Martin Smith Full-Size Acoustic Guitar with Strap, Spare Strings & Lessons

I bought this guitar in 2018 where it very quickly became an ecosystem for dust in my spare room. I played it on and off for a year learning the simple cowboy chords (A, Am, C, G etc). In October 2019 I went to the guitar shop and got some new strings and have consistently played it everyday for at least 30 minutes since and as a result I have really been able to bring out the best of this cheap guitar. As I was learning I was concerned with the quality finding that when playing some chords they were sounding a bit sitar like. but the more I played the more I realised it was down to me being a beginner. I would recommend taking it to your local music shop and asking them about some new strings just so you know exactly what your getting. Now i'm looking for my next guitar which I will purchase in the next 6 months, I can definately hear the differenc when watching youtube videos or playing more expensive guitars in the shop. For example its easy to hear the warmth of a Gibson or Seagull (what i'm considering) but as far as learning the guitar I would highly recommend this guitar.

The guitar arrived on time and well wrapped and boxed' so surprised when opened at the quality and look' and great tone with few extras after tuning it I was amazed by the melodic tones' very impressed and at a reasonable price' definitely recommend this guitar.

Arrived quicker than it said it would which was a bonus although I noticed that there was a small mark on the wood and some damage to the lower end of the fretboard which doesn't really bother me since It doesn't affect how well the guitar plays- which is good especially for your chords etc. It came with most of the accessories stated, spare strings, strap but only 1 pick. Also, the strap is pretty pointless because it is designed for 2 strap buttons but the guitar only comes with the single one at the bottom of the guitar rendering it pretty much useless so I use it on my sg instead. Aside from that it's a good product and fairly well made and for just under £50 good value and at the end of the day you get what you pay for but within the range it's a nice product.

I bought a guitar before this but i returned that as i did not know how to play it. After a month i thought to myself i want to learn how to play a guitar so i surfed the web and saw this one. I compared the prices of this guitar and found out that it was cheapest on Amazon so i orderd it online. This guitar was really easy to play with as it had a tutorial cd with it. Also it is a great price. This guitar was basically my first guitar and i reccomend it to all the people out there who want to learn how to play a guitar and people who want a new guitar if they have had one before!!!!!!!!!!

I bought this guitar so that I could learn how to play. I found it cheap on Amazon Warehouse deals. It came without any of the accessories other than a guitar strap which didn't fit (seems someone returned their guitar with a different guitar strap), although Amazon gave me a partial refund to make up for that. The guitar itself was actually in good quality. The issue is, the strings that come with it are terrible. They WILL shred your fingers. It's not just because you're a beginner, the strings might as well have been coated with sandpaper. I purchased some new strings with the guitar because I read another comment stating the same, although I was doubtful. I bought Martin M170 Extra Light Acoustic Guitar Strings , and attached them to the guitar within a few days of buying it, and found they were 100x better on my fingers, and sounded better too. The next issue with this guitar, is how high the strings are. By that I mean there is possibly 1/4 to 1/2 an inch of space between the strings and the fretboard in the middle of the fretboard, getting worse towards the sound hole. A capo helped make the guitar more playable, as it brings the strings lower, making it much easier to press down the strings. This may be due to the previous fact that the strings are too high, but the guitar sounds poor without a capo on, even after tuning it many times, it just doesn't sound great. This has been a big problem with this guitar for me, I have to play most things with a capo on to make the guitar sound normal, which has problems of it's own, but it does help a lot. Overall, the guitar isn't very good, despite it coming from a big name (Martin Smith). It's great if you don't want to spend too much, but be prepared to fight with this guitar, it's a nightmare to learn with.

It's a jolly little piece. A real pleasure to play.

last year i started getting into learning how to play guitar, so I bought this one to begin practising. When it arrived, everything seemed fine at first. I started tuning it, and managed to get the first five strings tuned without any problems. However, when I got to the last (thinnest) string, things went wrong. My tuner showed it was way out of tune, so I kept adjusting it carefully, getting closer and closer to the right pitch — but it still wasn’t quite there. Then, out of nowhere, one of the bridge pins shot out of the guitar at high speed and flew across my living room, clipping the edge of my TV! I was very lucky it didn’t damage the screen. After that experience, I completely lost confidence in using it. Even though I have spare strings, I haven’t touched it since — it’s now just hanging on my wall as decoration.

This guitar arrived well boxed, it is a lovely looking guitar, well made ,and to me , a beginner, sounds pretty good , my husband has 6 guitars of different levals and he is quite impressed for the price .

