Martin Authentic Acoustic® Marquis® Silked Guitar Strings – Silk & Steel, Custom Gauge | Lower Tension, Bridge Protection & Balanced Tone

I am picking up my guitar again after many decades of not playing. I have always used Martin strings both on my acoustic and electric guitars. These strings are for my Yamaha acoustic. I initially purchased regular, bronze strings. They were hard on my tender fingers and I didn't like the sound of the ones I chose as much as I was used to experiencing with Martins. They would have been fine on an electric guitar, however. I purchased these as an alternative. They are easier on my fingers and the sound is the more subtle and mellow that I was looking for. They are thinner and may not last as long, but we will see. I left my old, worn out bronze strings on this guitar all of the years I didn't play it and, while they had lost their sound, they still tuned up without breaking. I hope Martin quality has not changed in the intervening years. My Yamaha is one of the famed older guitars they made that have become desired collectors items, so the sound made by different strings is very discernable.

I use this set and I tune it down 1/2 step…. I sub a 12 and a 15 for e and b string…I play mine daily for a long time …. It has madeMy Epiphone IBG hummingbird feel like an old guitar … I tried literally 7 different sets of string and I hated them all…. These were the ticket ..!… and they got better week by week… I’mOld and my hands are good but not great…this guitar really requires some breaking in … I filed on the nut and bought a new bridge …I use low action …. I almost threw the guitar away.. I hated it so bad ./::but one day it tonally just starting being wonderful….and started feeling like an old guitar…Go figure…

Fair price, Long life, sound great

I have tried competitor's strings lately and found them to be of a lower quality and performance. The tone is consistent, the feel is what I have come to love and expect and these strings last.

When I purchased my 10-year-old son's guitar I purchased a second set of strings--but by the time it came to replacing the first set, I couldn't find that spare pack, so I ordered these Martin silked strings, and strung it up: with this new set of strings, and it sounded so good that I played it every evening for a month: I play blues and tend to bend the g string the most, and after a month of this it frayed at the fret below where I bend it the most... During that entire month, I noticed how easy it was to press down these strings, and how easy on my fingers they felt--like playing nylon string tension, but with metal string sound, both bright and soft at the same time... it was a five string guitar for a week, till when I found the original spare pack of strings, and just got out the G... I immediately noticed how much stiffer it was. But it feels weird with one string stiffer than the silked, so I could put the other five from the original spare pack on -- but nah: I'm ordering more of these Martin Silked, because I think they'll go easier on my son's fingers.

Gotta change strings frequently, and these are priced right, and they are Martins

Great

These strings sound magical on my Washburn Parlor guitar! I love them. I’ve never had silk wound strings before, and these definitely won’t be my last!