Jarvis. Thanks for posting this video. I was about to return my LX1e back to the store , but after watching your video I upgraded to bone saddle , compensated bone nut and bone pins and Wow what a difference it made on this little guitar. Straightened the neck first before anything. Used 5mm wrench I ordered online for Martin Guitars. Thx.
Thanks Jarvis for the great review! :) I bought a used Little Martin LX1 recently which is close to 8 years old and it sounds great! The older little Martins come with solid Morado (East Indian Rosewood) fingerboard and bridge. I think they look even nicer than the current Richlite ones. More vintage-looking! ;)
Hi, I'm confused about all the 3/4 guitar information i find online so i have a quick question.. A 3/4 guitar means 3/4 the scale of a normal guitar, but does it mean that the neck is also 3/4 the width? Because i have a huge palm, but my fingers are very short, making it really hard to play chords and the like. Will getting a 3/4 guitar help?
Hi, I replaced the saddle of my LX1E with a bone nut, but I noticed that the original(factory) saddle har three tiny holes at the bottom? What is the purpose of this? Do I need to make hole also on the new saddle? Thanks.. great review and great playing!
Amazing sound demo bro! Really thinking of getting this or the Taylor GS Mini. Just a question, is the strap handle of this is also the endpin jack? Because my fishman endpin jack that's also a strap holder gets loose always
I tried one the other day, well made and sounded great for such a small body. However, it was really neck heavy and not pleasant to play. I don't know what kind of wood the necks on these are made of (or if it's even real wood) but they should use something lighter. Good demo as always 👍
happy with it......it feels very glossy, it's set up very bad and it has a lot of buzzy frets. I am thinking of selling it for the little martin...what do you think please reply
Own / play one of these and the Ed Sheeran (each plus model with mahogany top) and love them both. Tried the GS Mini....just didn't do it for me. Try all guitars. The one that you just can't seem to put down is the one for you. Jarvis.... makes all the guitars sound beautiful ! :-)
Gem Macalma depends on what you want ... The saddle on an acoustic guitar is the thin strip of hard material embedded in the bridge which helps determine the height of the strings. It is also the primary terminus of the suspended strings where the vibrations are transferred to the bridge and tonewood body of the instrument. The hmaterial used in the making of the saddle can influence those vibrations and contributes to the resulting tone of the guitar. Among the most popular saddle materials used for professional-level guitar is fossilized mammoth ivory. These saddles are not made out of actual fossils (i.e. rock). Rather they are made from ivory tusks that have started the mineralization process which ultimately turns them into fossils Not all saddles are suited for all types of guitars. Other than man made materials like MicartaTM and TUSQTM the most widely used substance is bone, typically harvested from shinbones of cattle. Bone saddles offer very pure tone, nice volume and an increase in sustain when compared to those other saddles. In my opinion, bone sounds most like the elephant ivory used on guitars in the 19th and early 20th Century. However, bone saddles can take a while to break in, sounding thin and shrill when they are new. They also sound so clean and pure once they have settled in that they do not necessarily contribute to the tonal coloring of the guitar's voice. In that way they are not unlike an expensive, diaphragm microphone that is astonishing in its detail and transparency but could benefit from a preamp that ads some warmth and fullness to the signal. When I want a similar tonal enhancement for a guitar I turn toward fossilized ivory from a long dead mammoth. Fossilized ivory saddles can provide even more volume and longer sustain than bone saddles. But they also impart a more noticeable influence on the tonal Y of the guitar. They add warmth and fullness, fatting up the notes and compensating for any brittle qualities one might hear in, say a mahogany guitar with an Adirondack spruce top. Such qualities can actually be enhanced by bone or elephant ivory. I do not know if this is simply a matter of the fossilized ivory saddle acting as a filter and muting certain treble frequencies or it is also enhances frequencies in the midrange and bass. But the results are obvious even if we are still talking about subtle variations when compared to the more significant influence that comes from one type of spruce or another, or the difference between a rosewood body or one made from koa, etc. I have used fossilized walrus ivory and was very happy with it. So I was curious to see how mammoth ivory would differ. The answered turned out to be just enough. If there is a downside to fossilized ivory it is found in highest highs. Some of the brightness and sparkle, what I call the angels in the harmonics over top of the voice, is sacrificed in exchange for that added warmth and meat in the undertone and fatness in the fundamentals. Mammoth ivory brings some of that back into the mix and where walrus ivory brings a wonderful definition to the various components of a guitar's voice, mammoth ivory does