Martin SC-10E Road Series Acoustic-Electric Guitar Natural

Another Mexican Martin guitar… had string buzz at the bridge of the G string right out of the box… same as another Mexican Martin I already own. The neck is tapered and gets wider towards the body. Great if you want to solo non stop but I am more into strumming. Hard to make Barr chords up the neck. Retuned it for a Taylor CE-14…

Love the sound

I've had this guitar for 6 months now. I haven't had to do anything to it. The setup was low and perfect. It's so easy to play up and down the thin neck. The asymmetrical lower bout is really comfortable on the lap. The cutawayis incredible (I own a 12 fret with no cutaway and its a battle) People try and compare this to a aged dreadnought and it's not a reasonable comparison. This is more like a 000 in terms of sound but i don't get a lot of low end. I find the guitar is bright. If you like playing lead guitar then this is great option for an electric player.

I like this guitar, it sounds good and records well. Out of the box, the action was terrible. Martin sells this with the promise of adjustable neck angle by inserting various wedges. Wedges are not available from GC and cannot be ordered from Martin unless you are a repair shop (thus the 3 stars). So, right out of the box Martin recommended I take the guitar to a repair shop and spend a bunch of extra money to get the action they advertised for this guitar! SHAME ON YOU MARTIN!!!! Luckily I came up with a Hack. I removed the neck, got a set of automobile feeler gauges and cut one into 2 1/8 inches long strip to fit in the neck slot. The thickness of 0.14 inches worked best for my current strings and saddle setup. But, I can adjust when needed by going up or down in feeler gauge thickness. See picture. The picture also shows that the fit an finish are not really up to Martin standards, note the incomplete and sloppy sound hole rosette inlay. Nice Guitar but dishonest marketing by Martin with some sloppy construction.

I turned 50 and wanted to splurge and get a really good guitar (Gibson J45, Martin D28, etc). I went to 4 guitar shops and tried everything. I wanted to hate this guitar since it's nontraditional, but it was comfortable, had the type of sound I wanted, and was easy to play. Sold!

This is a beautiful Martin, so lightweight yet solid construction. As a lap style player, this guitar just sits so comfortably and the body is a bit smaller than a dreadnought, so it's very comfortable to play on for longer periods of time. The sound is beautiful and the setup from the factory made it playable right out of the box. I really like the clean look of this with the black accents and tuner knobs over the SC-13E, but that's just preference. The only complaint would be the factory strings, they appear to be copper wound strings and are a bit harsh on the fingers. I quickly threw a set of Elixir coated strings on and it's now perfect.