Post by alembic1989 on Sept 26, 2015 8:33:53 GMT
I recently bought this guitar..and thought I'd share my views on it, as I found nothing helpful on the internet when I was considering buying mine.
i will keep to the important points and try not to waffle.
First of all..this guitar is an OM type guitar. The thing that made me look at it in the first place was the combination of price and high spec.
The top is Adirondack, the back and sides are solid Madagascar rosewood...that is impressive enough..and then you notice the price!
This is/was a limited edition model..but there are still one or two shops in the UK that have one, the full price is £1049, including a nice fitted hard case.
The build quality is very good, and the tags show measurements of the action for 1st and 6th strings when it left their QA dept...the standard set up came with an action of 2.7mm at the 12 th fret for the low E....and 2.2mm for high E.....with plenty of bridge saddle showing. ( saddle & nut are bone).
Now the important bit...the tone.....it's BIG. There is a lot of volume on tap and a nice bass presence when strumming an open E chord...very nice.
i am not a strummer..or a fingerpicker..I play single notes, and I fell in love with the headroom on this guitar....and the very strong 'overtones/reverby' afterglow after each note. The guitar is still brand new and therefore still tight...but sounds fabulous straight out of the box.
It comes fitted with Martin SP strings..which I find a bit harsh.
I'll be putting some different strings on it when these are worn out..and maybe lowering the action a tad....but might not, as even though it's trickier to play fast flurries in the higher positions (... And I realise that not everybody plays like that)... I like the robustness of the tone as it is...I'm addicted to the fact that it just gets louder the more I dig in with my pick.
Im really looking forward to this guitar opening up..it's going to be one hell of a guitar. I'm not really a Martin fan, as I think they are over priced, and overrated...but this spec..at this price...I'm very impressed, and really doubt that the Martin version is worth the extra thousands.
So there's my tuppence worth..hope that helps, and was useful to someone.
i will keep to the important points and try not to waffle.
First of all..this guitar is an OM type guitar. The thing that made me look at it in the first place was the combination of price and high spec.
The top is Adirondack, the back and sides are solid Madagascar rosewood...that is impressive enough..and then you notice the price!
This is/was a limited edition model..but there are still one or two shops in the UK that have one, the full price is £1049, including a nice fitted hard case.
The build quality is very good, and the tags show measurements of the action for 1st and 6th strings when it left their QA dept...the standard set up came with an action of 2.7mm at the 12 th fret for the low E....and 2.2mm for high E.....with plenty of bridge saddle showing. ( saddle & nut are bone).
Now the important bit...the tone.....it's BIG. There is a lot of volume on tap and a nice bass presence when strumming an open E chord...very nice.
i am not a strummer..or a fingerpicker..I play single notes, and I fell in love with the headroom on this guitar....and the very strong 'overtones/reverby' afterglow after each note. The guitar is still brand new and therefore still tight...but sounds fabulous straight out of the box.
It comes fitted with Martin SP strings..which I find a bit harsh.
I'll be putting some different strings on it when these are worn out..and maybe lowering the action a tad....but might not, as even though it's trickier to play fast flurries in the higher positions (... And I realise that not everybody plays like that)... I like the robustness of the tone as it is...I'm addicted to the fact that it just gets louder the more I dig in with my pick.
Im really looking forward to this guitar opening up..it's going to be one hell of a guitar. I'm not really a Martin fan, as I think they are over priced, and overrated...but this spec..at this price...I'm very impressed, and really doubt that the Martin version is worth the extra thousands.
So there's my tuppence worth..hope that helps, and was useful to someone.
