Martin Road Series 000-12E Retro Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Spruce/Sapele, Natural

As part of their refreshed Road Series, the Martin Road Series 000-12E Retro is a road-ready acoustic primed to hit the stage. With a rich, resonant Martin tone that sounds great but has some rough-and-ruggedness to it, this Road Series 000 model is a perfect pick for your next road warrior guitar.

The Road Series is a celebrated line from Martin Guitar. Balancing classic Martin sound and playability with designs ready for travel and the stage, this 000-12E Retro model hearkens to classic Martin road-ready sensibilities. This whole experience is centered around a Martin 000-14 Fret body shape brought together with a spruce top and sapele back and sides. This body is decked in a gloss finish with a Martin Aging Toner top color and Dark Mahogany back and sides color. A 000 concert-sized body slips easily under the arm for easy performance across the full 24.9" scale length. 5/16" scalloped spruce braces line the top in a Martin X-Brace pattern.

Reaching out, this Road Series features a neck in a Martin Performing Artist profile with a High Performance taper. Meant to slip smoothly from lower to higher registers, this neck is effortlessly played with an ebony fingerboard facilitating quick cowboy chords or singer-songwriter fingerpicking. Faux Mother of Pearl Old Style 18 fret inlays line the ebony for a stylish accent.

Topping everything off, this Road Series 000-12E Retro features a great lineup of hardware specs and appointments. At either end of the scale, we find a white Corian nut and white TUSQ saddle with nickel open gear tuners and an ebony Modern Belly bridge. These pieces keep things sturdy and fluid during setup and play. Across the whole model, this Road Series features humble and understated Martin visual appointments including a Multi-Stripe top inlay and an Old Style 18 Boltaron rosette. Loaded with Martin E1 electronics, the 000-12E Retro is raring for the stage and studio. This Road Series travels with an included Martin softshell case.

As a welcomed addition to Martin's refreshed Road Series, this 000-12E Retro is a great candidate to fuel your entire Martin road trip.