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Value-packed Martin Dreadnought with a Solid Top





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With its solid spruce top, sapele back and sides, and built-in electronics, the D-10E is an affordable entree into the world of Martin dreadnought acoustic-electric guitars. Graced with lovely mother-of-pearl pattern fingerboard and rosette inlays, the D-10E serves up classic Martin understated elegance. In addition to quality solid tonewoods, this guitar features a smooth-as-glass Richlite fingerboard and bridge and a hand-rubbed neck finish. Like other Road series models, it also sports Artec Martin E1 electronics for stage-ready plug-and-play performance. At Sweetwater, we get our hands on countless great guitars, and we're quite impressed with the Martin D-10E ? it's a lot of guitar for the money.





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Quality tonewoods deliver timeless tone





As a top tonewood, spruce offers a combination of strength and elasticity that delivers a broad dynamic range with crisp articulation that's ideal for a wide range of playing styles, from delicate fingerpicking to aggressive flatpicked strumming. Sapele, used for the back and sides of the D-10E, is tonally similar to mahogany, but its higher density tends to produce a slightly brighter sound with more high-end shimmer. The characteristic sapele sound is consistently balanced across the tonal spectrum, which makes it, again, suitable to a broad range of playing styles.





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A cornerstone of modern music





Martin's early dreadnoughts set into motion the guitar's prominent role in modern music and set the standard for tone quality in acoustic guitars. Martin dreadnoughts became known for resonant warm tones, quality craftsmanship, and tasteful styling. For those reasons, Martin guitars became an important part of the music written and performed by the stars of the 1920s and '30s. Post-WWII, the Martin dreadnought became a cornerstone of the folk and folk rock music of the '50s and '60s. The powerful voice and full sound of these iconic instruments have made them a staple in the bluegrass world, but their bold sonic signature is heard cross-genre.





The CF Martin legacy





What hasn't been said about the CF Martin company? Martin ? a name virtually synonymous with the acoustic guitar ? took root in the United States in 1833 with a little shop in lower Manhattan. Five years later, Christian Frederick Martin moved his business and family to the rolling hills of Pennsylvania, where Martin's been located ever since. From the Dreadnought body shape to the 14-fret neck, Martin innovations paralleled (and indeed, drove) the development of the acoustic guitar itself. When you play any Martin guitar, you're holding a piece of music history.





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Martin D-10E Features:


Solid spruce top, sapele back and sides


Mother-of-pearl pattern with multi-stripe rosette


Spruce X-bracing, non-scalloped


Black binding; faux tortoise pickguard


Select Hardwood neck, Performing Artist with High Performance Taper, hand-rubbed finish


Richlite fingerboard, 16-in. radius, 20 frets, dot inlays


Richlite bridge, 2.15625-in. string spacing


Compensated white TUSQ saddle, 16-inch radius; plastic bridge pins


Stage-ready Artec Martin E1 electronics


25.4-in. scale length; 1.75-in. Corian nut


Enclosed gear tuners; dual-action truss rod, neck heel access