The new Martin SC-13E Acoustic Electric guitar will make you rethink what an acoustic-electric guitar can do. Do you want to play leads? Play all the way up the neck? Play longer? Play louder? Guitar players everywhere are quick to answer all of those questions with a resounding “YES,” and now you’ll be able to do it all with this super-comfortable, easy-to-play acoustic-electric from Martin!



Martin SC-13E Acoustic Electric Guitar Features

• Martin Road Series Cutaway
• Sitka Spruce top
• Koa Fine Veneer back and sides
• High-Performance Taper/Low Profile Velocity Neck 
• Martin’s patent-pending Sure Align™ neck system
• Fishman MX-T Electronics – commanding tone, able to handle plenty of gain 
• Includes soft case

The revolutionary new neck joint and cutaway, with Martin’s patent-pending Sure Align™ neck system, gives you full access to all 19 frets so you can comfortably reach those high notes. It’s also equipped with a new, low-profile neck barrel that ergonomically accommodates your hand as you move, giving you the comfort and playability of an electric.

Armed with Fishman MX-T electronics and designed from the ground up to be plugged in and turned loose, the Martin SC-13E asymmetrical body shape provides balanced output so you get more gain before feedback. Now you can turn up the volume and focus on your music without needing to worry.

The Martin SC-13E Acoustic Electric is an instrument that is tailor-made for performing live, but it’s still a Martin at heart, so they made absolutely sure that it sounds amazing unplugged.

Martin went right ahead and removed the limitations of the traditional acoustic-electric guitar with the release of the SC-13E, so you can play your way, any way, without limits!

Martin SC-13E Acoustic Electric Guitar Specifications 

• Series: Road Series
• Construction: Sure Align Linear Dovetail Neck Joint
• Body Size: S-13 Fret Cutaway
• Top Material: Sitka Spruce
• Rosette Aperture: Design with Multi-Stripe
• Bracing Pattern: Tone Tension X Brace
• Brace Shape: Treble Side Scalloped X with Non-Scalloped Tone Bars
• Brace Material: Sitka Spruce
• Brace Size: 5/16" with 1/4" Tone Bars
• Back Material: Koa Fine Veneer
• Side Material: Koa Fine Veneer
• Binding: White
• Top Inlay Material: Blue with Multi-Stripe
• Neck Material: Select Hardwood
• Neck Shape: Low Profile Velocity
• Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper
• Plek: Yes
• Nut Material: White Corian
• Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper
• Headplate Material: Ebony
• Headplate Detail: Do Not Use
• Headplate Logo Style: Script Overlay
• Fingerboard Material: Ebony
• Scale Length: 25.4"
• Neck Joins Body At: 13th Fret
• Number of Frets Total: 20
• Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4''
• Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8''
• Fingerboard Inlay Material: Mother of Pearl Pattern and Celestial Blue Dot
• Fingerboard Inlay Style: SC-13 Style
• Side Dots: White
• Back and Side Finish: Gloss
• Finish Top: Gloss
• Finish Neck: Satin
• Bridge Material: Ebony
• Bridge Style: Sloped Modern Belly - Drop in Saddle
• Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32"
• Saddle: Compensated White Tusq
• Saddle Radius: 16"