Quality Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? Made here in Pennsylvania in the USA and it is not going to blind you with inlays and such ..But it is clean,neck is straight with a slight bit of relief and the new gloss top is tasteful. Reliability How has it stood up over time? I have an older rosewood and sitka Standard Series they only look better and sound better with age..It is a Martin Overall Your general opinion of this product. Had to decide on a import with a lot of nice bling and all solid wood or the new Martin D1GT. I chose the Martin because the quality is easy to see when you look the D1GT over. The sound was a big plus I thought being a Series One dread it would not have the Martin sound I was looking for. I knew it was not going to sound like a Vintage series D18GE but I was surprised when it sounded so close to a Standard Series D18. Playability and Feel How does it feel, Heavy, Fast, Chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing? With the great out of the box action it plays like butter. Something you would expect form a high dollar Martin but they put that work into a all solid wood lower end model.Shows the pride Martin has in what they make. Tone Bright and snappy? Dark and smooth? Were the pickups hot, mellow, thick, thin? Really not much difference from a D18 which is straight braced the D1GT has scalloped bracing.The D18 a dovetail neck the D1GT does not. But hard to tell the difference between the two. The D1GT has the woody sound you get from solid mahogany back and sides and a deep bass. Finish How did the stain or paint job look? The Gloss Top is a nice addition and the finish is clean and simple. Action How was the action out of the box? For one of there lees expensive all solid wood models the action was like a three times the cost Vintage Series. Perfect out of the box at the nut which almost no import is. The saddle had plenty left above the bridge for future adjustments. At the 12th fret bass E string 3/32inch and at the 12th fret high E 2/32inch with a slight amount of relief in the neck. This makes it play easy and keep a light touch.Chord changes are fast even with the Strata-bond neck which some players were concerned about. The neck looks nice and will wear like iorn.

Quality Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? A Martin made in the USA there is something nice about saying that. Even better you know there acoustics are very well made and very dependable. The D1GT I bought is all of that,very pleased with the detail and quality Martin puts in there lower end acoustics. Reliability How has it stood up over time? I have not had the D1GT that long but I have a D28 and D15 that I have played for a few years now and there is no problems. Martins age well and sound better with age. Overall Your general opinion of this product. I like Martins they are my first choice when looking for a new acoustic. I have played many different models also many other brands. The D1GT was a much better acoustic than I thought it would be. Sound,fit,finish and action are as good as you can get at this price. Plus a Martin holds it's value and it is made in the USA. Playability and Feel How does it feel, Heavy, Fast, Chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing? With the Plex machine finish the action was low and perfect making the playability so easy with no buzzing no matter how aggressive I played.The stratabond neck feels nice and smooth and will hold up like new for years. In short this D1GT plays like butter. Tone Bright and snappy? Dark and smooth? Were the pickups hot, mellow, thick, thin? The tone is what you want from a sitka/hog Martin. Nice deep bass and pure hog woody sound. Sometimes you hear lower end Martins being put down because there are plane and are not a dove tail neck like a Standard series and above. The D1GT will surprise you it is a real Martin and a good one. Finish How did the stain or paint job look? The D1GT is a new model because it comes with a gloss top now and for a lower end Martin the finish was very good. I like the gloss top instead of the satin finish top on the old models. Action How was the action out of the box? Every acoustic is different people say so I really feel I got a good one. I can say the same about my other 2 Martins so maybe your chances are better with Martin. The action on the D1GT out of the box was as good as you can get just like I had it set up just for my playing style. Martin uses the Plex machine to aid final set up and this D1GT was perfect I made no adjustments. Ihave all the tools to finish the frets,files to adjust the action at the nut and can make a new saddle. I needed nothing for the D1GT the action at the nut was perfect as were the frets and saddle height plus the neck relief was right on.