{"id":15506,"date":"2024-01-28T20:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T01:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/?p=15506"},"modified":"2024-03-08T20:53:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T01:53:53","slug":"15506-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/15506-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Martin SC-18E and SC-28E Review with Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Martin SC-28E and SC-18E Arrive at NAMM 2024<\/h2>\n<h3>Standard Series rosewood and mahogany axes of the future with classic styling<\/h3>\n<p>SC-28E and SC-18E specs include: <em>13-fret asymmetrical S body size with deep scoop cutaway; high gloss nitrocellulose finish; solid spruce top with patented internal soundboard recurve; spruce Tone Tension X-bracing with proprietary shaping; heel-less solid hardwood neck with satin finish, Sure Align neck joint system and ergonomic Low Profile Velocity shaping, solid ebony fingerboard with High Performance Taper; solid ebony belly bridge with 1930 profile but smooth contour surface; 2-5\/32\u201d string spacing; faux tortoise asymmetrical teardrop pickguard; nickel open-back tuning machines; revised Fishman Aura VT Blend electronics with Aura HD imaging or L.R. Baggs Anthem electronics. Comes with a molded hard-shell case with plush lining.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I was surprised by these acoustic-electric hybrids, in how a chord strummed on the SC-28E sounds more like a 000-28 or OM-28 than it didn&#8217;t, only with that slightly more-pronounced bottom E string. But I was most pleasantly surprised by the classic Martin undertone presence in the low-mids of the SC-18E and the acoustic tone during fingerstyle picking patterns and playing lead accompaniment to another person&#8217;s strumming and singing, both when acoustic and amplified.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15508 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/Martin_SC-18E-and-SC-28E-vids-pic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1397\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/Martin_SC-18E-and-SC-28E-vids-pic.png 1397w, https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/Martin_SC-18E-and-SC-28E-vids-pic-300x72.png 300w, https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/Martin_SC-18E-and-SC-28E-vids-pic-768x184.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1397px) 100vw, 1397px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3p2sf-3Z8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full review HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin SC-28E and SC-18E Arrive at NAMM 2024 Standard Series rosewood and mahogany axes of the future with classic styling SC-28E and SC-18E specs include: &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16,119,44],"tags":[26,27,580,581,295],"table_tags":[],"class_list":["post-15506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guitars","category-namm","category-review","tag-c-f-martin","tag-martin-guitars","tag-sc-18e","tag-sc-28e","tag-standard-series"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Martin Martin SC-18E and SC-28E Review with Video | One Man&#039;s Guitar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/15506-2\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"one man\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/onemanz.com\\\/guitar\\\/15506-2\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/onemanz.com\\\/guitar\\\/15506-2\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"one man\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/onemanz.com\\\/guitar\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b5cfd8475e321c535df6cda6764099bb\"},\"headline\":\"Martin Martin SC-18E and SC-28E Review with Video\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-29T01:05:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-09T01:53:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/onemanz.com\\\/guitar\\\/15506-2\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":221,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/onemanz.com\\\/guitar\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b5cfd8475e321c535df6cda6764099bb\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/onemanz.com\\\/guitar\\\/15506-2\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/onemanz.com\\\/guitar\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/Martin_SC-18E-and-SC-28E-vids-pic.png\",\"keywords\":[\"C.F. 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