so even more. I find the trebles on my OM-28VR have a more pronounced ring in the high-mids and trebles which only adds to the complexity of that Sitka-tinged, rosewood voice. It is no wonder C.F. Martin & Co. have chosen fossilized mammoth ivory to put on their Golden Era Series guitars. It helps a new, stiff Adirondack spruce top sound richer and fuller in the early years before the guitar really opens up. But it does so without filtering out too much of the angels that make Adirondack so desirable. On an Indian rosewood guitar with a good piece of Sitka mammoth ivory only enriches the complex and lush tone while promoting the dark brassy quality of the lower fundamentals and the silvery ring in the highs. Such subtle differences in the voice of a particular guitar are very much in the ear of the beholder. One musician might prefer the transparent clarity of a bone saddle and another might prefer the warmth and body infused into the same guitar from a fossilized walrus ivory saddle. Fossilized mammoth ivory seems to fall somewhere in between, leaning toward the walrus but with some of that glassy, shining treble that makes bone saddles so popular. When combined with some fossilized walrus ivory bridge pins one gets a pretty powerful and delicious sounding guitar, even if other types of pins could be used to fine tune the voice to personal preference. I would recommend a fossilized mammoth ivory saddle (FMI) for just about any combination of tonewood and top wood. It does not change how a guitar sounds so much as enhances its natural voice while filtering out some of the edge and shrillness that might be present. In my opinion, bone sounds most like the elephant ivory used on guitars in the 19th and early 20th Century. However, bone saddles can take a while to break in, sounding thin and shrill when they are new. They also sound so clean and pure once they have settled in that they do not necessarily contribute to the tonal coloring of the guitar's voice. In that way they are not unlike an expensive, diaphragm microphone that is astonishing in its detail and transparency but could benefit from a preamp that ads some warmth and fullness to the signal. When I want a similar tonal enhancement for a guitar I turn toward fossilized ivory from a long dead mammoth. Fossilized ivory saddles can provide even more volume and longer sustain than bone saddles. But they also impart a more noticeable influence on the tonal Y of the guitar. They add warmth and fullness, fatting up the notes and compensating for any brittle qualities one might hear in, say a mahogany guitar with an Adirondack spruce top. Such qualities can actually be enhanced by bone or elephant ivory. I do not know if this is simply a matter of the fossilized ivory saddle acting as a filter and muting certain treble frequencies or it is also enhances frequencies in the midrange and bass. But the results are obvious even if we are still talking about subtle variations when compared to the more significant influence that comes from one type of spruce or another, or the difference between a rosewood body or one made from koa, etc. I have used fossilized walrus ivory and was very happy with it. So I was curious to see how mammoth ivory would differ. The answered turned out to be just enough. If there is a downside to fossilized ivory it is found in highest highs. Some of the brightness and sparkle, what I call the angels in the harmonics over top of the voice, is sacrificed in exchange for that added warmth and meat in the undertone and fatness in the fundamentals. Mammoth ivory brings some of that back into the mix and where walrus ivory brings a wonderful definition to the various components of a guitar's voice, mammoth ivory does so even more. I find the trebles on my OM-28VR have a more pronounced ring in the high-mids and trebles which only adds to the complexity of that Sitka-tinged, rosewood voice. It is no wonder C.F. Martin & Co. have chosen fossilized mammoth ivory to put on their Golden Era Series guitars. It helps a new, stiff Adirondack spruce top sound richer and fuller in the early years before the guitar really opens up. But it does so without filtering out too much of the angels that make Adirondack so desirable. On an Indian rosewood guitar with a good piece of Sitka mammoth ivory only enriches the complex and lush tone while promoting the dark brassy quality of the lower fundamentals and the silvery ring in the highs. Such subtle differences in the voice of a particular guitar are very much in the ear of the beholder. One musician might prefer the transparent clarity of a bone saddle and another might prefer the warmth and body infused into the same guitar from a fossilized walrus ivory saddle. Fossilized mammoth ivory seems to fall somewhere in between, leaning toward the walrus but with some of that glassy, shining treble that makes bone saddles so popular. When combined with some fossilized walrus ivory bridge pins one gets a pretty powerful and delicious sounding guitar, even if other types of pins could be used to fine tune the voice to personal preference. I would recommend a fossilized mammoth ivory saddle (FMI) for just about any combination of tonewood and top wood. It does not change how a guitar sounds so much as enhances its natural voice while filtering out some of the edge and shrillness that might be present.
