Martinez Beginner Solid Top Series, Model 40S is a probably the best value for money Solid Spruce Top classic guitar with genuine Mahogany back/side (other brands often miss-appropriately claim the less density/cheaper Agathis or Meranti as “Mahogany” wood), with 20 frets, solid Rosewood fret-board and bridge, cow bone saddle and full black binding & double linings, this is the best value for money in term of sound, workmanship & appearance.

Students who bought & practice with this guitar as the first guitar will benefit the following,
• train their left & right fingers on the right stings action height, your chance of success is higher
• comfortable left hand grip as the neck shape & thickness are ideal size for beginners
• sensitive, clear tones & loud projection capable guitar will train your hearing right from the beginning
• the tuning will hold after it settles down, because we use good quality ebony gold head machines
• no other brands can throw-in those killer attributes as decent quality guitar at this price tag

Model : 40S Beginner Solid-top Series, with solid select spruce top & Mahogany back/side guitar (note: Mahogany is a tonewood that is rated having higher wood density / cubical-feet compare to the cheaper Meranti & Agathis
Nut - Saddle : 650 mm
Neck : comfort thin C shape for beginners, thickness = 20.5 mm at 1st fret is the thinnest among the full size standard.
Strings 1st to 6th spacing at nut : 41 mm (for comfortable reach)
Nut width = 52 mm
Set up of strings : low action for easy playing.


The model 40S is the only Beginner Solid Top model that inherited the similar tones like the higher Advance Solid Top at lower cost with balance trebles / bass. In general, this model delivers the promise of balance & powerful guitar, pluck the strings for every notes and you will feel the response of guitar solid top that works very hard resonating every single acoustic notes. Trebles are deeply resonating with the top, clear and loud notes while the bass deliver punchy low frequency notes. Model 40S have the solid Spruce top, Spruce wood is one of the stiffest woods, when crafted properly, it delivers super clear & deep resonating trebles, attack notes and richer sound than the sister solid Red Cedar top. With the pale yellowish gloss top combined with the graceful mahogany grains, you will see it's outstanding combine charm stand-out from the very crowded market at this price-tag. This is the most value for money solid spruce classic guitar in the market at amazingly capable classic guitar sound output like a pro.

Why Martinez Guitars ?
Martinez brand was registered in 1978 at Germany and the new era of Minyard Martinez classic guitar producers were initiated in 2005 when the talented China luthier, Mr. Alex Wang (the founder of Minyard Martinez brand) who learnt from the American luthier, Mr. Kenny Hill who trained & influenced many aspect of Martinez team for best practices based on the USA hand-made classic guitar making, set up a JV together with the third person, a German luthier, Mr. Wolfgang Jellinghaus who fill in the role as the tone woods sourcing for the best of Martinez guitar sound.
In summary, the tradition of hand-made best practices from USA, the internationally trained China skills assemble guitars in a modern guitar factory out of China and the sourcing capability for best tone woods out of Germany are the example of a globally integrated classic guitar brand, that is the Martinez Guitars ! This is another proof that the buzz word of “globally integrated company” were no longer dominated by the high-tech industry, it is happening in the classic guitar industry. The result is a new era classic guitar which inherited the “the hand-made guitar making” quality out of the modern guitars factory facility at the affordable price points. The consumers who buy these guitars will benefit the outcome of ‘globally integrated company’ concept.

The feels & looks of Martinez Guitars.
Many modern guitar factories benefits the precision mock-up & production using CAD/CAM (Computer Aided Design, Computer Aided Manufacturing) technology for it’s modern manufacturing. Beside of CAD/CAM affordability, the other key benefits are minimizing waste of wood materials due to human errors & increase productivity for consistent basic guitar parts manufacturing output. The CAD is the technology that easily help the Designer to digitally trace the curve X-Y-Z coordinates of thousand of scanning points over a guitar shape head to toe. A modern CAD software with a modern ultra fast & affordable CPU capable to scan every piece of guitar’s anatomy into a database. The CAM is the next downstream manufacturing process which translate those digital X-Y-Z coding into “executable PLC” (Programmable Logic Controller) which capture those coding and translate it into executable Logic which then be feeded into a wood crafting machinery. The wood machinery will then reshape identical “specific guitar neck shape” that resembles the original hand-made guitar which we are talking about. Do you got the point at this juncture ? in this modern era, not necessarily every single part of guitars must be hand sawn.

The Martinez guitar have C curve thin & comfortable shape neck, it is friendly shape to students or petite adults players which I think (my own opinion based on comparing with many other makers) close to what Mr. Kenny Hill’s guitar neck style which his guitars are typically effortless to play.
Bright, sweet & precise trebles as the result of appropriately placed & shaped soundboard’s bracing and sourcing with the right tone woods material.

Product consistency & effortless to play
The nicely curved neck shape is one of key determining factor so the player feel comfortable when handling the neck fret-board. Equally important is the final set-up of the guitar so the overall left & right fingers feel more at home laying down their fingers either for practice or performing. Everytime we receive new shipment from Martinez, we (as the distributor) played key roles to perform local checked, restoration & adjust the final set-up for everyone of you before you purchase the guitars. Our objective is to ensure you will like, treasure & keep these quality guitars forever with you. We have a few clients who end-up buying multiple Martinez guitars in one individual owner for different purposes. So please check other different Martinez models / series to suit your needs.

The overall sound balance & correct intonation across different strings & frets position
A technically all correct guitars as describe above still lack of an important aspect if the guitar lack of sound balance & intonation. An un-balanced guitars (either way of overly trebly or overwhelmingly bass or suppressing mid-tones ) can create negative emotional pressure to a season players as it is hard to express the output with the right music. In general, the Martinez inherited a balance tones across 6 strings from the student series up to the top all solid wood signature series. This is a subjective statement, off course we compare this student series with other similar student level at the same price points. The balance tone subject is somehow more related with the price or value / performance. Please note this is a broad statement and very subjective topics.

All Martinez classic guitars equipped with two ways adjustable steel truss rod on the neck, making this classic guitars an ideal choice for those who lives in either humid & warm wheather like Singapore or extreemly dry & chilling wheather like Canada because when the neck may get expand / contract due to high humidity & temperature or in contrary situation, you can reverse it in either backward or forward direction, hence restoring neck back at the straight line position. A killer features which will prolong your guitar's live time, I have seen many frustation classic hand-made guitar owners who guitar's neck severely warp and after very much trying sanding down the saddle's height & filing fretwires and it didn't work-out and finally must give it up at the second hand market for sale or dump it at dust bin. The myth that a steel truss rod insert in the neck may absorb the acoustic sound resonance hence diminishing it's projection capability is gone. You will surely benefit the 2 ways adjustable truss rod in this guitar in the long run while not compromising it's volume / tone quality

Allow us to say, your $ investment on this guitar price tag will be fully protected and this guitar will help you progress further up to your expectation. Note : the price quoted is guitar only, you may want to check at Luthier Hard Cases or padded Bags that suit into your budget.

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