Taylor or Martin

Pizzle · Unread post by **Pizzle** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:50 am

ut4ever8 wrote:
Grasso wrote:Buy a First Act over a Martin anyday.

Not really, just don't buy a Martin.
you can get a hell of a deal on a first act over at wal mart

exactly

davelikesheat · Unread post by **davelikesheat** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:45 pm

i have a martin and love it. i have not played alot of taylors. but the ones i have played sucked!!!!!!!!! compared to my martin. the necks were thick and not playable at all, they had no sound.

perhaps i have never played a good martin im guessing?

johnnymac · Unread post by **johnnymac** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:55 pm

First time poster - seems like a good thread to jump in on. A few things to consider on this:

-in general, you will get a better guitar for the money with Taylor than with Martin. Even Taylor's cheapest line play great; not so with Martin.

-Taylors are also pretty consistent, which is why a lot of touring guitarists use them. If their Taylor gets broken, lost, stolen, ect. they can pop into the nearest decent guitar store for a replacement and know that it's going to play just about identically to the one they had. Again, I don't think this is the case with Martins. This probably isn't important to most of us who sit at home and play though.

Great board. Looking forward to reading more.

paulaitchison · Unread post by **paulaitchison** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 4:21 pm

http://www.takamine.com/?fa=detail&mid=1970&sid=62#

that guitar can rival good taylors and matins. and you save on branding

DaveyeahMatthews · Unread post by **DaveyeahMatthews** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 4:24 pm

taylor. martins are loud and are cool, but taylors have the sound i am looking for. i will never stop loving my 714ce

Trippin Hillbilly · Unread post by **Trippin Hillbilly** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:25 pm

DaveyeahMatthews wrote:taylor. martins are loud and are cool, but taylors have the sound i am looking for. i will never stop loving my 714ce

The first logical post in this thread. I'm a martin kind of guy but 714's are awesome guitars.

To whoever said you get you get more bang for your buck with taylors, an HD-28 is alot cheaper than a 914, for example.

Grasso · Unread post by **Grasso** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:21 pm

Trippin Hillbilly wrote:
DaveyeahMatthews wrote:taylor. martins are loud and are cool, but taylors have the sound i am looking for. i will never stop loving my 714ce
The first logical post in this thread. I'm a martin kind of guy but 714's are awesome guitars.

To whoever said you get you get more bang for your buck with taylors, an HD-28 is alot cheaper than a 914, for example.

You could say that the D-28 is cheaper than the 914, but the comparison depends on what guitars you think are of the same caliber.

Somone else might think that the D-28 is only worthy of the 714 (just an example), because neither is their respective brands' top model.

Both brands have their wicked expensive models (the D-50 and up for martin, the Presentation series for Taylor) but other than those, there's really no watermark to judge one off of the other, except for the prices. and Martin has way too many obscure little model to get an accurate comparison to one of the few Taylor models.

whatshername · Unread post by **whatshername** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:34 pm

martin

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DaveyeahMatthews · Unread post by **DaveyeahMatthews** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:06 pm

DaveyeahMatthews · Unread post by **DaveyeahMatthews** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:06 pm

its like saying whats better peanutbutter or jelly. some people get the shits from jelly. some people break out with hives from peanutbutter. all i know is i enjoy a nice peanutbutter and jelly sandwich with milk

DmbDan · Unread post by **DmbDan** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:40 pm

Haven't played a ton of Martins, but I love the clarity and snappiness (is that a word?) you get with Taylors. I wouldn't trade my 914 for a room full of Martins. Even DM3MD's. Haha. Like someone posted earlier though, it's all about the sound you're looking for. I think we can agree that Taylors and Martins sound different, and from there, its up to the individual. Just my .02

GSR · Unread post by **GSR** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:16 pm

whatshername wrote:martin

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I'm not even a guitar player, and I know that.

Grasso · Unread post by **Grasso** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:01 am

Then you should learn to be a guitar player, and know that it's not right :wink:

checkii · Unread post by **checkii** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:31 am

apples ARE much better than oranges.

sfmartins · Unread post by **sfmartins** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:31 am

Is this discussion gonna last forever? :shock:

Go to the store and play Taylors and Martins, then pick-up the other that fits your needs!

PS: Martin rocks! :lol:

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