Martin 000CJr-10E Acoustic-electric Guitar - Natural

Nice guitar I was aggravated at first I thought they forgot to put a truss rod in it but it's just way in there beautiful guitar sounds good action needs little work but not much and the stock strings are nothing to write home about, the grain on the spruce top is great tight and pretty.

I’ve been playing for a while, but I really love this guitar. It holds a tune. Neck is thin. Smooth action.It’s my favorite acoustic now. I even started taking online lessons it was so nice to play. I play for hours every night now.

Great sounding but had a cracked top I had to return. The vendor was great! No hassle returns. Martins are great and cracked tops happen. I would have kept it if the top was not cracked.

I don't like giving a negative review to Martin, especially since I am a big fan of the company. I own 5 Martins and have been using them for professional live performance for over a decade. That said, the Fishman electronics that come in these (and in the Little Martin series guitars) are extremely inconsistent from guitar-to-guitar. Example: I own three different Little Martins...1 LXME and two (supposedly identical) LX1E. The one I have been using for live performance as my primary instrument seems to be a "unicorn"...clear, loud signal, balanced nicely with equal volume across all strings. The other two guitars are much quieter when plugged in, and both sound "thinner" and more trebly...not ideal at all for live performance. Back to the 000-Jr Series: I purchased one of these and was pretty impressed before I plugged it in. Nice, big sound (unplugged) compared to the Little Martins, neck felt good and it played fine. I bought this guitar with the intention of using it as my primary gigging guitar...an upgrade to the Little Martins. I am tall and the Little Martins kind of always felt a little too small and it looked like I was playing a ukulele in pictures, so I was excited to upgrade to a bigger/better instrument that was not so expensive (like if something happened to damage it at a bar gig, it isn't quite the disaster that damaging a really nice/expensive guitar would be). Its an "auditorium" size/style and the cutaway is great for lead players, significantly larger than a 3/4 size (like the Little Martins) but much smaller than a dreadnought. ALL THAT SAID...when I plugged it in, the volume differences b/w the strings was so out-of-wack that it as completely unusable for live performance. the low E string was quiet and the A string was twice as loud. UNACCEPTABLE.I totally understand with the piezo pickups, there can be inconsistent volume if its not set up perfectly balanced and even, but this was just terrible. So I took it to my guitar tech/certified luthier. He improved it but when I got it back, there were volume imbalances in new areas (on other strings).I finally sent the guitar back and ordered a new one, exact same model.It arrived and I was excited, thinking I probably got a bad/flawed model. Nope, same exact issues with the new one. So, I took it to my guitar tech again....he tried his best to make it even and balanced but it wasn't possible to fix.FINAL CHAPTER, I recently purchased an LR Baggs Element pickup...a much nicer pickup than the Fishman pickup these Martins come with. Got my tech to remove the Fishman and cut a hole in the side of the guitar to install the LR Baggs. Just got it back, super excited to start performing with it.It now sounds leagues better than how it sounded before (with the Fishman electronics) BUT, there is a noticeable drop-off in volume, as well as a much "tinier" thin sound on only the high E string....which is a huge bummer when you play lead. I loop at my live shows and use the high E string as the most climatic part of some of my guitar solos. I loop throughout the show so I am playing lead guitar a good portion of each show. Couldn't even make it through a full show, had to switch back to the (only) Little Martin (of the three that I own that sounds acceptable to use for live performance).Of Note: if you only play rhythm guitar this is probably just fine to use at shows, and its not a bad purchase for the price point. HOWEVER, if you play lead or chord voicings that are higher up the neck on the higher-pitched strings, I would spend more on a higher-quality instrument.These are made in Mexico (no problem with that), but it sure seems like Martin has, as a company over the last few years, settled for outsourcing cheaper guitars with VERY NOTICEABLE DROP IN QUALITY.I used to feel like even the middle and lower-tier Martins were still in line with a certain barometer in overall quality, but now that I own five different Martins that fit in that category, its mainly led to frustration for me as a professional. I mean, why make "affordable" acoustic-electric guitars that consistently fail the live-performance test. Very disappointing in my opinion. If you're trying to buy this to travel with or play for fun (unplugged) at the house, I do actually recommend this instrument. But if you plan to buy this as an affordable instrument to actual use for live performance, I would avoid it at all costs.Worth mentioning. The first two Little Martins I purchased came with a thick, nicely-padded (still a soft case but very sturdy/good padding) gig bag. Starting with the third Martin (through the most recent purchase) they have switched to a much much less-protective, super thin with very poor padding) cheaper gig bag that basically just keeps it from getting scratched. It doesn't protect your guitar....which is super-disappointing. Its like Martin actively made that decision for a big dip in quality, just to save maybe a few bucks per case.I used to rave to my musician friends about how awesome the included gig bag was. The gig bags they've been including over the last few years are straight up garbage.I realize buying a guitar online without being able to test it puts you at risk, but dealing with a company as prestigious as Martin is/was, its extremely disappointing to buy six guitars of there's (including the one I returned), with only one of them really passing the test for acceptable use for live performance. Hope this helps some of you from making the same mistake I did

Amplified, string to string volume is not even. Not a great sounding pickup either, but the size is nice.

What a great guitar. Been playing for 40 years and own many guitars; I'm very impressed. The quality is amazing! The shipper and seller were Chicago Music Exchange. Can't say enough good about them. Packaged very well and they shipped it within an hour of my order, WOW what a great store! I will buy again from them for sure! I'm very happy with this purchase, thanks to Amazon and CHICAGO MUSIC EXCHANGE!!! I was paid zero for this review, just very happy!

I was plsemtly surprised with the quality of the sound and the build of this guitar. Very good sound and easy to log around with. So this travel guitar is realy somthing. It left many good guitarest stuned that this small guitar wcould play with the big Dread knouts, not for the volume of sound but the qulaity of the sound.

I'm no guitar wizard, but I've been dabling for a long time. Compared to my old fender acoustic/electric, this is amazing-sounding. I love the size, too, much more comfortable than a full-size dreadnaught. And it's as easy to play as an electric. The vendor set it up and tuned it for me before shipping, so thanks for that, guys/gals.