The GPCE Inception Maple is a Grand Performance 14-Fret Cutaway with maple back and sides and a European spruce top, finished in gloss Amber Fade Sunburst. The bracing is a Skeletonized X-Brace in FSC® Certified European Spruce, and the back is three pieces with a black walnut wedge, matched by black walnut binding and a black walnut neck. The neck is a GE Modified Low Oval with the High-Performance Taper on an FSC® Certified Ebony board with Arrow/Hex Design inlays, with gold open-gear tuners and LR Baggs Anthem electronics.
Martin built the Inception line from FSC®-certified and domestic woods. This one is for the player who wants that build with a cutaway and a pickup. The GPE Inception Maple is the non-cutaway version in flamed maple, and for Inception as an OM in black walnut, look at the OM-35 Inception.
SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
Country of Origin: USA (Nazareth, Pennsylvania)
Body Size: Grand Performance 14-Fret Cutaway
Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint
Back Material: Maple
Side Material: Maple
Back and Sides Finish: Gloss
Back and Sides Color: Amber Fade Sunburst
Back Detail: 3-Piece with Black Walnut Wedge
Back Purfling/Strip: Style 18
Back Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
Bracing Pattern: Skeletonized X-Brace
Brace Shape: Scalloped
Brace Material: FSC® Certified European Spruce
Brace Size: 5/16"
Top Material: European Spruce
Finish Top: Gloss
Top Color: Amber Fade Sunburst
Top Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
Top Detail: FSC® Certified Wood
Binding: Black Walnut
Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern
Rosette: Multi-Stripe
NECK
Neck Shape: GE Modified Low Oval
Neck Taper: High-Performance Taper
Neck Material: Black Walnut
Neck Color: Amber Fade Sunburst
Finish Neck: Satin
Scale Length: 25.4"
Number of Frets Total: 20
Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
Fingerboard Material: FSC® Certified Ebony
Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8''
Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 3/4''
Fingerboard Inlay Style: Arrow/Hex Design
Fingerboard Inlay Material: Corian
Side Dots: Yellow
Headstock Shape: Solid with Square Taper
Headplate Material: FSC® Certified Ebony
Headplate Logo Style: Script Old Style Overlay
Pleked: Yes
ELECTRONICS
Electronics: LR Baggs Anthem
HARDWARE
Bridge Material: FSC® Certified Ebony
Bridge Style: Sloped Modern Belly - Drop in Saddle
Bridge String Spacing: 2 5/32"
Bridge Pin Material: Bone
Bridge Pin Dots: Black Plastic
Saddle: Compensated White TUSQ®
Saddle Radius: 16"
Tuning Machines: Gold Open Gear
Knob: Butterbean
Nut Material: Bone
CASE
Case: Molded Hardshell



