Martin Authentic Acoustic Guitar Strings, Superior Performance Custom 11.5-47, Silk & HT Steel

These strings are similar to the monel strings Toney Rice used. Nickel strings. They are just sulked. Really are warm! No bright overtones. You can hear the actual voice of the guitar. The 11.5 - 47 tension, are so easy to play. Far more easy on left hand. Especially with a low action. Try them out! You won’t be sorry. Try them with a Dawg style pick. Phenomenal tone!

I don’t know what I can say that hasn’t already been said in a million other reviews. These are great strings. I put them on my 53 Gibson LG-01. It’s a smallish concert body with ladder bracing. These strings put significantly less pressure on the bridge than traditional strings. Sounds just as good as thicker PBs. The tone is lovely.

I've had these on my Breedlove Stage Concert acoustic for several days now. I have used Elixir and D'Addarrio mostly, but those were 13's and 12's and just tough to play on. I use 9.5's on my electrics, so I thought hey I wonder if there's an 11.5 gauge for acoustic... These were the only ones I've found so far. I couldn't find an answer before they arrived but wanted to share they are indeed steel strings (I mostly had concerns about the makeup of the B and high E), so the silk part is either at the ball end and/or part of an inner wrap on the wound strings. Also, I believe the gentleman that posted a video here saying these are horrible don't buy them possibly had his high E and G tuned an octave too low or something - it didn't sound quite right in the clip nor anything like mine did when I got it tuned up proper. Nice warm tone in my opinion. Quite a looser feel compared to the other brands/gauges I've tried so far. I can definitely do a full step bend on acoustic now when tuned to standard pitch. But I also sanded about 1/16th of an inch off my saddle when I changed to these so I'm not entirely sure how much of the change was doing that versus the strings themselves. 1/16th is not that much though. First impression, these strings may be my new personal choice for my acoustic. I'll update the review if something goes haywire later.

Light gauge moderate resonance

The best strings for my Martin, so pleased to find them on Amazon.

These strings are bright and have good sustain, they do feel a bit softer to the touch on the wound strings, amazing value given the price and I definitely would recommend to anyone. I use them on an ovation pinnacle and they stayed in tune after manually stretching them once and maybe after a day of playing...I can't speak to the durability because I only just got them, but after 2 weeks they still look and sound like new

Great sound and smooth playing. Very happy with these strings. I still prefer Ernie Ball, but these are a nice substitution.

For Dreadnoughts and other large body guitars, I agree with other reviewers, these strings are easy on the fingers but overly bright and lack body and volume of heavier strings. Now, put them on a small body guitar and it's completely different kettle of fish, as they say. I have a couple of small body guitars and I've always been frustrated with the boominess of the low E, A and D strings. As you know, if you have one, the short scale means you need thicker strings to maintain tension. The problem with this is that the lower wound strings can sound boomy as they overdrive the small spruce or mahogany top. To solve this, I went to StingJoy and bought a $20 set of custom 12-47s. It worked! To my ears, my Dreadnaught Junior and McPherson Touring guitars sounded so much more balanced while maintaining tension top to bottom. Now, to save money, I have turned to Martin MA130 Silk and Steel strings. I am willing to give up a bit of tone to save $13 per set. If you have a small body guitar, you should test these affordable strings and see if you agree with me.

They sound so nice, put on my travel acoustic-electric. they dont put much strain on its weak neck and i prefer the sound to standard string

Mis favoritas. Muy duraderas y de calidad.

自分の指先にあった固さで、とても弾きやすいですね。

Good

Molto morbide e gentile sulle dita. Suono che assomiglia a quello delle cord di nylon, rispetto a corde simili della D'Addario. Le consiglio per i principianti o ad esempio per i bambini/ragazzi, inutile iniziare con corde dure, falsano la percezione delle proprie capacità all'inizio. Oppure per chi come me suona in casa per se stesso e non ha bisogno né di generare chissà che volume né di avere un suono metallico puro. E non vuole soffrire a suonare corde molto più in tensione che mettono alla prova mano e polpastrelli. Ovviamente, essendo corde a bassa tensione, quasi sicuramente se si proviene da corde regolari si dovrà regolare il truss rod della chitarra acustica un paio di giorni dopo averle montate. Il truss road è un inserto metallico del manico che regola il modo in cui il manico si oppone alla tensione delle corde. Con una chiave a brugola giusta e qualche ricerca su internet è facile e alla portata di tutti.