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You don't buy these strings for long lasting brightness and durability - go to Elixir if you want invincible strings. You buy these for the tone. And these are the best sounding strings I've played. At first they're nice and bright and rich, then they age like fine wine! The more you play them, the better they sound. They get to a nice woody, vintage tone after about a month of playing. Definitely the best strings I've used, and after trying Gibson's, D'Addarios, Elixirs, I think I'll only ever use these from here on out. The only drawback was a string snapping when tuning down after about a month and a half of playing them, but I can easily look past it for the tone these bring.

I like these strings for all of the above reasons.I like every guitarist i have met HATE changing strings which has to be done regularly because sweaty fingers are acidic and cause corrosion which along with dirt increases mass and kills tone. The pure nickel winding on a tinned steel core do not electrically react with each other.The first set i used i changed after six weeks,only to find the new set sounded the same-i had changed them too soon. I do not like the fact that extra care must be taken when putting them on because the round steel core means the outer winding can loose tension if they are trimmed before a good amount of tension is applied to the string.The outer winding can slip and kill tone.Why martin do this i do not know,all of their other strings are wound on a hexagonal core. A good string that lasts ages and at a good price,what's not to like?

I've bought Elixir strings for as long as I can remember and can't fault them...so why did I buy Martin strings? Well, I'd bought a Martin guitar and so thought I'd match it up with these strings as they were highly recommended. I'm not a big fan of new strings...much prefer them when they've been on a few weeks and lost that bright zingy sound. These didn't really suffer too much from that and whilst they sounded new and bright they had a rich depth from the off. I've had them on now for around 3 months and they still sound excellent and stay in tune despite some bending and changing tunings several times. They are certainly as good as Elixr strings whether they ;last as long remains to be seen but so far so good...I should add, I keep strings on for a long time as I like the dull sound as they age! I would recommend trying them as theya re a good price and I'm sure you don't need a MArtin to appreciate their sound.

Great strings and do the job well.

I've tried a lot of different strings on my hummingbird. Didarios (all types) are always clattery and metallic. John Pearce nickels are too wooly. These are just right; a nice bit of twang and sparkly, with plenty of bass and depth. I've put them of 3 different guitars (Gibson, Taylor, Cort) and they are just by far the be best sounding strings on all of them. I almost feel obliged to buy a Martin guitar, given how good their strings are ;)

Used these strings before - had a strange experience with these (first time in 20 years playing). Sympathetic buzzing on B string whenever I played a C chord (I.e. pressing down at first fret) and nowhere else except C higher up (13th fret). Brand new set-up on nearly new high-end guitar, frets, truss rod etc all fine. Never had it before with other brands or with these previously. Tried everything to pin down buzz (checked nut, bridge, pins, tuning peg etc) then gave up and changed strings out for another set. Sounded far brighter and issue went away. Pretty certain just a dud set - lucky it wasn’t a gig night…!

Brilliant work well on all mahogany guitars I use them on a Martin 000-15M and a Bromo BAT2M. Nice feel and nice tone when played in they need some settling time but are great then

These are by far the nicest and roundest sounding strings I have ever had on my Martin. I usually use phosphor bronze varieties but these are bett in my opinion. Will defo buy again.

Martin Retro strings have a look and sound that is truly vintage. Love these strings.

I'll never buy another kind of string. I got my dream guitar. A Taylor 812e 12 fret. It's v class. But it's naturally more bright than even a Taylor should be because the v bracing. So I researched strings. Tried everything and saved these retros for last. This was the soloution to my problem. The retros were made for Martin tone. A vintage sound. It lets the tonewoods shine through better. You can hear every note better. It's louder. It has more sustain. It can handle strumming better. It's not as bright and will tame a bright guitar. They have less finger squeak. They bend easier. They are easier on your fingers. And they last the longest out of all the string materials and break in fast. These are perfect. Especially for your Taylor. Maybe you're looking for a soloution to the same problem I had. This is it. Couldn't recommend these more. They far surpass even coated phosphor bronze in my opinion and at half the price. I'm shocked more don't know about them. The seller was on time with shipping.

2、4、5弦がミディアムより若干細ことが影響しているのかフラットピッキングがすごく弾きやすいです。

Recién puestas suenan muy metálicas, pero al cabo de un tiempo suenan bien y siguen sonando bien mucho tiempo. Son perfectas para archtops acústicas y para resonadoras. En guitarras acústicas tipo flat top me suenan poco cálidas.

レトロ弦は昔の1930年代の弦を現代風に再現しています。 ブロンズ弦が出る前の時代。 ニッケルと銅を混ぜたモネルを巻弦に使用しています。 見た感じが、シルバーのエレキ弦のような雰囲気。 特徴は、新品時の高音域のキラキラが強くない、なんかこのギターキンキンする、なんてギターでマイルドな音にしたい。こんな時に役に立ちます。 俺はギターの弦は死んで来た方がいい音になる。 新品時はダメだ。 こんな人は試してみるべきでしょう。 参考になるYouTube動画タイトル 斎藤誠がマーティンOMC-16E、D-16E、DSS-17、000JR-10を語る【Martin Times〜It’s a Beautiful Day】 この動画で9分30秒以降に出てくるギター2本がこの弦を工場装着されています。 かなり詳しく演奏されています。 Martin Times、日本のトップバンド、サザンオールスターズのサポートギタリストが解説、弾きまくっています。 この動画を見て直ぐに、私の持っているコンパクトなギター、K.yairi のノクターンに張り替えました。 このギターは日本のプロミュージシャンも使用しているパーラーギターで、 森山直太朗さんがライブや藤井フミヤさんPV「木漏れ日の風に吹かれ 」で使用しています。 これ以外にも、山崎ハコさん、 かぐや姫、風の伊勢正三さんはノクターンとノクターンカスタムの2本を所有。 サウンドホールがFとか、月、星、亀、オールマホガニー、なんてカスタムが日本国内ではオーダー出来ます。 570ミリのスケールのパーラーサイズの単板ギターです。 それ以来この弦をノクターンには張っています。 エレキ弦みたいな感触と、高音がマイルドになるので、長時間弾いていられる。 張りっぱなしの期間が長い。 サイド、バックが合板のギタ―で高音がストロークでキンキンする音が目立ちすぎなんてギターを改善したい人にはお勧めです。