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Martin Guitar Authentic Acoustic Flexible Core MA500FX, 92/8 Phosphor Bronze, Extra Light...

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

The quality is excellent and the sound is nicely balanced. The 10 band eq allows me to tighten-up the low end and tame the upper high frequencies. The tone seems a little jangly at first, but they settle down nicely.

They are recommended by tommy. They are on the expensive side but i intend to switch to them. Only downside is they don't last long and are kind of pricey. After trying a bunches of brands. Give them a try.

The strings have a very pleasinggold tone appearance even the unwound strings. Nice deepness but also brightness in the strings without being brittle. Even when using light gauge, your fingers can get sore.

They have less tension then sps and are easier to play.

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Quality

The quality is excellent and the sound is nicely balanced.

These are great strings, excellent tone and lifespan.

Couldn’t recommend more and being martin i’m sure they will last a long time.

One thing i've found, in researching so many comments on string types - is this is just about the most subjective product one c... Read More

Price

For the price, these are worth a try and i have no regrets, especially as practice strings!

Just cannot be beat at any price.

These strings are 1/3 the price of elixirs.

And, boy do they last for the price.

Shipping

I really like the fact i can get these strings in different sizes, delivered amazon prime straight to my home (sometimes same d... Read More

Competitiveness

These strings have an excellent "soft" hand, similar to savarez argentines, and work perfectly for fingerpicking my old martin ... Read More

Compared to high end strings costing 4 times as much these martin fx excel.

Cant compare to other brands as i am only a beginner.

Obviously they aren't going to sound as crisp because of how slack they are but i feel like others i've tried have sounded better.

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This product had a total of 1,861 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 2 2024.