Martin’s proprietary Nickel/Copper alloy blend wrap wire provides for a reduced pick attack and allows the guitar’s tonewoods to be heard, not overshadowed. It offers a uniquely mellow, yet crisp, sound. Martin’s wrap is a solid Nickel/Copper blend, not nickel-plated, meaning there is no chance for defects to allow for corrosion. Martin's proprietary wrap is naturally strong and corrosion-resistant, so much so that it has been used in the propeller of dreadnought battleships and various machinery and tooling applications.
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Have been playing since the early 60's, acoustic, electric and resonator. These strings are overly bright with unusual harmonics. If you are looking to make your guitar sound sorta like a bad resonator, I guess you would like these. They do not have the balance or tone of phosphor bronze. I guess they will be OK on my cigar box guitar. Strings are all in the user's taste. I don't care for the sound, You might.Martin MM11 Retro Series Custom Light Acoustic Guitar Strings
.As a person who performs 3 hour shows with their acoustic, I can vouch for the Martin Retro Strings. These strings hold their tone throughout the night, have never broken during any of my performances and have a better cost ratio than what I've been using. These are used on a Martin D-18 plugged in. The high, mid and low frequencies are all there and stay there all night. I also have come to prefer the feeling of the nickel as compared to the brass. The gauges of the custom light strings are a little more forgiving to the left hand too.
Martin MM11 Retro Series Custom Light Acoustic Guitar Strings
.remember how good guitars sounded on a lot of old records?..they had a fat tone..soft and not harsh....but loud....an even tone..with good projection.......thats how these strings sound....i couldn't believe how much i loved the new sound of my Martin with these strings....i am going to buy a boat load of them , in case they quit making them...i will never go back to bronze or phos. bronze....those string are for strummers..i am a picker.......
Martin MM11 Retro Series Custom Light Acoustic Guitar Strings
.These strings do exactly what they say. Your guitars voice will never sound better. I love them on my Martin OM-15. These strings bring something special out of the mahogany.
Martin MM11 Retro Series Custom Light Acoustic Guitar Strings
.These strings were a pleasant surprise !! Very easy on the fingers and a sweet, full ranged tone! On the warm end of the spectrum but well defined and rich sounding!!
Martin MM11 Retro Series Custom Light Acoustic Guitar Strings
.Stiff feel, tinny sound and not much "ring"
Martin MM11 Retro Series Custom Light Acoustic Guitar Strings
.Quality strings of a bygone era. These play great on my Martin guitar.
Martin MM11 Retro Series Custom Light Acoustic Guitar Strings
.Been playing various bronze strings for decades on my Martin OM - these Monel strings have a different and interesting sound. Also the timbre varies more than bronze as you move towards and away from the bridge. They seem to have a longer life for me and bend well too.
Martin MM11 Retro Series Custom Light Acoustic Guitar Strings
.I would highly recommend everyone who owns an accoustic guitar to try these strings for better tone and longer life !!!
Martin MM11 Retro Series Custom Light Acoustic Guitar Strings
.I bought these strings for my HD28V Martin. I like the tone and feel, makes it sound like a vintage instrument as it was meant to be.
Martin MM11 Retro Series Custom Light Acoustic Guitar Strings
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