Martin Guitars LX1E - Electric Little Martin - Long & McQuade Musical Instruments

Description

The Martin LX1E Little Martin Acoustic-Electric Guitar is a small travel and student guitar with a solid Sitka spruce soundboard atop the modified 0-14 body to guarantee tight, rich tone. The Fishman Ion-T electronics let you electrify that sound for performance flexibilty, while also featuring a built-in tuner. Micarta fretboard and bridge, 23" scale, Stratabond modified low-oval neck, and Martin's patented mortise/tenon neck joint. Gotoh nickel tuners.

MODEL LX1E Little Martin
CONSTRUCTION: Mortise/Tenon Neck Joint
BODY SIZE: Modified 0-14 Fret
TOP: Solid Sitka Spruce
ROSETTE: Multiple Black/White Boltaron with Red Fiber
TOP BRACING PATTERN: Modified X Series ''X''
TOP BRACES: Crowned Cross Brace
BACK MATERIAL: Mahogany Pattern HPL Textured Finish
BACK PURFLING: none
SIDE MATERIAL: Mahogany Pattern HPL Textured Finish
ENDPIECE: none
ENDPIECE INLAY: none
BINDING: none
TOP INLAY STYLE: none
SIDE INLAY: none
BACK INLAY: none
NECK MATERIAL: Rust Stratabond
NECK SHAPE: Modified Low Oval
NUT MATERIAL: White Corian
HEADSTOCK: Solid/LX Taper
HEADPLATE: Mahogany Pattern HPL
HEELCAP: none
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Solid Morado or Solid East Indian Rosewood
SCALE LENGTH: 23''
# OF FRETS CLEAR: 14
# OF FRETS TOTAL: 20
FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT NUT: 1-11/16''
FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT 12TH FRET: 2-1/16''
FINGERBOARD POSITION INLAYS: none
FINGERBOARD BINDING: none
FINISH BACK & SIDES: none
FINISH TOP: Hand Rubbed Finish
FINISH NECK: none
BRIDGE MATERIAL: Solid Morado or Solid East Indian Rosewood
BRIDGE STYLE: Belly
BRIDGE STRING SPACING: 2-1/8''
SADDLE: 16'' Radius/Compensated/White Tusq
TUNING MACHINES: Chrome w/ Small Buttons
RECOMMENDED STRINGS: Martin Medium Phosphor Bronze (M550)
BRIDGE & END PINS: White w/ Black Dots
PICKGUARD: none
CASE: Padded Gig Bag
INTERIOR LABEL: Gold Foil Label
ELECTRONICS: Fishman Ion T

Reviews

I definitely recommend this guitar.
Features		Quality
Value		Overall
Product Experience	I own it	Closest Store	Richmond British Columbia
Even though it took almost 2 months for this guitar to finally get into my hands, it was definitely worth the wait. It sounds fantastic for such a small body guitar, the Solid Sitka Spruce top helps in the sound quite a bit. The neck is really playable and the action was really low, comparable to an electric guitar. The built-in pickup sounds amazing and the built-in tuner is very useful. The gig-bag that came with the guitar is very well padded and great for traveling. Some cons I found are the neck being really neck heavy, I've noticed while wearing a strap the guitar would always tilt forward and to the left if you were not holding it. Another con is the strings not staying in tune with really big bends. Overall I would definitely recommend this over the Baby Taylor or the Taylor GS-Mini. If you want to hear what this guitar sounds like please check out my review on this guitar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uumhbCFBieI Posted by Colin Lee on Jan 31, 2013

Fun comes in a small size
Features		Quality
Value		Overall
Product Experience	I own it	Closest Store	Cambridge Ontario
great service from L&M. the little Martin is a great little guitar to grab and take with you or pick up and play with it around the house when you don't want your big parlour guitar in your hands. It has big guitar features and sounds quite good. Action is low, stays in tune and the intonation was spot on. The fretboard is nice. Will have a tendency to go sharp or flat on string bends. Overall a excellent guitar for young hands or old really playable Posted by Jeff on Jan 26, 2013

Great guitar
Features		Quality
Value		Overall
Product Experience	I own it	Closest Store	Edmonton Alberta
First off L&M are selling it for $375 when everywhere else such as tomleemusic.ca is selling it for $357.40 or $360, try to price match. The guitar is awesome, I've tried out the baby Taylor's and gs mini and I liked the Martin better overall. The price isn't bad, I bought his guitar without even trying it out and as soon as I received it I loved it! Built in tuner and gig bag is just a huge bonus also. For travel guitars this is best in my opinion. Posted by anonymous on Jul 31, 2012

Unreal Guitar
Features		Quality
Value		Overall
Product Experience	I own it	Closest Store	St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador
If your looking for a high quality compact travel guitar with big sound the little martin Lx1e is it. The solid sitka spruce top really gives this little guitar a huge sound. I havn't put it down since I bought it, such a cool guitar to play. Compared to the Lx1 I think its worth the extra 60 dollars for the pick up and built in tuner. I highly recommend this guitar for anyone interested in buying a travel guitar. I was also very impressed with the quickness of the shipping. I live in Newfoundland and orded this guitar online Monday morning and was playing it by Friday afternoon. Posted by anonymous on Apr 28, 2012