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Old 11-29-2006, 10:54 PM   #1
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Martin vs Taylor?
If you had to pick, which one would u get?


I have a martin and LOVE it, so i personaly think martin is probably 12 times better then taylor...more full(with elixers)

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Old 11-29-2006, 10:57 PM   #2
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Though I'd pick Taylor.
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Old 11-29-2006, 10:57 PM   #3
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This should be in the guitar forum. Also, I think that it's all a matter of opinion, and objectively speaking, no guitar is better than another, only preferential due to a subjective bias.
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Old 11-29-2006, 11:07 PM   #4
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Yes - pretty subjective. I don't care for Taylor necks as a rule, but have played Martins I wouldn't give you a quarter for, too.
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Old 11-30-2006, 06:36 AM   #5
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I'd get the Tayor...T5
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Old 11-30-2006, 07:00 AM   #6
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This should be in the guitar forum.
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As for Martin vs. Taylor.... verrrry different guitars as far as I'm concerned. But, I'd go for the Taylors any day, simply because I've had a better experience with then and overall like the sound of their guitars better.
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Neither, I would get a Seagull.

Both seem like well made guitars to me. Seems me the choice is mostly a matter of tonal preference. One of the reasons I chose the Seagull was that the tone was somewhere between a Taylor and a Martin.
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Old 11-30-2006, 07:29 AM   #8
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Which Martin and which Taylor?

Too many variables in both makes to draw a general conclusion but I will say that in my experience I've enjoyed playing Martin guitars more than Taylors.
That said, I too would pick a Seagull over either.
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I love the deep sound my martin has, to me their more versitle then taylors
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It should be a pretty well known fact, though, that Taylor has a monopoly on the CCM industry.

In my folk group, one of us plays a Taylor, one of us plays a Martin, and one of us plays a Seagull. We all still sound like ourselves however many times we swap around guitars, though.
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Old 11-30-2006, 11:29 AM   #13
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I know of only two worship leaders in CCM that use martins, and thats Kristian Stanfill and David Crowder.
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I know of only two worship leaders in CCM that use martins, and thats Kristian Stanfill and David Crowder.
Does it matter?
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Old 11-30-2006, 11:38 AM   #15
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Taylor's are bright sounding. Martin's are full-sounding? Verdict? Martin.
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The key to great tone is really found in the kind of hand soap that you use.
For years I used a typical off-the-shelf bar-type soap and I had no idea that, even though I rinsed properly and thoroughly after every cleansing, there was still a soap scum residue on my hands and fingers.
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Then, on a whim, a few years ago I wandered into a Bath and Body Works store at a local mall and picked up some of their gentle foaming anti-bacterial hand cleansers.
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