Post by Garland on Feb 16, 2023 14:39:22 GMT -5
blues90, Derick, ancient1, I know what I hear. Period. Some days are diamonds for one and a stone for another...
There may be only a few string differences... I know what I prefer, based on what I've used, and I've used more than a few. Some I won't try, just because of cost, and even the Retro labeled are getting up there in cost... it's true, steel is steel and PB is 92/8 make up... I don't like 80/20's in the Martin ones I used once on the D240E... I won't use Elixirs or D'Addario because everybody and his brother does and a lot of manufacturers use them for their factory strings... I like being different.
Currently, I prefer Martin Flex Core for most of my guitars (4 of those are dreadnought and the Orangewood is a 000 with a spruce top) and Martin Retro 11-52 on my 00015M and Black Lag, which is a Concert Body that has very shallow body depth with an arched back. I currently have the Flex Cores on my LagT70A, which is a Concert Body, but not a shallow one, but I rarely play it... I have Retro's on my Gretsch 5420 too... I have a set of DR's for my Squier Telecaster in case I ever really get into it...
There may be only a few string differences... I know what I prefer, based on what I've used, and I've used more than a few. Some I won't try, just because of cost, and even the Retro labeled are getting up there in cost... it's true, steel is steel and PB is 92/8 make up... I don't like 80/20's in the Martin ones I used once on the D240E... I won't use Elixirs or D'Addario because everybody and his brother does and a lot of manufacturers use them for their factory strings... I like being different.
Currently, I prefer Martin Flex Core for most of my guitars (4 of those are dreadnought and the Orangewood is a 000 with a spruce top) and Martin Retro 11-52 on my 00015M and Black Lag, which is a Concert Body that has very shallow body depth with an arched back. I currently have the Flex Cores on my LagT70A, which is a Concert Body, but not a shallow one, but I rarely play it... I have Retro's on my Gretsch 5420 too... I have a set of DR's for my Squier Telecaster in case I ever really get into it...
