GEAR REVIEW
MARTIN SC-13E ACOUSTIC/ELECTRIC | Bruce Adolph
KEY FEATURES
BREAKING YOUR OWN TRADITIONAL WAY OF DOING able to play before come into view as you
THINGS easily play well beyond the 12 th fret. Songs that
I wrote years ago with dual-string droning on
• Unparalleled Upper Register Access
• Patent Pending Heelless Design You think of Martin and you may think the 5 th and 7 th frets and an open string above
• Long Scale Length “Feels’ Close
Proximity Dreadnought, you may think of their iconic them (E and A strings) now I can play an octave
00 body shape but you definitely do not think higher. Way cool!
• Low-Profile Velocity, Ergonomic Neck
“oblong”. But in this forward leaning instrument
Martin has added “oblong” to their line of body The Sure Align TM neck joint system (patent
shapes and it works! Martin states that the pending) and heelless design allows you to
Martin has done it. Something I had never asymmetrical body provides balanced output, comfortably play guitar solos that you thought you
imagined for the acoustic guitar. They have so you get more gain before feedback and not needed a Telecaster electric to reach to. Amazing!
leaned forward in their thinking and design and to worry about playing loud on stage… now Your fingers can’t believe it’s true as your hand
have offered us literally new musical territory for you can turn it up. position feels strong and in the right-angle way up
the fretboard. You can riff around in new regions
acoustic guitar players.
Unplugged, the sound is balanced and full
The new SC model number, which they say
of the acoustic fretboard. Mind blown!
too... after all – it is still a Martin.
In the first 15 minutes of playing this guitar
stands for the “S body shape cutaway”, and I
say stands for “Super Cutaway” was released The neck is a low-profile velocity, ergonomic I already added two new parts to two of my
at a press conference at the NAMM Show in neck. It has a thin profile but my hands adjusted own guitar compositions and began thinking
Janaury. quickly to it. New chords you have never been to myself, “How am I going to go back and
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