Best Grand Auditorium Guitars With Fishman Pickups in 2023
Here are the top Grand Auditorium style guitars with Fishman pickups.
Out of the more than 2000 guitars in our database, these are the best scoring ones. You can use our filters to the left to narrow down these results, or click on "Compare" to get a deep comparison between them. Our automated scoring system takes into account the ratings from ours users who own the guitar, and dozens of parameters to determine the build quality, playability, pickups quality, value for money, and more.
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1. Martin M-36
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- Neck profile shape: C (3 votes)
- Neck speed (thickness): Fast (3 votes)
- Pickups noise: Noiseless (1 vote)
- Pickups power: Clean (1 vote)
- From Martin's 1978 Standard series
- Made in United States
- 6 strings
- 25.4"'' scale
- 16" Fretboard Radius
- Solid Spruce top
- Solid East Indian Rosewood back
- Solid East Indian Rosewood sides
- Select Hardwood neck
- Ebony fretboard
- Bridge pickup: Fishman (Preamp/Active)
- East Indian Rosewood bridge
- Acoustic Modified Low Oval Set neck
- 20 Medium frets
- Chrome Enclosed Gear tuners
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Martin M-36
Martin M-36
- Made in United States
- Expensive Wood
- Bone Nut
- Top Brand Pickups
- Electronics
- Compensated Saddle
- Solid Top Wood
- Solid Side Wood
- Solid Back Wood
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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2. Martin GPC-16E
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- Neck profile shape: C (3 votes)
- Neck speed (thickness): Fast (3 votes)
- From Martin's 2017 16-17 series
- Made in United States
- 6 strings
- 25.4"'' scale
- 16" Fretboard Radius
- Solid Spruce top
- Solid East Indian Rosewood back
- Solid East Indian Rosewood sides
- Select Hardwood neck
- Ebony fretboard
- Bridge pickup: Fishman Matrix VT Enhance NT2 (Preamp/Active)
- Ebony bridge
- Acoustic Modified Low Oval Set neck
- 20 Medium frets
- Nickel Open Gear tuners
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Martin GPC-16E
Martin GPC-16E
- Made in United States
- Expensive Wood
- Bone Nut
- Top Brand Pickups
- Electronics
- Ivory Tusq Saddle
- Solid Top Wood
- Solid Side Wood
- Solid Back Wood
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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3. Martin GPC-11E
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- Neck access to high frets: Easy (2 votes)
- Fret edges: Smooth (2 votes)
- Tuning stability: Won't get out of tune (2 votes)
- Weight: Lightweight (2 votes)
- Neck profile shape: C (3 votes)
- Neck speed (thickness): Balanced (2 votes)
- From Martin's 2019 Road series
- Made in Mexico
- 6 strings
- 25.4"'' scale
- 16" Fretboard Radius
- Solid Spruce top
- Solid Sapele back
- Solid Sapele sides
- Select Hardwood neck
- FSC Certified Richlite fretboard
- Bridge pickup: Fishman MX-T (Preamp/Active)
- FSC Certified Richlite bridge
- Acoustic Performing Artist Set neck
- 20 Medium frets
- Chrome Enclosed Gear tuners
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Martin GPC-11E
Martin GPC-11E
- Top Brand Pickups
- Electronics
- Solid Top Wood
- Solid Side Wood
- Solid Back Wood
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- Made in Mexico
- No Expensive Woods
- No High-Quality Nut
- Low-Quality Material Saddle
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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4. Martin GPC-13E
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- Neck profile shape: C (3 votes)
- Neck speed (thickness): Balanced (2 votes)
- From Martin's 2020 Road series
- Made in Mexico
- 6 strings
- 25.4"'' scale
- 16" Fretboard Radius
- Solid Spruce top
- Ziricote Fine Veneer back
- Ziricote Fine Veneer sides
- Select Hardwood neck
- FSC Certified Richlite fretboard
- Bridge pickup: Fishman MX-T (Preamp/Active)
- FSC Certified Richlite bridge
- Acoustic Performing Artist Set neck
- 20 Medium frets
- Chrome Enclosed Gear tuners
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Martin GPC-13E
Martin GPC-13E
- Top Brand Pickups
- Electronics
- Solid Top Wood
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- Made in Mexico
- No Expensive Woods
- No High-Quality Nut
- Low-Quality Material Saddle
- Laminated Side Wood
- Laminated Back Wood
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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5. Martin GPC-X2E
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- Neck profile shape: C (3 votes)
- Neck speed (thickness): Balanced (2 votes)
- Pickups noise: Noiseless (1 vote)
- Pickups power: Clean (1 vote)
- From Martin's 2020 X series
- Made in Mexico
- 6 strings
- 25.4"'' scale
- 16" Fretboard Radius
- Solid Spruce top
- HPL back
- HPL sides
- Select Hardwood neck
- Select Hardwood fretboard
- Bridge pickup: Fishman (Preamp/Active)
- Select Hardwood bridge
- Acoustic Performing Artist Set neck
- 20 Medium frets
- Chrome Enclosed Gear tuners
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Martin GPC-X2E
Martin GPC-X2E
- Top Brand Pickups
- Electronics
- Solid Top Wood
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- Made in Mexico
- No Expensive Woods
- No High-Quality Nut
- Low-Quality Material Saddle
- Laminated Side Wood
- Laminated Back Wood
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock