Classic style meets balanced performance in the 000-12E Retro. With a spruce and sapele gloss body, scalloped bracing, and vintage-inspired appointments, it's your road to timeless Martin tone that grows with you every step of the way.
The Martin 000-12E Retro delivers classic style, balanced tone, and proven performance — all wrapped in a full-body gloss finish that adds rich visual depth to its solid spruce top and solid sapele back and sides. Scalloped "X"-bracing enhances clarity, volume, and responsiveness, while the Performing Artist neck profile with high-performance taper ensures smooth, modern playability across the fingerboard. Old-style dot inlays, a multi-stripe rosette, and nickel open-gear tuners with butterbean knobs nod to Martin's Style-18 roots. With versatile E1 electronics, a built-in tuner, and a softshell case, this Road Series model is ready to go wherever your playing takes you — and to stick with you for the long haul.
Specifications:
Highlights
- 000-14 Fret Body Size
- Sapele Back and Sides
- Spruce Top with Aging Toner Top Color
- PA Profile Neck with High-Performance Taper
- 1 3/4" Fingerboard Width at Nut
- Softshell Case
Top
- Top Material: Spruce
- Top Finish: Gloss
- Top Color: Aging Toner
- Top Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
- Top Detail: None
- Binding: Black
- Bridge Material: Ebony
- Bridge Style: Modern Belly
- Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32"
- Bridge Pin Material: White Plastic
- Bridge Pin Dots: Black
- Pickguard: Faux Tortoise
- Pickguard Inlay: None
- Rosette: Old Style 18 Boltaron
- Saddle: White TUSQ®
- Saddle Radius: 16"
Body
- Body Size: 000-14 Fret
- Construction: Mortise & Tenon Neck Joint
- Back Material: Sapele
- Side Material: Sapele
- Back and Sides Finish: Gloss
- Back and Sides Color: Dark Mahogany
- Back Detail: None
- Side Detail: None
- Back Purfling/Strip: None
- Back Inlay Material: None
- Side Inlay Material: None
- Bracing Pattern: "X"-Brace
- Brace Shape: Scalloped
- Brace Material: Spruce
- Brace Size: 5/16"
- Endpiece: None
- Endpiece Inlay: None
Neck
- Neck Shape: PA Profile
- Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper
- Neck Material: Select Hardwood
- Neck Color: Natural
- Neck Finish: Hand-Applied
- Scale Length: 24.9"
- Number of Frets Total: 20
- Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
- Heelcap: Black
- Fingerboard Material: Ebony
- Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8"
- Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4"
- Fingerboard Inlay Style: Old Style 18
- Fingerboard Inlay Material: Faux Mother-of-Pearl
- Fingerboard Binding Material: None
- Side Dots: White
Headstock
- Headstock Shape: Solid
- Headplate Material: Brazilian Rosewood HPL
- Headplate Logo Style: Script Ink
- Headplate Binding Material: None
- Tuning Machines: Nickel Open-Gear
- Knob: Butterbean
- Nut Material: White Corian®
Misc.
- Case: Softshell
- Label: Paper Label
- Electronics: Yes
- Electronics Options: Martin E1
- Pleked: True
What's Included:
- 000-12E Retro Left-Handed Acoustic Electric Guitar
- Authentic Acoustic Lifespan® 2.0 Guitar Strings | Phosphor Bronze - Light
- Softshell Case
