Martin CEO-8 Guitar
Martin’s largest acoustic body size, the Grand Jumbo, is combined with solid sycamore back, sides and neck, and a Sitka spruce top with VTS. Enhanced appointments include a black Corian headplate with “The Martin” inlaid in solid mother-of-pearl, a faux red tortoise pickguard with a Purple Martin motif, and unique “backslash” design mother-of-pearl fingerboard inlays. Comes equipped with D-TAR Wave-length Multi-Source electronics and bears an interior label individually numbered in sequence and personally signed by C. F. Martin IV.
The new Martin Vintage Tone System (VTS) uses a unique recipe that is based on the historic torrefaction system. The VTS acts much like a time machine in which Martin can target certain time periods and age the top/braces to that era. This focused method allows Martin’s craftsmen and women to recreate not only the pleasing visual aesthetics of a vintage guitar, but also reproduce the special tones previously reserved for vintage instruments.
Learn more about Martin’s Vintage Tone System (VTS) at WWW.MARTINGUITAR.COM/VTS.
SPECIFICATIONS OVERVIEW
BODY SIZE:
Grand J-14 Fret
FINISH TOP:
Gloss
CONSTRUCTION:
Dovetail Neck Joint
BACK & SIDE FINISH:
Gloss
BRACING PATTERN:
X-Brace
SCALE LENGTH:
25.4″
BRACE SHAPE:
Non Scalloped X with Progressively Scalloped Tone Bars
FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT NUT:
1 3/4”
TOP MATERIAL:
Sitka Spruce with VTS
NECK SHAPE:
Modified Low Oval
BACK MATERIAL:
Sycamore
NECK TAPER:
High-Performance Taper
SIDE MATERIAL:
Sycamore
ELECTRONICS:
D-TAR Wave-Length Multi-Source
RECOMMENDED STRINGS:
TOP
TOP COLOR:
Teardrop Sunburst
BRIDGE STYLE:
Modern Belly – Drop in Saddle
BINDING:
Black
BRIDGE STRING SPACING:
2 3/16”
TOP INLAY MATERIAL:
Multi-Stripe
BRIDGE MATERIAL:
Ebony
TOP DETAIL:
N/A
BRIDGE PIN MATERIAL:
Bone
PICKGUARD:
Tortoise Pattern
BRIDGE PIN DOTS:
Abalone
PICKGUARD INLAY:
Purple Martin
SADDLE:
Compensated White Tusq
ROSETTE:
Abalone with Multi-Stripe
SADDLE RADIUS:
16″
BODY
BRACE MATERIAL:
Sitka Spruce
BACK & SIDES COLOR:
Sunburst
BRACE SIZE:
5/16″
BACK DETAIL:
N/A
BACK PURFLING/STRIP:
Style 45 with Black Stripe
BACK INLAY MATERIAL:
Multi-Stripe
HEELCAP:
Black with Multi-Stripe
SIDE DETAIL:
N/A
ENDPIECE:
Black
SIDE INLAY MATERIAL:
Multi-Stripe
ENDPIECE INLAY:
Multi-Stripe
NECK
NECK MATERIAL:
Sycamore
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL:
Ebony
FINISH NECK:
Gloss
FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT 12TH FRET:
2 1/8”
NECK COLOR:
Sunburst
FINGERBOARD INLAY STYLE:
MOP Backslash Design
NUMBER OF FRETS TOTAL:
20
FINGERBOARD INLAY MATERIAL:
Mother-of-Pearl
NECK JOINS BODY AT:
14th Fret
FINGERBOARD BINDING MATERIAL:
N/A
SIDE DOTS:
Abalone
HEADSTOCK
HEADSTOCK SHAPE:
Archtop
TUNING MACHINES:
Gold Enclosed Gear
HEADPLATE MATERIAL:
Black Corian
KNOB:
Pearloid
HEADPLATE LOGO STYLE:
Stylized Script Inlay
NUT MATERIAL:
Bone
HEADPLATE BINDING MATERIAL:
N/A
MISC
CASE:
Ply Hardshell
LEFT HANDED AVAILABILITY:
No
LABEL:
Signed by CFM IV – Numbered in Sequence w/o Total
PLEKED:
Yes