Martin JC16ME Aura Jumbo Cutaway Acoustic Electric Guitar with Case
Martin JC16ME Aura Jumbo Cutaway Acoustic Electric Guitar offers a great guitar tone with High Quality Fishman Electronics!
Each JC16ME is equipped with the acclaimed Fishman onboard Aura sound reinforcement system. The Aura is capable of blending your choice of six acoustic sound images with the Martin Gold Plus under-the-saddle transducer. The sounds are derived from studio recordings of each guitar being played into high-end condenser microphones for an unequaled studio quality reproduction of the world renowned Martin tone.
The Onboard Aura puts YOU on the cutting edge in acoustic guitar sound technology!
- Play with the highest quality sound of a studio recording
- Choose from six pre-recorded sound images
- Option to blend sound images with the Gold+Plus pickup
- Convenient onboard digital tuner and feedback controls at your fingertips
Now you can bring the studio-quality sound of your Martin guitar to the stage in an onboard format with the Martin/Fishman Onboard Aura System. This onboard version of Fishman’s groundbreaking new Aura Acoustic Imaging Blender harnesses the power of Fishman’s proprietary Acoustic Sound Imaging technology and builds it into your Martin.
The Onboard Aura features six customized Aura Acoustic Sound Images, specially created for and by Martin, which can be blended with the Martin Gold+Plus pickup signal for unequalled studio-quality reproduction of the world-renowned Martin acoustic tone. These Acoustic Sound Images are derived from real studio recordings of each specific Martin Aura model being played into a variety of high-end condenser microphones. Other Onboard Aura features include digital and fully programmable equalization, feedback control, and a chromatic tuner.
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 JC16ME Aura Jumbo Cutaway Acoustic Electric Guitar Specifications
Body
- Construction: Mortise/Tenon Neck Joint
- Body Size: J-14 Fret Cutaway
- Top: Solid Sitka Spruce
- Rosette: Single Ring
- Top Bracing Pattern: Hybrid X Scalloped
- Top Braces: Solid Sitka Spruce 5/16 inch
- Back & Side Material: Solid European Flamed Maple
- Back Purfling: Style 45
- Endpiece: White Boltaron
- Endpiece Inlay: Black/White Boltaron
- Binding: White Boltaron
- Top Inlay Style: Multiple Black/White Boltaron
- Back & Side Inlay: Black/White/Black Boltaron
Neck
- Neck Material: Select Hardwood
- Neck Shape: Modified Low Oval
- Nut Material: White Corian
- Headstock: Solid/Square Taper
- Headplate: Solid East Indian Rosewood (Raised Gold Foil Logo)
- Heelcap: White Boltaron
- Scale Length: 25.4 inches
Fingerboard
- Fingerboard Material: Solid Striped Ebony
- Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1-3/4 inches
- Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2-1/4 inches
- Fingerboard Position Inlays: Style 28
- Fingerboard Binding: White Boltaron
- Number of Frets Clear: 14
- Number of Frets Total: 20
Finish
- Finish Back & Sides: Polished Gloss
- Finish Top: Polished Gloss
- Finish Neck: Satin
Bridge
- Bridge Material: Solid Striped Ebony
- Bridge Style: Belly
- Bridge String Spacing: 2-1/4 inches
- Saddle: 16 inch Radius (Compensated/White Tusq)
Other
- Tuning Machines: Chrome with Small Knobs
- Recommended Strings: Martin MSP 4100 Light Phosphor Bronze
- Bridge & End Pins: White with Black Dots
- Pickguard: Tortoise Color
- Case: 380 Case
- Interior Label: None
- Electronics: Fishman Onboard Aura
