I had been playing Mahogany Gibsons for the last few years before getting a new D28. In short order, the Martin started to become almost too grating and confusing to my ears that had become accustomed to that dry hog sound. It didn’t help matters that the Martin was also much louder.
Well I stuck with it and slowly my ears started getting used to the harmonic swirl of rosewood.
I wouldn’t underestimate the value of finding the right brand of strings. I always preferred Martin SP PB’s over D’Addario bc to my ears the D’Addarios had somewhat less going on. So far, that has been just the ticket, although I’m sure there are much more mellow strings out there -
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