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Martin 000C Steve Miller Acoustic Electric Guitar

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A Martin devotee with more than 40 years on the rock and blues music scene (as detailed in Volume 9 ­ July 2000 "Sounding Board," available on the Martin web site), Steve Miller appreciates superb sounding, easy playing, understated guitars.

Like his previous Signature Editions, the 000C "Pegasus" derives its beauty and tone from spectacular tonewoods, elegant appointments and subtle (and not so subtle) design elements.

The 000C Steve Miller Pegasus Signature Edition clearly is a guitar built for comfort. This true 000 features the short 24.9" scale, which lowers string tension and shortens the distance between frets.

The rounded Venetian cut-away provides easy access to the entire fingerboard. The OM width fingerboard (1-3/4" at the nut) and low oval neck enhance fretting ease. A chrome strap button and factory-installed non-invasive Fishman Ellipse Blend System electronics contribute to stage or studio-readiness right out of the case. Superb solid tonewoods throughout result in impressive tone. The top of Engelmann spruce, prized for quick response and rich timbre, features Martin's Hybrid scalloped bracing. The back and sides are crafted from solid quilted mahogany with lightly quilted figuring, while the neck is straight-grained genuine mahogany.

Enhancing the beauty of the woods are graceful inlays. A colorful abalone pearl rosette surrounds the soundhole, while fine-pattern herringbone purfling encircles the top. The backstrip features the multi-colored Style 45 mosaic, in this case bordered with fine black fiber lines. Both back and sides are bound with grained ivoroid and accented with black/white/black line inlays. Both the heelcap and end piece showcase matching grained ivoroid, the latter framed with black/white/black line inlays.

The black African ebony fingerboard and headplate are bound with grained ivoroid and inset with black/white fine line inlays. The polished headplate showcases the exquisite "alternative" torch inlay, first used and abandoned in 1902, only to reappear nearly 100 years later on selected Martin Limited and Signature Editions (including Steve's first limited edition models). In keeping with Miller's preference, the fingerboard highlights the wood itself, unsullied by position markers or a signature.

To match the headplate and fingerboard, the belly bridge and bridge pins are all crafted from black ebony, the latter two topped with pearl dots. Also matching is the polished and beveled black pickguard. The nut is genuine bone, while the compensated drop-in through saddle is crafted from Tusq, a synthetic material that imparts crisp, clear tone.

The 000C Steve Miller Pegasus Signature Edition is finished with polished gloss lacquer on the body and neck. Vintage toner on the top gives the instrument a touch of "old Martin" patina.

Delivered in a special Geib style hardshell case with black interior and black hard-ware, each 000C Steve Miller Pegasus Signature Edition bears an interior label personally signed by Steve Miller, Martin Artist Relations Manager Dick Boak, and Martin Chairman C. F. Martin IV.

Each label will be consecutively numbered with the edition total. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of each 000C Steve Miller Pegasus model will support The Snake River Alliance, an Idaho-based community organization working through research, education, and community advocacy for peace and justice, the end of nuclear weapons production activities, and responsible solutions to nuclear waste and contamination.

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Back and Sides	Solid Quilted Mahogany
Binding	Grained Ivoroid
Bracing	0001 Hybrid, 1 Style/Scalloped
Case Included	Includes FREE 533 Hardshell Case
Fingerboard	Solid Black Ebony
Frets	20
Machine Heads	Gotoh Nickel Open Geared w/ Butterbean Knobs
Neck Joint	Mortise/Tenon Neck Joint
Neck Material	Solid Genuine Mahogany
Nut Width	1 3/4''
Pickguard	Black/ Beveled and Polished
Scale	24.9"
Top Wood	Solid Engelmann Spruce
Bridge	Solid Black Ebony, Vintage Belly- Drop In Long Saddle
Electronics	Fishman Ellipse Blend System

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