Handmade with heavy-duty materials, time-tested styles, and innovative designs, Martin Guitar’s 16 Series delivers classic acoustic-electric guitars that any musician will love to play. With quite a lot of body styles and sizes, you’ll find the solid-wood guitar that works best for your playing style and music type—rock, country, folk, bluegrass, jazz, pop, and much more. Choose between many different models, including the 000C12-16E Nylon, 000-16E, 00-16E, BC-16E, D-16E Burst, D-16E Mahogany, D-16E Rosewood, GPC-16E Mahogany, GPC-16E Rosewood, and OMC-16E Burst. Our wooden 16 Series guitars come in all kinds of sizes and shapes that are specifically designed for different types of tones, volumes, and sounds. Choose between an assortment of body types: dreadnought, grand performance cutaway, grand concert, auditorium, grand auditorium, auditorium cutaway, and orchestra cutaway. Each model has distinct features that add personality, performance, and playability to your instrument collection. The dreadnought body shape is our largest size, which produces the most resonant and voluminous tone, whilst the auditorium body shape delivers a balanced tone and beautiful projection. Our grand concert guitar offers balanced, middle-range melodies, and the orchestra cutaway model delivers a balanced, amplified sound. The grand performance cutaway model provides a deep and rich bass. Each guitar is designed for enhanced playability, a professional sound, and a timeless tone that only Martin Guitar can deliver.For nearly two centuries, Martin has been producing premium gear for musical artists across the globe. Martin’s superior guitar and string products remain the choice of musicians around the globe for their unrivaled quality, craftsmanship, and tone. Still handmade. Still the standard. Martin guitars are the real deal—not an imitation.
PROFESSIONAL SOUND: Martin’s 000C12-16E Nylon classic acoustic-electric guitar has a mahogany and Sitka spruce construction that delivers a boisterous sound whilst maintaining precise tone and projection. The auditorium cutaway style complements the solid-wood, acoustic construction by adding exceptional and satisfactory volume.
SUPERIOR APPEARANCE: The Martin 000C12-16E Nylon acoustic-electric guitar boasts a mahogany back and sides with a satin finish. The top is expertly constructed from Sitka spruce and topped with a gloss finish. It has a simple dovetail neck joint, nonscalloped A-Frame X-Brace, standard tapered neck, and gold side-mount tuners, making it look as captivating as it sounds.
PREMIUM HANDMADE GUITARS: Handmade from the highest-quality wood, Martin’s 16 Series guitars are built to get up to late-night jams, long studio sessions, and a variety of strumming or picking. These solid-wood, acoustic-electric guitars deliver classic designs, professional sounds, and enjoyable playing.
ENHANCED PLAYABILITY: Along with Martin’s iconic tone, which is known worldwide, our guitars deliver enhanced playability that makes playing a pleasure, no matter your experience or skill level. Whether you’re playing rock, country, folk, bluegrass, or jazz, these guitars deliver a natural playing experience that you’re going to love.
MARTIN 16 SERIES: Martin’s superior guitar and string products remain the choice of musicians around the globe for their unrivaled quality, craftsmanship, and tone. Still handmade. Still the standard. Martin guitars are the real deal—not an imitation.