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Old 12-26-2016, 09:33 PM
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Default Different Guitars - Different Sounds

My favorite guitars are Taylor's BUT I appreciate Martin's for their unique sound. For comparison I used a Taylor 414ce and a Martin GPCPA4. I had to work on the Martin's neck setup but when I finished it played as well as the Taylor. As far as the sound they couldn't be more different but not in a bad way. Taylor's and Martin's have different tonality - bright vs. deep. That's their personalities and they should be appreciated and compared with that in mind. For plugged in sound the Taylor has the ES1 vs. Martin's newer Aura. Again both have excellent sound. I had to reset he Martin's jack socket so that my cord seated properly. I think that Martin's separate jack is a better solution than Taylor's jack in the strap button. Overall both are excellent guitars. My only negative is that the Martin's neck setup was poorly done and the jack setup was frustrating. An hour of tweaking put the guitar in the setup that it should have been delivered in.
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