Sigma 000MC-15E

Briser-fae-the-broch · 2022-09-06T10:55:25.000Z

Well, my new guitar came last night and it certainly does not disappoint!

The solid mahogany body looks awesome and has a lovely resonance and sustain when played acoustically, I have not had a chance to plug it in yet.

There is a built in tuner too which is handy.

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Ecrawf099 · 2022-09-06T17:38:31.000Z

Nice. I was always a fan Martin’s “Sigma” line.

pcarter · 2022-09-07T17:21:39.000Z

All mahogany is a really organic sounding acoustic guitar. It is chunky without sounding muddy. It doesn’t have that “ring” a spruce guitar has.

How’s the neck? I’ve always thought Martin/Sigma necks were a bit on the narrow side.

Briser-fae-the-broch · 2022-09-08T06:39:52.000Z

AnungUnRama:

All mahogany is a really organic sounding acoustic guitar. It is chunky without sounding muddy. It doesn’t have that “ring” a spruce guitar has.

How’s the neck? I’ve always thought Martin/Sigma necks were a bit on the narrow side.

I was slightly worried about the neck but I havn’t noticed it so that seems to suggest it’s fine (for me anyway). Slightly tight fretboard for my clumsy hands but im managing to get nice sounds out of it.

Will plug it in this weekend to see what that sounds like. The Fishman pre-amp has very simple tone controls.

pcarter · 2022-09-08T09:22:28.000Z

Briser_fae_the_broch:

AnungUnRama:

All mahogany is a really organic sounding acoustic guitar. It is chunky without sounding muddy. It doesn’t have that “ring” a spruce guitar has.

How’s the neck? I’ve always thought Martin/Sigma necks were a bit on the narrow side.

I was slightly worried about the neck but I havn’t noticed it so that seems to suggest it’s fine (for me anyway). Slightly tight fretboard for my clumsy hands but im managing to get nice sounds out of it.

Will plug it in this weekend to see what that sounds like. The Fishman pre-amp has very simple tone controls.

I think I had a Breedlove with the same preamp. Fishman makes them for just about everybody.

Briser-fae-the-broch · 2022-09-08T10:30:43.000Z

AnungUnRama:

Briser_fae_the_broch:

AnungUnRama:

All mahogany is a really organic sounding acoustic guitar. It is chunky without sounding muddy. It doesn’t have that “ring” a spruce guitar has.

How’s the neck? I’ve always thought Martin/Sigma necks were a bit on the narrow side.

I was slightly worried about the neck but I havn’t noticed it so that seems to suggest it’s fine (for me anyway). Slightly tight fretboard for my clumsy hands but im managing to get nice sounds out of it.

Will plug it in this weekend to see what that sounds like. The Fishman pre-amp has very simple tone controls.

I think I had a Breedlove with the same preamp. Fishman makes them for just about everybody.

Funny you should say that but I’m sure I saw a youtube video of a guy changing the battery in a Breedlove guitar and it looked the identical one with the battery in the cable socket just like mine

donhaskins · 2022-09-08T10:36:10.000Z

Nice looking guitar. My new Epi has a Fishman Sonicore and the preamp looks very similar. The battery is behind the controls and you just flip it up to load the 9 volt, super easy. DON’T leave the tuner button on.

Briser-fae-the-broch · 2022-09-08T10:46:02.000Z

donh2112:

Nice looking guitar. My new Epi has a Fishman Sonicore and the preamp looks very similar. The battery is behind the controls and you just flip it up to load the 9 volt, super easy. DON’T leave the tuner button on.

Yes I did fall into that trap initially, I just assumed everything these days has a timed shutoff but not so!

pcarter · 2022-09-08T10:49:47.000Z

My Guild also has a Fishman that one of these days I may or may not trade out for an L.R. Baggs setup. I’m not sure. I’m not in love with this guitar and that may just be throwing good money after bad. This one sounds okay enough to live with. The plain steel strings are a bit quacky.

Anybody remember when Taylor tried using two AA batteries in their stuff? Oh my gosh. I get their premise but size tolerances just aren’t there. We had to wrap post it notes around them to keep them from rattling!

Briser-fae-the-broch · 2022-09-08T10:52:27.000Z

AnungUnRama:

My Guild also has a Fishman that one of these days I may or may not trade out for an L.R. Baggs setup. I’m not sure. I’m not in love with this guitar and that may just be throwing good money after bad. This one sounds okay enough to live with. The plain steel strings are a bit quacky.

Anybody remember when Taylor tried using two AA batteries in their stuff? Oh my gosh. I get their premise but size tolerances just aren’t there. We had to wrap post it notes around them to keep them from rattling!

I notice some are going for a rechargeable setup. To be honest, the PP9 batteries are so oldhat and they are not cheap!

pcarter · 2022-09-08T11:00:06.000Z

Briser_fae_the_broch:

AnungUnRama:

My Guild also has a Fishman that one of these days I may or may not trade out for an L.R. Baggs setup. I’m not sure. I’m not in love with this guitar and that may just be throwing good money after bad. This one sounds okay enough to live with. The plain steel strings are a bit quacky.

