiful guitar both aurally and visually!

Auditorium-size 000 body for comfort with a big sound
The Martin 000C-16RGTE combines the classic tone and feel of the “000” body style with the superior pickup performance of the Fishman Onboard Aura system to create an acoustic/electric guitar that can’t be beat. The smaller-bodied 000 is the auditorium-sized version of the popular D1. The comfortable 000 body size is combined with a 25.4″ scale to create a surprisingly balanced and expressive instrument, ideal for blues and fingerstyle technique.

Premium-quality tonewoods used throughout
Martin guitars are legendary for their quality tonewoods, and the 000C-16RGTA is no exception. Its solid Sitka spruce top is mated to solid East Indian rosewood sides and back for a warm, balanced tone that still sings out in the upper register. A solid Spanish cedar neck is attached with Martin’s famous mortise -and-tenon joint to preserve tonal integrity, and is topped with a solid Micarta fingerboard.

Fishman Onboard Aura preamp delivers amazingly realistic reproduction
The 000C-16RGTE’s Fishman Onboard Aura bridges the gap between the beauty of pure studio sound and the convenience of plugging in. With Onboard Aura, you’ll discover unexpectedly realistic acoustic guitar sound from a pickup, with tone quality you thought you could only hear from a top-shelf microphone, in an ideal studio environment. The Fishman Onboard Aura system uses powerful Acoustic Sound Image algorithms prepared especially for the 000C-16RTGA to seamlessly adjust the “view” of the pickup, so the pickup sees the guitar in the same way a microphone does – with all the subtle acoustic nuances intact. Martin uses a variety of top-shelf microphones to create the Acoustic Sound Images, with six different variations to choose from.

3-band EQ plus built-in tuner and feedback-fighting phase switch
Although the Onboard Aura is technologically advanced, it’s also refreshingly organic. When you plug in the 000C-16RGTE, you’ll feel and hear the true acoustic, unamplified sound of your guitar, only louder. Three bands of useful EQ, a convenient onboard tuner (with mute), a feedback-fighting phase switch, plus an automatic anti-feedback circuit round out the Onboard Aura’s features.

A beautiful guitar both aurally and visually!
Everything about the 000C-16RGTE tells you it’s a Martin! From the polished gloss top finish to the white fingerboard binding, Martin’s quality construction shows through. The 000C-16RGTE is a pleasure to look at as well as to hear.

Martin 000C-16RGTA Features:

• MODEL: 000C-16RGTE AURA
• CONSTRUCTION: Mortise/tenon neck joint
• BODY SIZE: 000-14 fret cutaway
• TOP: Solid Sitka spruce
• ROSETTE: Bold herringbone w/single D-18 ring on each side of herringbone
• TOP BRACING PATTERN: 0001 hybrid
• TOP BRACES: 1 Style/Scalloped
• BACK MATERIAL: Solid East Indian rosewood
• BACK PURFLING: none
• SIDE MATERIAL: Solid East Indian rosewood
• ENDPIECE: White Boltaron
• ENDPIECE INLAY: Black/White Boltaron
• BINDING: White Boltaron
• TOP INLAY STYLE: Multiple black/white
• SIDE INLAY: none
• BACK INLAY: none
• NECK MATERIAL: Solid Spanish cedar
• NECK SHAPE: Modified low oval
• NUT MATERIAL: White Corian
• HEADSTOCK: Solid/6 string no diamond/standard taper
• HEADPLATE: Solid East Indian rosewood /gold foil logo
• HEELCAP: Solid East Indian rosewood
• FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Black Micarta
• SCALE LENGTH: 25.4″
• # OF FRETS CLEAR: 14
• # OF FRETS TOTAL: 20
• FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT NUT: 1-11/16”
• FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT 12TH FRET: 2-1/8”
• FINGERBOARD POSITION INLAYS: Style 28
• FINGERBOARD BINDING: White Boltaron
• FINISH BACK & SIDES: Satin/dark filler
• FINISH TOP: Polished gloss
• FINISH NECK: Semi gloss/ dark mahogany stain/ dark filler
• BRIDGE MATERIAL: Black Micarta
• BRIDGE STYLE: 1 style belly
• BRIDGE STRING SPACING: 2-1/8”
• SADDLE: 16” radius/compensated white Tusq
• TUNING MACHINES: Chrome w/ small knobs
• RECOMMENDED STRINGS: Martin MSP 4100 light phosphor bronze
• BRIDGE & END PINS: White w/ back dots
• PICKGUARD: I-02 tortoise color
• CASE: 330 hard shell
• INTERIOR LABEL: Paper label
• ELECTRONICS: Fishman onboard Aura