Product Description
Celebrate three decades of Eric Clapton’s legendary collaboration with Martin Guitar with the 000-42EC 30th Anniversary acoustic. Limited to just 300 instruments, this milestone model takes inspiration from the guitar Eric played during his iconic MTV Unplugged performance, faithfully capturing the essence of that pre-war Martin. Crafted with premium tonewoods, the 000-42EC 30th Anniversary pairs a solid Adirondack spruce top with antique toner and solid Guatemalan rosewood back and sides. This combination delivers a warm, rich tonal depth, perfectly suited for both delicate fingerstyle playing and bold strumming. The scalloped Adirondack spruce Golden Era-inspired bracing enhances resonance and projection, ensuring this guitar fills any room with an unmistakably full-bodied sound. The genuine mahogany neck and Authentic 1939 shape, paired with a slightly thinner nut width and an ebony fingerboard adorned with Golden Era 42-style snowflake inlay, offer effortless playability and classic looks. Not only does this guitar showcase vintage-inspired specs and dazzling pearl inlay, but each limited-edition signature model includes a paper label hand-signed by Eric himself, a printed certificate of authenticity to further commemorate our longstanding partnership, and a premium, embroidered Harptone case with a matching shroud exclusive to this model. It even comes strung with Clapton’s Choice phosphor bronze strings for his preferred sound and feel, plus an extra set in the case pocket. Together with the 000-EC 30th Anniversary model, these instruments honor 30 years of groundbreaking guitar collaboration, offering something for every fan of Eric and Martin.
Features
- Guatemalan rosewood back & sides
- Adirondack spruce top & Golden Era scalloped X-bracing
- Genuine mahogany neck with Authentic 1939 profile
- Bound ebony fingerboard with Golden Era 42-style snowflake inlay
- Full vintage gloss finish
- Waverly open-gear tuners with relic nickel finish
- Paper label hand-signed by Eric Clapton
- Premium embroidered Harptone case with matching shroud
- Limited to 300 guitars
Specs
- Body Size: 000-14 Fret
- Finish Top: Vintage Gloss
- Construction: Dovetail Neck Joint
- Back and Side Finish: Vintage Gloss
- Bracing Pattern: X-Brace
- Scale Length: 24.9"
- Brace Shape: GE-Scalloped
- Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1 11/16''
- Top Material: Adirondack Spruce
- Neck Shape: Authentic 1939
- Back Material: Guatemalan Rosewood
- Neck Taper: Standard Taper
- Side Material: Guatemalan Rosewood
- Electronics: None
Top
- Top Color: Antique Toner
- Bridge Style: 1930 Style Belly - Glue in Long Saddle
- Binding: Antique White
- Bridge String Spacing: 2 1/8''
- Top Inlay Material: Abalone with Multi-Stripe
- Bridge Material: Ebony
- Top Detail: None
- Bridge Pin Material: Bone
- Pickguard: Faux Tortoise
- Bridge Pin Dots: Abalone
- Pickguard Inlay: None
- Saddle: Bone
- Rosette: Abalone with Multi-Stripe
- Saddle Radius: 16"
Body
- Brace Material: Adirondack Spruce
- Back and Sides Color: Natural
- Brace Size: 5/16"
- Back Detail: None
- Back Purfling/Strip: Style 45 Golden Era
- Back Inlay Material: Multi-Stripe
- Heelcap: Antique White
- Side Detail: None
- Endpiece: Antique White
- Side Inlay Material: None
- Endpiece Inlay: Boxed Multi-Stripe
Neck
- Neck Material: Genuine Mahogany
- Fingerboard Material: Ebony
- Finish Neck: Vintage Gloss
- Fingerboard Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8''
- Neck Color: Dark Mahogany
- Fingerboard Inlay Style: GE 42 Snowflake
- Number of Frets Total: 20
- Fingerboard Inlay Material: Select Abalone
- Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
- Fingerboard Binding Material: Antique White
- Side Dots: Faux Tortoise
Headstock
- Headstock Shape: Solid with 1939 Taper
- Tuning Machines: Waverly Relic Nickel Open Gear
- Headplate Material: Guatemalan Rosewood
- Knob: Butterbean
- Headplate Logo Style: Authentic Script Style Overlay
- Nut Material: Bone
- Headplate Binding Material: None
Misc
- Case: Hardshell
- Label: Paper Label w/Eric Clapton Signature
- Pleked: true
