Martin’s SC-13E Bucks Tradition for a Stunning New Acoustic-Electric Guitar
James “Roto” Rotondi demos the Martin SC-13E, an innovative new guitar that diverges significantly from traditional Martin design. Read the complete review in the July/August 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine, or visit https://acousticguitar.com/gear-review-martin-sc-13e/.
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a very perfect and awesome review. THANK YOU! 🙂
Great job on the review, thank you
I've been playing for nearly 60 years. Never owned a Martin. So, my wife bought mè the SC 13E for Christmas. The fret ends, nut and pick guard are sharp, making ìt painful to play. I called Martin. They said the wood on the fretboard must have shrunk. Funny, I never had any other guitar do that. As for the sharp pick guard, Martin said they only bevel the pick guards on their "more expeñsive" guitars. Like $1600 isn't expensive! Oh yeah, the tuner doesn't work right either. I asked them to take it back and fix it. They told me to take it to their repair center, a two hour drive, each way! Am I angry? What do you think? CAVEAT EMPTOR. !!!
Great sounding guitar. But I am afraid I Would spend the rest of my life trying to bleach that blue color off the rossette and stain it tan or brown. Anything but that ugly Garrish blue. Seriously this is what I would try to do. Hopefully they’ll come out with one without that ugly color on it. I just googled it. It is possible to die mother of pearl but difficult. Since I like guitar sound I might buy it and tape off the mother of pearl and work the rest of my life trying to change the color and then play it. Whoever decided to put all that blue on that guitar needs to have a brain reset. It seems like it will be easier to tape off those blue lines around the outside edge and paint them anything better than ugly blue also.
Cowboy chord area lol
Comparisons of the sound to a D18 are beside the point. Smaller guitar, different shape, laminate back and sides — it’s apples and oranges. And, provided it’s not a huge flop in sales, we’ll see solid wood versions eventually.
I wish I could try one of these, but I’m not currently going to music stores and hanging out like in the old days. I also would like to hear this guitar with the action raised just slightly, and with 12s rather than 11s. I think that would make it sound way better acoustically, and still have easier playability than most anything else.
Just awful sounding!
And when using the built in tuner it mutes the output of the pickup……
I am thinking about getting one of these, but am worrying about how it sounds. Need to find a guitar shop with one in stock and test it out. I wish they had a model with the new cutaway but not geared towards being amplified.
Sounds really thin. I'll keep my D18
Great reviewer with a really horrible sounding guitar in my opinion.
Superbly done. Thanks.
are you kidding me,it buzzes like crazy
Love the fact that the review is spoken. With explanations and not only the sound of the guitar (both are interesting to ear). And kudos for the reviewer it is a very informative review.
How can this video have 118 views and only 10 likes? Is it really that much trouble to show appreciation for the man's efforts? Get off your asses, people, and show some respect. Thanks, James. Nicely done.
Martin Jaguar?
Nice review awesome thank you…