I just picked up a GPC-28e with the Aura Enhance, and I'm impressed with the brief tryout I gave the pickup system through a Yamaha powered PA head with a 115 cab. I can see where the UST tone could be a bit thin by itself, especially with a small acoustic amp, but the tone wheel and the Enhance fader really did their jobs and I got a very natural acoustic tone out of it. Best of all, I was able to play it pretty loud in a small room and it never got close to feeding back. I'm more impressed at this point than I've ever been with the Anthem in my Gibson AJ, which is not bad, but clumsier to use. Again, I haven't played the Martin out yet, so my impressions could change, but I like it so far. In fact, I like this guitar a lot more than I expected to, even with the skinny PA neck.
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