J’ai aimé le design, c’est une très belle guitare Seulement au départ j’ai eu quelques petits soucis avec le Mi de la corde fine, comme s’il y avait un problème au niveau de la mécanique mais non rien de chez rien , c’est bon , même comme je m’y donne encore du temps pour en juger parfaitement. Rapport qualité prix il n’y rien à dire. Tout es nickel et je ne regrette pas mon choix par rapport à l’achat de cette guitare. Livreur étonnamment rapidement aussi. Ça fait plaisir d’être aussi bien servi ☺️

Sono musicista polistrumentista e produttore di musica da oltre 25 anni. Possiedo molti strumenti musicali perché non amo i virtual instruments e per le mie produzioni (pop, rock, jazz, elettronica, colonne sonore) preferisco di gran lunga suonare e campionare lavorando con strumenti reali. Tra gli altri ho anche molte chitarre elettriche e classiche ma non acustiche. Così per arricchire la mia tavolozza timbrica in studio mi sono messo alla ricerca di una chitarra acustica economica da poter sfruttare per qualche nuova produzione ma anche da portare in giro per qualche scampagnata con amici musici. Non volevo spendere troppo ma neanche portarmi a casa uno strumento insuonabile. Dopo varie ricerche e letture di recensioni sono stato attirato dai feedback positivi su questa chitarra Martin Smith. Appena arrivata l'ho liberata dal suo scarno imballo di cartone e subito è partita l'ispezione. Fortunatamente non c'erano danni, le premesse erano buone ma una volta accordato lo strumento e regolato il trussrod è emersa subito una certa difficoltà nel suonarla. Action troppo alta e tasti non proprio a livello, soprattutto da metà manico in poi. Armato di pazienza e di olio di gomito, ho smontato le corde, allentato il trussroad, rettificato e ricoronato i tasti con apposite lime. Altra nota dolente il ponte, un pezzo di plastica troppo fragile e alto, davvero di scarsa qualità, già scavato dalle corde alla prima accordatura. Subito lanciato nella raccolta differenziata della plastica e sostituito con un ponte in vero osso bovino, limato il giusto per avere un'action comoda per barre' e fraseggi. Rimontato le corde in dotazione (davvero non male come qualità) e accordata nuovamente, con una stretta al trussrod per inarcare appena il manico, finalmente risolti tutti i problemi delle note sorde e delle corde che frustavano, action perfetta (al 12ºtasto 2,5mm sul Mi basso e 2mm sul Mi cantino). E con grande stupore la chitarra a iniziato a cantare! Certo ripeto non è una chitarra di gran qualità, però con questi minimi interventi ora suona discretamente bene. Non pago però della sola sua resa acustica, ho provato ad elettrificarla. Non ho mai amato il suono dei pick-up piezoelettrici sotto il ponte, essendo una appassionato di chitarre elettriche mi piacciono i suoni dei pick-up magnetici e avendone diversi in giro per casa ne ho installato uno proprio dentro la buca della Martin Smith. È un humbucker bello spinto, l'ho fissato con un semplice nastro biadesivo sopra la parte dei poli fissi. Quelli regolabili in altezza sbucano invece appena sopra la tavola armonica. Un piccolo foro sulla fascia, due saldature per il jack e per il filo per mettere a massa le corde e il gioco è fatto: la Martin Smith è diventata un'ottima chitarra acustica elettrificata, potete sentire con le vostre orecchie nel breve video dove è in azione collegata ad una testata valvolare Vox ac15 e un cabinet Marshall 2x12 con coni Celestion vintage30. In sintesi se siete un po' pratici di liuteria fai-da-te e avete voglia di sperimentare con una chitarra acustica non posso che raccomandare questa, dall'ottimo rapporto qualità prezzo. Se invece siete dei principianti e questa è la prima chitarra, magari forse è meglio orientarsi verso qualcosa di già pronto all'uso senza bisogno di interventi di miglioria. In ogni caso buona musica a tutti!

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Can't get better for this price 😁

He visto por ahí gente que se le ha roto, que no valía y demás. Yo la tengo hace bastantes meses y ni se desafina. Nunca había tenido guitarra pero sí he tenido violonchelo y violín, para lo que cuesta merece 100% la pena, sobre todo para empezar o para usarla de vez en cuando y principiantes y no sabes si la vas a usar constantemente. Ningún problema, llegó rápido y suena bastante bien. No soy una pro pero para cualquiera que no tenga mucha idea o esté empezando la recomiendo, los que busquen algo más específico o con cierta calidad no sabría qué decirles. Viene con sus cuerdas de recambio, púas y correa, funda no incluida, y opcionalmente por 5 o 10 euros un seguro para x tiempo que recomiendo coger porque no sabes lo que puede pasar durante el transporte, la madera es traicionera y delicada.