coolkayaker1
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I was perusing Guitar Center last week and stumbled across a Martin LX1 in their acoustic room. What a little gem! I want to recommend this for ukulele players sticking a toe into guitars.
It has the features that we love on a uke--namely, small size. A touch larger than a baritone uke. It has a solid spruce top, and has the laminate back and sides seen on Martin's OXK ukulele. Strap buttons are pre-installed at neck and heel. It comes with genuine Martin strings that are superb. The sound is fabulous--not as deeply resonant as a dreadnaught guitar, but hey, at least I can put it on my lap in front of my computer desk while teaching myself from videos. And there are about 100 guitar tutorial videos for every one ukulele tutorial, I swear. It is loud compared to the nylon stringed ukes, certainly.
Anyhow, this made-in-Mexico baby comes with a dutchie Martin logo embroidered gig bag, all for $309 at Guitar Center, and if, like me, you grab one of those 10% off coupons flying around the store like confetti, it's about $260, before sales tax. Same price on Amazon. So, if you have a gift card burning a hole, and don't want a Lanakai or Luna uke, maybe the Martin guitar LX1 would be a good spend.
I'll throw up some photos, and just wanted to put a bug in the ear of my fellow uke players. A size-friendly, nicely playing, name-brand guitar that is grab-and-go for us.
And, it comes in other varieties and amplified:
http://www.guitaradventures.com/little-martin-acoustic-guitar-review
There's even an Ed Sheeran model, if one is into modern bling. lol Sounds the same as LX1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWdO-84lOfM
Enjoy!
It has the features that we love on a uke--namely, small size. A touch larger than a baritone uke. It has a solid spruce top, and has the laminate back and sides seen on Martin's OXK ukulele. Strap buttons are pre-installed at neck and heel. It comes with genuine Martin strings that are superb. The sound is fabulous--not as deeply resonant as a dreadnaught guitar, but hey, at least I can put it on my lap in front of my computer desk while teaching myself from videos. And there are about 100 guitar tutorial videos for every one ukulele tutorial, I swear. It is loud compared to the nylon stringed ukes, certainly.
Anyhow, this made-in-Mexico baby comes with a dutchie Martin logo embroidered gig bag, all for $309 at Guitar Center, and if, like me, you grab one of those 10% off coupons flying around the store like confetti, it's about $260, before sales tax. Same price on Amazon. So, if you have a gift card burning a hole, and don't want a Lanakai or Luna uke, maybe the Martin guitar LX1 would be a good spend.
I'll throw up some photos, and just wanted to put a bug in the ear of my fellow uke players. A size-friendly, nicely playing, name-brand guitar that is grab-and-go for us.
And, it comes in other varieties and amplified:
http://www.guitaradventures.com/little-martin-acoustic-guitar-review
There's even an Ed Sheeran model, if one is into modern bling. lol Sounds the same as LX1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWdO-84lOfM
Enjoy!
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