Martin DCX1E Cutaway Acoustic Electric Guitar
The Martin DCX1E dreadnought cutaway acoustic electric guitar includes an incredible Fishman Classic 4 Sonicore sound reinforcement system.
This Fishman system lets you connect to a mixer or recorder for the accurate, pure reproduction of your acoustic sound. Its Solid Spruce top and HPL back & sides produce lots of volume and punch. The Classic 4 Sonicore Onboard Preamp system gives you some impressive features and control over the sound, beyond the usual bass and treble. It's equipped with a Sonicore pickup and Switchjack, volume control slider, active bass, midrange, treble and brilliance slider controls, low battery LED, and easy access pull-out housing.
Martin Guitar has long recognized the serious nature of the earth's dwindling resources and has focused attention on alternative materials. At Martin, they're committed to making guitars that are within reach of every aspiring guitarist.
Martin's breakthrough X-Series features guitars that are constructed with a combination of highly compressed wood fibers (high-pressure laminate, called HPL) and traditional tonewoods. They've found HPL to be an extremely durable and workable material. Martin has crafted ways to build traditional Martin shapes with HPL that yield incredibly long-lasting, affordable guitars. What's more, they've managed to build them so they possess the famous Martin sound and playability found in their more expensive guitars.
About Martin Guitars
For well over a century and a half, the Martin Guitar Company has been continuously producing acoustic instruments that are acknowledged to be the finest in the world.
The Martin Guitar Company has, through the years, managed to survive with each succeeding generation from C. F. Martin, Sr.'s Stauffer influenced creations of the 1830s to recent developments introduced by C. F. Martin IV. Continuous operation under family management is a feat bordering on the remarkable, reflecting six generations of dedication to the guitarmaker's craft. In or out of the music industry, C. F. Martin has few rivals for sheer staying power.
Throughout its colorful history, the company has adapted successfully to continual changes in product design, distribution systems, and manufacturing methods. In spite of the many changes, C. F. Martin has never veered away from its initial commitment to quality. The concern for producing the finest instruments possible in 1833 is especially in evidence today at Martin's expanded facility in Nazareth, Pennsylvania.
Martin DCX1E Cutaway Acoustic Electric Guitar Specifications
Body
- Construction: Mortoise/Tenon Neck Joint
- Body Size: D-14 Fret Cutaway
- Top: Solid Sitka Spruce
- Rosette: Inlaid Boltaron w/Red Fiber/Multiple Black/White/Black
- Top Bracing Pattern: D1 (A-Frame)
- Top Braces: 1 Style/Non-Scalloped
- Back Material: Mahogany Pattern HPL Textured Finish
- Side Material: Mahogany Pattern HPL Textured Finish
- Binding: none
- Top Inlay Style: none
- Side Inlay: none
- Back Inlay: none
Neck
- Neck Material: Rust Stratabond
- Neck Shape: Modified Low Oval
- Nut Material: White Corian
- Headstock: Solid/Square Taper
- Headplate: Mahogany Pattern HPL with Printed Logo
- Heelcap: none
- Scale Length: 25.4 inch
- Number of Frets Clear: 14
- Number of Frets Total: 20
Fingerboard
- Fingerboard Material: Black Micarta
- Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1-11/16 inch
- Fingerboard Width at 12th fret: 2-1/8 inches
- Fingerboard Position Inlays: none
- Fingerboard Binding: none
Finish
- Finish Back & Sides: none
- Finish Top: Hand Rubbed Finish
- Finish Neck: none
Bridge
- Bridge Material: Black Micarta
- Bridge Style: 1 Style Belly
- Bridge String Spacing: 2 1/8 inches
- Saddle: 16-inch Radius (Compensated, White Micarta)
Other
- Tuning Machines: Chrome with Small Knobs
- Recommended Strings: MSP+ 4100 Coated Light Phosphor Bronze
- Bridge & End Pins: White with Black Dots
- Pickguard: I-01 Tortoise Color
- Interior Label: Foil Label - DCX1E Solid Spruce Top
- Electronics: Classic 4 Sonicore