Description

The Marco Polo T500e SB LTD is the electrified All Solid Travel acoustic guitar from Eko Guitars, amplified with a Fishman Flex Blend system. It comes in a Travel shape with a Solid Italian Spruce top, Bocote back and sides, a Mahogany neck, and a South American Roupanà fretboard. Ideal for guitarists who love to travel and always want to take their guitar with them.

OVERVIEW OF THE MARCO POLO T500e SB LTD BY EKO GUITARS

The Marco Polo T500e SB LTD comes in Natural color with a Gloss finish and a Travel shape, ideal for musicians to carry comfortably anywhere. The entire Marco Polo series is All Solid, meaning the top, back, and sides are solid wood, enhancing the wood's nature for a particularly specific timbre. The combination of Solid Italian Spruce on the top and Solid Bocote on the back and sides, the result of careful research, gives this instrument a very broad and always well-balanced tonal spectrum on every single string. A very important feature is the presence of a high-performance amplification system, the Fishman Flex Blend: composed of a piezo pickup and an internal condenser microphone, this system allows you to capture every nuance of the guitar thanks to the possibility of gradually adding the signal from the microphone to the piezo signal, via a "blend" potentiometer. Among the controls, in addition to the output Volume and blend, there is a display tuner (activated by pressing the volume potentiometer) and an EQ control that works in "mid-scooped" mode: at its minimum, the signal is not equalized (flat); increasing it gradually reduces the mid frequencies in favor of bass and treble, very convenient for obtaining a sound already "ready" for the mix. If the guitar experiences feedback issues, which is very common in acoustic settings, it is possible to invert the phase by pressing the EQ potentiometer. The combination of all these features makes the Marco Polo T500e SB LTD an instrument suitable for professional contexts, both in the recording studio and on stage.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MARCO POLO T500e SB LTD BY EKO GUITARS

    
• Travel Guitar with a strong personality inspired by Marco Polo: the rosette features "Traveler" engraved in different languages;
    
• Reduced scale of 610mm with a standard nut width of 43mm;
    
• Small-sized but All Solid guitar with a great sound;
    
• For the SO (Spruce Ovangkol) and SB (Spruce Bocote) models, the top and internal bracing are Solid Italian Spruce (100% genuine Italian Alpine Spruce);
    
• Fishman Flex Blend with piezoelectric pickup, microphone, blend capability between signals, tuner with mute function, phase inverter, and mid-scooped tone control

COMPARISON BETWEEN EKO GUITARS MARCO POLO SERIES MODELS

SPECIFICATIONS OF THE MARCO POLO T500e SB LTD BY EKO GUITARS

Color: Natural
Body Shape: Travel
Top Material: Solid Italian Spruce
Back and Side Material: Solid Bocote
Neck Material: Mahogany
Fretboard Material: South American Roupanà (Parinari Campestris, Roupala Montana)
Neck Shape: Eko Low C
Nut Width: 43 mm
Radius: 14”
Scale Length: 610 mm
Number of Frets: 20
Fret Type: 2.0mm x 1.0mm Silver/Nickel
Bridge Material: South American Roupanà (Parinari Campestris, Roupala Montana)
Body Finish: Gloss
Neck Finish: Gloss
Machine Heads: Eko Vintage Open gear Butterbean
Electronics: Fishman Flex Blend (piezo + microphone)
Electronic Controls: Volume, Eq (mid scooped), Mic Blend, Phase Invert, Tuner
Case: Waterproof Gigbag
Recommended Strings: Eko Bronze 11-52 M. Set/6