Guitars > Martin Guitars

1 of the elite trio of acoustic brands!!!

Advantages: will last a life time, sounds great, plays great, will not depreciate
Disadvantages: costly to begin with

...simply, If you purchase a Martin you will never have to buy another acoustic again, they are the perfect tool for all professional players. In my experience I have never seen one loose any value or sound bad. My advice would be to certainly shop around to find the best deals and Do not just settle on the first that you pick up unless you are instantly happy with its feel and sound. No two acoustics are identical in sound or feel so do not stop until ...
...very fortunate to purchase my Martin for £800 second hand price, the guitar had a few marks on it but the fact is I buy my guitars to play and gig not to lock in a cabinet all it's life so this did not bother me, I actually kind of think it added to it's character. Whether you spend £1500 or £5000 on your martin you will have a guitar for life as Martins are built for the professional player looking for the ultimate tool. Ultimately there are other ...

kylehall99 21.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Martin D-28 Acoustic Guitar

Well strung guitar

Advantages: A good guitar
Disadvantages: bit big

This guitar has a good sound to it, it a little bit large for my liking but it has a pure sound to it and i can see why a lot of people would like to buy this guitar. I bought this for my son, who enjoyed it for a while until i bought him a better one for example an encore. this is a very guitar for a beginner but the more experienced musician might prefer to have a slightly more expensive and better quality instrument. All in all i think that if ...

lionel_richie 29.04.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Martin D-42 Acoustic Guitar

epihone not bad guitar

Advantages: warm tone
Disadvantages: pickup need to be change

...do and replaced the feeble epiphone pups with a pair of original 1982 stamped patent number cream Gibson 'buckers/surrounds I got off Fleabay and the tuners with Gibsons Deluxe 58 reissues. Sounds like everything you could ever want it to be. Beautiful. I tend to play guitars to death, so I'm pretty sure this will stand the test of time. Body seems prone to the odd ding, or two, but it gives the thing character (so they say!) I've no real problems ...

mrmeng 05.11.2009 · Read full review

Review of Epiphone Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar

Vintage VRS100 - Blue

Advantages: The Wilkinson hardware. The playability. Good value.
Disadvantages: The blue finish hides the flamed maple veneer. Tone+Volume knobs. Serial number format.

...is a PRS copy and Vintage have pretty much nailed the body shape! It's a Double-cut. The finish I chose for this guitar was the "through blue". A very dark blue finish on the front with a lighter greeny-blue on the back and neck. This finish is semi transparent (you can see the wood). Through blue is now a discontinued colour. For the body 3 pieces of Eastern poplar have been used. A bookmatched flamed maple veneer is glued on top. The top of the ...
...of the V from the Vintage logo and imagine putting a mirror to the side of it - that’s what it looks like, MOTS is used for this. The headstock has a flamed maple veneer on the front, also in dark blue. The Vintage logo is the only piece of writing whatsoever on the headstock, it's done in MOTS. Mother of toilet seat, the pearl like plastic commonly found in things like toilet seats, used for reasons of cost. A black plastic truss rod cover is screwed ...

TommyT5 01.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Vintage VRS100 Electric Guitar

Guitar beginners heaven

Advantages: Cheap, reliable and attractive. Perfect for beginners!
Disadvantages: Sound quality is not the best for these class guitars and the tremolo can unstrung the guitar.

Features: Squier Affinity Stratocasters body is made from alder. It has a maple neck, Rosewood fingerboard and twenty two frets. They are models with three single-coil Pickups, and models with two single-coil pickups and one humbucker. The controls on the pickguard are Volume Control, Tone Control for the Neck pickup, and another Tone Control for the middle pickup. The pickup switch has five positions. The first position enables the bridge pickup, ...
...is white on models. My squier has its time and when I look at it, and look at a new one, my white pickguard has became darker. Other Specifications: Scale Length: (648 mm) 25.5 Width at Nut: (40.9 mm) 1.61 Strings: Fender Super 250L, (.009 to .042) Nickel Plated Steel, P/N 073-0250-003 The guitar was introduced in 2001, and is available in Black, Metallic Red and Metallic blue. Sound and Action: I bought this guitar two years ago and I still play ...

Ggd07 26.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Squier Affinity Fat Strat