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This table provides an overview of your statutory consumer rights, compared with our standard returns policy and optional extended money back guarantee and warranty.
| UK & Europe | EU Standard | Gear4music Standard | Gear4music Optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return Period | 14 days | 30 days | up to 180 days |
| Standard delivery charges refunded? | Yes | Yes | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Upgraded delivery charges refunded? | Standard costs only | Standard costs only | Standard costs only |
| Free collection on cancellation | No | No | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Free collection if defective, delivered damaged or incorrect item | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 30 days |
We are unable to accept returns of any custom made items designed to work together as a unique package and some items are only eligible for money back guarantee if they are returned to us unused and sealed in the original packaging. For full information on our returns policy, please refer to our returns and refunds information guide.
Key Features
This instrument may show light signs of use. It has been quality checked by our team of repair technicians to ensure that it meets a high playing standard.
Any promotional materials, offers, software or subscriptions available when purchased as new may not be available with this Ex-Demo product.
The Martin 000C12-16E Nylon String is where tradition meets contemporary. This stunning guitar embraces the legacy of nylon stringed guitars and blends it with the modern appointments that today's guitarists need. Whether you're on stage or in the studio, play with an undercurrent of rich, warm resonance thanks to a mahogany construction and deliver your sound with the clarity and dynamics of a solid spruce top. You'll be pulled into a dreamy playing experience in seconds.
It is not enough to just purely look and sound exquisite, you need to be able to play effortlessly. The 000C12-16E will make you feel completely at home thanks to its wonderful auditorium shape. Deep, elegant curves and a low profile neck shape accommodate comfortable playing, meaning you will be able to practice or perform for hours without any impedance. Slide across the ebony fretboard with ease and allow every single note to escape from the strings with the help of Fishman electronics, captivating everyone in its presence.
Ex-Demo: This product may be ex-display, have light signs of use, have slight cosmetic marks or may have non-essential parts or software missing. The original box, packaging or manual may not be included. Each item is checked by our team of repair technicians to ensure it meets our high standards. This is a great opportunity to buy a fully functioning product at a discounted price.
Product Ref: 284150
Crafted in a beautiful auditorium shape, the 000C12-16E produces the most magnificent sound that is enriched with stunning clarity, rich lows, and glistening highs. This wonderful guitar body is highly desired for its balanced, rounded tone that makes it superbly versatile. Its definition across the whole frequency spectrum makes it well suited for writing, recording, and performing purposes as well as a range of techniques and genres. Such an adaptable, full-bodied sound also makes the 000C12-16E the perfect instrument to take with you on the road, as it will meet every demand of busy touring life.
Flowing through the veins of this guitar is the wondrous clarity that stems from a solid spruce top. A real showstopper. Spruce allows you to become completely engulfed in a magical playing experience whilst every single note is released with clear definition and incredible dynamics. It delivers a superb, balanced tone that offers the versatility needed for endless creativity. Whether you're strumming with vigour or practicing intricate fingerpicking techniques, the spruce top will ensure crisp articulation is woven tightly into your playing.
Teaming perfectly with the spruce top is a tonewood that has plenty of power and warmth. Mahogany. Showcased on the back and sides, mahogany encompasses punchy sonic attributes that team well with its gorgeous tonal resonance brought by emphasis of midrange frequencies. It grows tighter and more focused as it matures, meaning your guitar will only get more beautiful with age. And it looks truly stunning too. This guitar displays the natural grain of mahogany as well as its deep, warm colour. Because sometimes simplicity is best.
Martin have gone one step further with this guitar to offer you the most incredibly dynamic sound. Fishman Matrix VT Enhance NT1 electronics respond brilliantly to the natural tonal qualities of the 000C12-16E 's mahogany and spruce construction and projects them with astonishing volume that doesn't compromise on clarity. Such a gorgeous guitar body retains its authentic, acoustic design as no soundholes are cut into its side, meaning this electronic system is wonderfully discreet. Perform with another dimension of sound and experience the premium quality that Martin is known for.
