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Old 06-27-2011, 02:33 PM
Alpione Alpione is offline
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Originally Posted by Infi-del View Post
However, the Taylors both seem to fret easier and I can play them for longer periods of time than I can the Martins. Don't get me wrong, both of the Martins fret easily as well and play smooth.
I don't have a good answer for you, but I've noticed the same thing. For the record, I love both guitars and my next guitar will most likely be a mahogany Martin of some sort. But almost all Taylors that I've played have played easier than the Martins I've played.

Martin afficionados explain this away by saying that all guitars play equally well with a good setup, but I haven't found that this holds water. And you're a good example - same setup, same strings, etc, but the Taylor wins out in playability.

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