Martin GPC-X2E Grand Performance Review

Nice Martin

Fast shipping everything is really nice about this guitar I'm happy !!!

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Martin GPC-X2E

Great looking and well sounding guitar .Nice tone and built with stealth. Wonderful customer service from Sweetwater as always!!

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Beautiful Guitar

Seriously, you can pretty much strum/pluck anything and it will sound like music on this guitar. The quality is amazing and it sounds perfect plugged in. I am surprised you can buy this guitar for under $

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Outstanding For The Price

I've had this guitar for about a month. There is a lot to love here. The body shape is very comfortable. It feels smaller than a dreadnaught but is comparable in actual size. Tuning stability is great. Action came just right. The tone is very balanced. It projects very (surprisingly) well. Not in a boomy, dreadnaught sort of way, however. It just responds very well dynamically.… read more It holds up just fine for fingerpicking and strumming. For the price range I think the sound is outstanding. Does it sound like a high dollar Martin? No. Does it sound distinctly Martin and hold it's own among other other mid-range instruments? Absolutely. I like to think the spruce top will help it progress over time in that department. I was pleasantly surprised by the gig bag. It's a tastefully branded, thick, shag-lined bag. This was somewhat wasted on me (I have a toddler and have moved to all hard cases) but it's a great value proposition. This isn't one of those of glossy, "display prominently" type of guitars. It's a basic affair. Matte top. Layered sides. No binding to speak of. I actually got the black pick guard so it looks even more basic than the one pictured here. It's more Budweiser than IPA. That said, I appreciate the austerity of it. Between the basic looks and comfortable shape I have no hesitation getting it out and playing the heck out of it. It is not perfect. The electronics are "meh." The tone control isn't particularly useful. I don't have a dedicated acoustic amp so maybe it's user error, but through the clean acoustic channel on my Boss Katana it's just very okay. I don't gig - only record - so I'll mic it anyways. This is a great upgrade guitar, play around the house/porch guitar, or first guitar for someone who's willing to spend a little bit more to prevent the frustration that comes with learning on a rough low end guitar. When I get my first record deal I'll buy that D-28 I've always dreamed about. For now, this is plenty enough.

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Amazing!!!

everything was packaged perfectly, guitar came in tune, beautiful look and AMAZING sound. I highly recommend both this guitar and this distributor.

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I love this guitar

I have recently returned to the guitar after many years away because my kids gave me a kit to build a faux Les Paul for Christmas. All my previous playing was on a Martin 12 string which I mostly played folkie stuff with cowboy chords. The whole neck was hidden country to me. But now that has opened up. After a while, though, you know you need an acoustic. My search took me to all… read more the local music chains and I played every guitar I could put my hands on. At the same time, I investigated the options online and Sweetwater made the difference. While the local stores had a lot of guitars, they inevitably did not have the models I wanted to try. Their staff were pretty good at sales, but didn't know the equipment. My guy Trey at Sweetwater had the knowledge and the support to help me decide just the right guitar for me. There are some things I really wanted. Even though the body shape is not traditional,I wanted to be able to comfortably play up to the 15th fret, This guitar just feels great all the way up the neck. And the tone is much better than you should expect for a modestly priced model. There are a few songs which I play that have slides and I just can't believe how good they sound on this guitar. The finish is more subdued than the high polish spruce guitars, but I think it is beautiful. If you can grab one of these, you will be amazed how great it is,.

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Fantastic value

I had always wanted to own a Martin, but didn't think I would be able to afford one. This guitar is my first Martin but it won't be my last this thing sings. The playability is amazing, the tone is incredible Cody Kraus did an awesome job as always. I bought a Gibson G45 standard a couple of years ago, and this Mexican made Martin out does it in every way for about half the price.

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Excellent Acoustic Guitar

For a while I'd been searching for an inspiring acoustic guitar for songwriting, I bought a Fender CD-140SCE Dreadnought, a Martin 000Jr, and a PRS Angelus A40E, but none of them where as beautiful sounding, resonant and easy to play as the GPC-X2E. The High-pressure Laminate material on the body and the matte finish gives the guitar a synthetic feal at first glance, but don't let… read more this discourage you, once you start playing it you will fall in love, the guitar is very well crafted and sounds great. As always Sweetwater's service was excellent (Thank you Tom). I am very happy.

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Love Love Love

I'm a gigging musician and a Worship Pastor and I LOVE this guitar. Plays easy and smooth. Every chord, EVERY chord whether fingered or open is tuned perfectly, and the Fishman pickup system sounds great. I recorded some tracks with it the other day direct into Logic Pro and it sounded excellent. Played my first solo gig with it last night plugged into my Bose S1 with a little… read more added reverb and it sounded soooooo good. I'm so glad I found this as I was about to leave the store and go purchase a different and more expensive guitar and I said, well, while I'm here let me try that one. Magic! I highly recommend this to anyone of all skill levels.

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