{"title":"Martin 16 Series","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 2026 Martin 16 Series on our wall: new colors, new body shapes, solid wood, built in Nazareth. Every one gets set up on the bench before it hangs. The full story is in \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/martin-16-series\"\u003eour 16 Series writeup\u003c\/a\u003e, and what you see here is what is in the shop right now.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"martin-j16e-cream-16-series-2026-color-edition","title":"Martin J-16E - 16 Series - Cream","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe J-16E is the big one in the new 16 Series, and the only rosewood guitar of the three. Jumbo body, gloss Cream top over satin East Indian rosewood, scalloped X-bracing, and L.R. Baggs Element electronics already in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRosewood under a body this size means deep bass and a lot of ring, and the Jumbo is the loudest of the three: the strummer's guitar. 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Baggs® Element™\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll three 2026 16 Series guitars on our wall are compared side by side, with which one suits which player, in \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/martin-16-series\"\u003eMartin 16 Series 2026: What Changed and Which Models We Have\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47769368789245,"sku":"PGH-078","price":2599.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/0341\/3757\/files\/martin-j16e-cream-square_02bedb58-9e87-48a2-8931-a6968154b0de.jpg?v=1789481974"},{"product_id":"martin-dss16e-cherry-cola-16-series-2026-color-edition","title":"Martin DSS-16E - 16 Series - Cherry Cola","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe DSS-16E is the slope-shoulder dreadnought in the new 16 Series, and what is new is the scale: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.martinguitar.com\/guitars\/DSS-16E-Cherry-Cola.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eMartin\u003c\/a\u003e put the 24.9 inch short scale under this body for the first time. Gloss Cherry Cola spruce top over satin solid mahogany, forward-shifted scalloped X-bracing, L.R. Baggs Element electronics already in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe short scale drops string tension and makes the guitar feel relaxed under the hand. Mahogany and the slope shoulders give it a woody, intimate voice with punchy mids and a focused low end, not the boom of a square-shouldered rosewood D. 1 3\/4 inch bone nut, ebony fingerboard, nickel open-gear tuners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCherry Cola. 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