Anybody remember when Taylor tried using two AA batteries in their stuff? Oh my gosh. I get their premise but size tolerances just aren’t there. We had to wrap post it notes around them to keep them from rattling!

I notice some are going for a rechargeable setup. To be honest, the PP9 batteries are so oldhat and they are not cheap!

I’ve seen some of that. Yeah I think a 9v has like 8 hour run time if it’s left plugged in.

Briser-fae-the-broch · 2022-09-12T08:54:48.000Z

So I got around to playing this guitar plugged in to my old FAL amp, I would say the pickup is a quite faithful amplification of the acoustic sound, quite clean and the tone controls are very basic, just treble, bass and volume which I know some people prefer.

I am just starting to get a slight buzz on the Low E which is annoying but I have read people say they needed a bit of setup on this guitar from new so will see how this pans out.

pcarter · 2022-09-12T09:11:15.000Z

Briser_fae_the_broch:

So I got around to playing this guitar plugged in to my old FAL amp, I would say the pickup is a quite faithful amplification of the acoustic sound, quite clean and the tone controls are very basic, just treble, bass and volume which I know some people prefer.

I am just starting to get a slight buzz on the Low E which is annoying but I have read people say they needed a bit of setup on this guitar from new so will see how this pans out.

Yep. It’ll take a week or two to settle in to the climate in your home. If you’ve not done this before, it’s not difficult but you have to be careful. Sight down the neck (I do it with the body resting on my feet and looking straight down), using the outer strings as a guide you’ll be able to tell if the neck is bowing in or out. It’s not unusual for there to be a slight twist. It’s better to have just a little bit of a relief on the top while the treble side is straight. Depending on what you see, use the included wrench and turn a quarter turn per hour to either loosen or tighten the truss rod. Take another look and regroup.

Martin strings tend to be a bit on the stiff side. This may or may not complicate things. If you put too light of a string on the guitar it will not keep enough tension on the neck and cause it to buzz.

I really hate filing the saddles on guitars with under saddle pickups. If the saddle doesn’t fit perfectly flush on that pickup, it won’t work right. If the action is high, I’d only take this as a last resort. I’ve fought this battle with my Guild every since I got it. Cordoba did not carry on Fender’s torch with the build quality on this brand I’m afraid.

Other things to keep in mind - the frets. It is rare, but possible for the frets to begin to lift out of the fingerboard. You can clamp them back in and oil the fingerboard to expand the wood but in all likelihood you’ll want to take it to somebody with the proper tools to fix this. This issue I’d take it back to the dealer and make them fix it as this can go sideways fast.

Even more rare - a rise in the tongue. This is where the body meets the neck - about the 14th fret on this guitar I think. If you have consistent buzzing here, take it to the dealer. Don’t pass go, don’t collect $200.

Briser-fae-the-broch · 2022-09-12T10:09:05.000Z

AnungUnRama:

Briser_fae_the_broch:

So I got around to playing this guitar plugged in to my old FAL amp, I would say the pickup is a quite faithful amplification of the acoustic sound, quite clean and the tone controls are very basic, just treble, bass and volume which I know some people prefer.

I am just starting to get a slight buzz on the Low E which is annoying but I have read people say they needed a bit of setup on this guitar from new so will see how this pans out.

Yep. It’ll take a week or two to settle in to the climate in your home. If you’ve not done this before, it’s not difficult but you have to be careful. Sight down the neck (I do it with the body resting on my feet and looking straight down), using the outer strings as a guide you’ll be able to tell if the neck is bowing in or out. It’s not unusual for there to be a slight twist. It’s better to have just a little bit of a relief on the top while the treble side is straight. Depending on what you see, use the included wrench and turn a quarter turn per hour to either loosen or tighten the truss rod. Take another look and regroup.

Martin strings tend to be a bit on the stiff side. This may or may not complicate things. If you put too light of a string on the guitar it will not keep enough tension on the neck and cause it to buzz.

I really hate filing the saddles on guitars with under saddle pickups. If the saddle doesn’t fit perfectly flush on that pickup, it won’t work right. If the action is high, I’d only take this as a last resort. I’ve fought this battle with my Guild every since I got it. Cordoba did not carry on Fender’s torch with the build quality on this brand I’m afraid.

Other things to keep in mind - the frets. It is rare, but possible for the frets to begin to lift out of the fingerboard. You can clamp them back in and oil the fingerboard to expand the wood but in all likelihood you’ll want to take it to somebody with the proper tools to fix this. This issue I’d take it back to the dealer and make them fix it as this can go sideways fast.

Even more rare - a rise in the tongue. This is where the body meets the neck - about the 14th fret on this guitar I think. If you have consistent buzzing here, take it to the dealer. Don’t pass go, don’t collect $200.

Cheers, will see how it beds in. I “think” it sounds like the buzz is high up in the neck and yesterday is the first time Id heard it. the guitar is stored in its case at all times when I’m not not playing it.