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

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

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.

Good product for the price, I bought it one year ago as i wanted to learn to play guitar, after quite a hard use it is still in good condition and the sounds is pretty decent. Mind that this is for Very beginners as you can learn the chords on it. But as you become faster with your fingers you'll realise that the action is too high, making difficult and painful to change chords especially for a beginner without calluses on your fingertips.It comes also with replacement strings, which i still didn't need, strap and pick. Good product for the price but don't expect to reach high big levels with this guitar without any adjustment.

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 .

I bought this for my son who has decided to learn the guitar. I am more than aware you get what you pay for, but I was hesitant in getting an expensive instrument unless my son shows some commitment. The first one to arrive was well packaged, appeared fine, however after tuning (which took some effort) my some was playing and the head-stock snapped off (which I have to opine I had never seen before and had I not been in the room would have assumed he smashed it). This was clearly a manufacturing issue. We requested a refund and I ordered another working on the assumption that this was a one off. Of course I am a little out of pocket as Amazon refund only part of the cost of sending back the Guitar. Their idea that you can get a signed for delivery of a guitar for £4 is somewhat far fetched, but I won't fall out with Amazon over £11.50 The second guitar arrived, again well packaged. I continued to tuning the guitar and snapped the 6th string "E" this was because tuning it past D# seemed impossible. The guitar comes with spare strings which are of much better quality than the ones on the guitar to start with, which means there can be no real complaint. All of the other strings tuned fine with a little effort. Overall this guitar is fine, its a nice starter and can be tuned perfectly. If you are new to guitar's do buy an electronic tuner, though you will know (most people at least) when the guitar is correctly tuned, the tuner just gives you the extra confidence. Also don't panic if you snap a string! It happens. I would buy another, I would recommend this guitar, but please don't expect to get the best instrument in the world. It does its job to a reasonable standard, and for £50 that's all you could possibly ask.

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.

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!!!!!!!!!!

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.

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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Je m'attendais pas à avoir une si belle guitare avec ce prix bas. Effectivement c'est pour débutant et c'est très bien pour débuter. Je ne suis vraiment pas déçu de cet instrument. Je recommande fortement pour ceux qui veulent découvrir ou même débuter la guitare.

TLDR: Excellent product quality, excellent sound, Durable, very beauityful guitar, quality product with reasonable price. # One of few products I didn't hesitate to give 5 star # Sound: As a beginner I have found the sound to be very good. It might be because I haven't used better sounding guitar but yet I would say that I have found the sound to be very good. # Quality: I bought the glossy version and assumed(based on 52 EUR price) after few use there will be visible scratches and the glossy part will look bad. Man I was wrong! I use the guitar without any stand and basically put it anywhere when I am done, never cleaned it properly, done all kinds of torture on it, yet there is literelly zero scratch at the bottom and the guitar is glossy as the day I bought it. I can't for the love of god figure out how they made THIS good product with this little price that has zero scratch even after all my brutal use, even my mercedese gets scratces if I dont rub it with the softest cloth. This product restored my fait in product quality and I now believe good quality product are not a myth. I'd say even if they rais the price to 300 EUR later on, it would be acceptable. # Beauty: Based on the photos I wasn't sure how the guitar will look in person but I'll tell you the picture given in the ad is worse than the actual guitar. The real guitar is extreamyl beauitiful. # Price: I find the product to be under priced and would recommend it even if the price is 300 EUR+. *First personal quitar so take my review with a grain of salt although used guitar here are there, like from friends and family

Nice guitar