The Guitar Spa Singapore Hi, nice read about saddle replacement. I recently replace the saddle of my LX1E. What I notice is there are 3 tiny holes at the bottom of the original saddle? What is the purpose of these? Should I need to make hole also on my new saddle replacement? Thanks much in advance for the reply..🙂
i got my strings broken just last week :( and i'm really confused on what is the best size for my guitar.. my friend's telling me that 12s could be risky for it's size.. could you shed some light for me?? he's telling me to be safe and get 10s instead of getting what's available online for me, Elixir 11027 Nanoweb 80/20 (11-52) Custom Light Elixir 11050 Polyweb 80/20 (12-53) Light are the ones available.. Thank you in advance!
Joemari Cagulada cox it’s on medium gauge and the neck must be curved now excessive Relief so you just need to turn it clockwise with a Long 5mm wrench and that will take off all the tension
I have always enjoyed your reviews. They are packed with useful information, and you play so well. But please, I can do without the political comments. Trump didn't bash Mexicans, but the Mexican government's ridiculous lack of controlling illegals crossing our border. That said, I can put the politics aside and continue to thoroughly enjoy your reviews and playing. Thanks, and keep the reviews coming.
Gene Edwards shut tf up. I don’t even live in America, I’m in Britain but I still hate trump. He bashes Mexicans so much. He calls them rapists and murderers. He’s a racist pig and you are just as bad clearly.
ha, good review :) I don't tend to listen to trump, in the UK we think he's a bloody idiot! Great playing too - I've just ordered one of of these bad boys myself - I hope to get in a day or two :) .............................one tiny criticism, zoom the camera out a bit, we can only see your face really - not the guitar while your playing :)
Arthur Smith you can watch the other videos with more of the fingers as this one I did not pan the video correctly and it’s a very old video .. My apologies
Good video but one advice...... take your bloody politic opinion out of your video if you wish more subscribers. Otherwise, announce your channel as political opinion CH.
The Guitar Spa Singapore hey we can agree to disagree on the trump thing it's cool. didn't mention your guitar playing which is beautiful, very emotional. write a song for Mr trump. he'd like that
An untrue and unfair comment on Trump. He definitely would not be my first pick as president but he has not said anything about the quality of work that Mexicans are capable of. Trying to protect American people and American jobs does not make him a bad person. Come here legally and there won't be a problem.
davidrf1000 - you're exactly right...although I like Jarvis, his skills with the guitars and his reviews, his comments on Trump wasn't fair as in so much as inaccurate. Trump (I'm a Singaporean but I had followed the US election very closely - watching almost all of Trump's speeches live! and also some of Hillary's, the entirety of the debates and also on his personal websites news as well as Hillary's), although he isn't my president didn't condemn Mexico's products. In fact, he isn't condemning any Mexicans at all. What he said, in summary are: (1) Jobs are flowing out of America to Mexico (even Singaporeans will be upset if jobs flow out of our country to neighbouring countries not because Singaporeans cannot do the job for other reasons) (2) A lot of criminals are coming into America illegal through Mexico (and this is statistically true) (3) Criminals who are caught of the crimes (whether it is drugs, rape, murder, robbery etc) are send back to Mexico whereby they will come back into the America again (4) Illegals (guess where is the easiest access to America?) are taking jobs away from America at lower wages (5) Illegals are using "born-in" America soil to get citizenship for their children In fact, Trump praised the leaders of Mexico (and even China) as smart and better negotiators and it is the failure of their own government (meaning Obama adminstration) that allow these countries to take advantage of America. Anyone (and this is a shoutout to Singaporeans) shouldn't be blindly taken in by the mass media. The media is known to be a great tool (weapon) and many people in power know this and using it to their advantages. That we know as much as anyone else in the world whereby our media are almost entirely controlled by the government (I'm not anti-PAP - in fact I voted for them in the last election but sometimes, it really is frustrating and saddening to see facts distorted/twisted to serve a purpose, good or bad).Anyway, to Jarvis - keep churning out these great reviews. I especially like the way you play - the passion oozing out from you with such pure elation. You're definitely a motivation (but keep out of politics and be careful of blindly following the mass media).
The Guitar Spa Singapore No worries bro, you rock!! God bless and have a wonderful new year ahead!! PS: Not sure what Trump will do and what will pan out but it is indeed God's will that this happen...at least we have seen some really good stuff happening thus far in his first few days in the oval office. I once told my Malaysian colleagues and friends (who are also misled by the mass media) that if a Malaysian steps out and wants "To make Malaysia great again"...I wonder if they will laugh at him, despise and mock him :)
Trump is a misogynist and racist, and yes he has said MANY bad things about Mexico & Mexican work/people etc. The so called 'fake media' can't fake what actually comes out of his own mouth. Take care dudes but watch out for Trump, he's not your friend or mine, he is a billionaire out for number one.
