I agree. Martin is more well known in the states and they r longer in history. U can only see newer artist uses taylor. Elvis Prestley been using Martin. If u try both Taylor and Martin b4, u can see the difference very obvious.

Erm, fact is they're both high end guitar manufacturers. They both have their own players. Take for example Martin, John Mayer almost exclusively uses Martin for his acoustics, so much so that Martin even made a limited edition guitar in his name.
I can go on and on about which artist uses what but there's no point.
Elixir strings are great, but I find that their coating muddles up the tone on certain guitars.
My Martin loves uncoated strings

oh ya kaa.. I didnt know about taylor used lot by celeb only (well, i do know taylor swift using it )

well, if not for the sound, I'd still vote for taylor for its resell value

but strings.. hmm.. I myself never use elixir really but my frens use em and they like it.

stunned
even as a Taylor fan, u leave me stunned at that statement

This post has been edited by echobrainproject: Jul 19 2012, 09:25 AM

Same here dude. Martin fan here haha

EDIT: I meant Martin user ;P

This post has been edited by joyyy: Jul 19 2012, 10:50 AM

martin got their own coated strings too..i think it's better than elixir

Hmm.. Elixir strings that bad huh

They're not bad, they're just not suited for certain guitars I personally feel.

i feel alright with elixir strings actually in terms of tone, i can't really differentiate that some ppl said that the tone suxking strings n all. All i can feel is that the coating of the elixier is a little sticky kind of feel or maybe feel like a thick layer of coat is on the string which i find it uncomfortable to me

Yeah me too kinda not liking too much on elixir strings, for me the strings is quite thick.

My taylor that I bought come with elixir strings but I changed it later,,

or u can try the nanos, the poly feels abit thicker i think

Where can I get nanos strings? And how much?

same price..gc carrying elixir

Oh nanos is series of elixir? Ic

Yeap they have polyweb and nanoweb strings,nanos have thinner coating and can last as long as the polys

Ic.. I never try elixir b4. Coz I've been using cheapo guitars. So no need to buy expensive strings. I usually use 10 bucks strings

My god and you're upgrading to a Martin straight away. Naisss

martin for warmer sound, taylor for brighter sound... IMO only the higher end taylor sounds nice :/ those 400 series and above... personally prefer martin due to personal reason

oh btw, my elixir lasted me a year and a half.. upgraded from d'addario, never looked back since

hehe.. Like I said. Been playing for more than a decade on cheapo guitars. It's time to upgrade.

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Added on July 22, 2012, 11:52 amOwh, I don't like d'addario strings. I personally think that 10 bucks cheapo strings feel and sound better.



This post has been edited by hey_there: Jul 22 2012, 11:55 AM

Actually you can get Martin strings for a lowly RM17 around KL/PJ