Martin Road Series 000-10E Retro Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Spruce/Sapele, Natural

As part of their revitalized Road Series, the Martin Road Series 000-10E Retro is a faithful representation of classic Martin pillars of sound and style. This concert-style, amplified acoustic pairs the standby tenets that make Martins so coveted with some fresh spins to stand up to the trials of the stage. As something of a vintage Martin in the modern day, this Road Series has plenty more miles in the tank.

Martin's Road Series is an established line of instruments with plenty of celebrated models. Matching the great acoustic tones of iconic guitars with some forward-thinking design choices for something entirely fresh, this Road Series 000-10E Retro has quite a bit to talk about. This all begins, however, with a classic Martin tonewood combination of spruce and sapele. A spruce top and sapele back and sides are wrapped in a soft satin finish for a smooth feel on the fingers and a comfortable frame with an authoritative 000 body style sound. Martin's Aging Toner top color inches the spruce's looks into a gently aged complexion while 5/16" scalloped spruce braces line up in an X-Brace pattern for compounding on projection and tonal complexity for a total acoustic sound bound for the stage.

For playability, this Road Series model extends out with a select hardwood neck in a Martin Performing Artist profile with a High Performance taper. Slipping smoothly from higher to lower registers, this neck is a dream to play alongside an ebony fingerboard lined with twenty comfortable Martin frets. Faux Mother of Pearl 28 Style Dot inlays give this fingerboard that classy, understated visual flourish for a classic Martin vision.

Topping off this road show, the 000-10E Retro is treated to a killer lineup of hardware specs and aesthetic appointments. First, the Road Series 000-10E Retro is fit with a white Corian nut and nickel open gear tuning machines at the headstock for easy stringing and sturdy intonation. Second, an ebony Modern Belly bridge with a TUSQ saddle provides a solid transfer of motion at the scale's opposite end. These pieces hold everything together while a multi-stripe top inlay, single-ring fiber rosette, and black binding job present a cool, understated, classic Martin look. Martin E1 electronics translate the acoustic tones of the 000-10E Retro to the stage or studio. This Martin Road Series model travels with an included Martin softshell case.

An icon in this series, the Road Series 000-10E Retro is classic Martin in the modern day.