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Tim
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2025
These strings are not for every guitar. But, if you get them on the right one, they are wonderful. If your guitar has a top that is very responsive to lighter gauge strings, these are awesome. They feel great on the fingers and strum beautifully. If you are an aggressive strummer they may not be for you either, but if you can control your dynamics they're great. I recently put these on a carbon fiber topped guitar and they absolutely sing and are a joy to play.
T B
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2025
I finger pick and these feel so playable. High quality, pretty warm for the gauge. Easy to bend. Highly recommend.
Brian
Reviewed in Canada on September 16, 2024
I can't comment on the durability yet, but over the past few weeks, playing my dreadnought with these strings has been an excellent experience. They're very comfortable and still sound great
Na
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2024
Absolutely my favorite guitar strings. They easier to play, but I think they still have a great sound to them.
360Media
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2024
These strings sound amazing on my Alvarez and they last a long time. They bend pretty well too. I ordered more, then got ALS and now I have to sell my guitars. I highly recommend these strings. The best I've ever owned.
KAR & KWR
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2024
After trying smaller gauge strings on my Epiphone acoustic/electric, this set ended up being the perfect gauge for this guitar. The flexible core on the wound strings seems to make the action easier.
Old Rascal
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2024
I've played the Martin Silk-N-Steel strings for years on my Blueridge Custom Shop acoustic cutaway electric guitar. When Martin came out with the 92/8 Phosphor Bronze Flexible Core MA130FX I tried a set and have been playing these ever since. I like the tone and playability of these strings. I don't like the brighter sounds of most strings and really like the tones of the silk and steel strings. My personal preference. I lean towards the blues and jazz tones. I change strings fairly often, as soon as the intonation hints that it's going out. I play from one end of the neck to the other end and enjoy a finely tuned instrument. I play thru a Laney A1 acoustic amp tied to a pedal board with a SuperNatural Reverb and Hall of Fame Reverb pedal, a Boss delay, Bodyrez pedal, 10 band EQ, Spark Booster, a tuner and a Diamond Kill Switch Plus along with a good clean abundant supply of power. The 10 band EQ allows me to tighten-up the low end and tame the upper high frequencies as the middle of the EQ is flat. All of this combined with the Martin strings gives me a tone that sounds great when playing live or recording.
Fabio
Reviewed in Italy on September 17, 2022
Le ho prese inizialmente per la chitarra Eko di mia figlia, 13 anni, che già suona ma con corde bronzo regolari fa un po' fatica. Ora le ho prese anche per la mia Cort.Sono esteticamente molto belle e ben fatte. Il suono è pieno e ha profondità ed effettivamente sono molto più flessibili al bending. Creano meno tensione senza però perdere volume o tonalità.Non sono morbide come le silk and steel Le silk and steel hanno una morbidezza estrema e un touch confortevole ma che testituiscono anche un suono molto dolce (mellow) e sono di colore argento invece che ambrato.Non credo ci sia paragone con le silk and steel in tema di morbidezza, ma hanno certamente una buona suonabilità rispetto alle bronzo "normali".Se si viene da corde con maggiore tensione, sarà necessario regolare il truss rod per dare relief al manico. Operazione facile, basta inserire la chiave nell'innesto dentro la buca e fare 1/4 o 1/2 giro antiorario, ed eventualmente ripetere l'operazione il giorno dopo se non basta. Il manico è di legno e ha bisogno di alcune ore per assestarsi all trazione del truss rod.Quindi veritieri i dati dichiarati sulla tensione.Quindi, ottime per allentare la tensione sul manico e suonare più facilmente la chitarra, anche se rappresentano comunque una soluzione intermedia tra le bronzo e le silk and steel.
Guillermo T.
Reviewed in Mexico on June 28, 2022
La tensión de las cuerdas es suave, casi parecen de nylon.
SONA
Reviewed in Germany on February 25, 2021
nice tone, soft, pleasant to play
JPBTEW
Reviewed in the Netherlands on April 5, 2021
Snaar al stuk bij levering....... 😞
A. F. Butchart
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2021
This may help someone looking at these strings:I have a Martin Custom D (I believe it's basically a D-15 with a spruce top) that I bought a couple years ago as my lifetime guitar. I haven't even changed the strings on it yet, but they were getting old and grungy so it was time. I think they were Martin PB mediums. They sounded great, but I thought they were a tad high on tension and thickness. I play electric too so I prefer slightly lighter strings.I decided to give these Silk and Phosphor custom 11 Martins a try. Stringing them was a breeze as I could right away tell they were thinner and more flexible than the original strings. I could tell right away my Custom D lost plenty of volume. From the first chord I finger picked, I was a bit disappointed in the loss of volume and presence. I would be embarrassed to play my guitar in a bluegrass jam with these strings.On the other hand, for practicing around the house and fingerpicking, they are pretty dreamy. I would imagine to move up to the next gauge in these silk and phosphors would help bring up the volume a good bit. They also retain the guitar's natural sound profile, so playing is still a pleasure. The bass is drastically reduced but the mids and treble tones are still there. The guitar has lost some of that signature Martin ring and bass , but I know I can always get it back if I swap back to regular PBs. These strings definitely make my Martin sound a bit more like a Taylor strung with Elixirs, if anyone is interested, which I know most will not be. But it's good to know I can experiment and get different sounds out of the same guitar. For the price, these are worth a try and I have no regrets, especially as practice strings!Just thought I'd update this review: as these strings aged , they actually got better. I swapped them off my Custom D and onto a Martin OM-15. They lost any brightness but they still have a great fundamental tone. They sound close to Martin monel strings now. I still love them and they're getting dark with age but still ring true and sound amazing. Great value!
rsw
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2020
These strings have an excellent "soft" hand, similar to Savarez Argentines, and work perfectly for fingerpicking my old Martin M-38 sans fingerpicks. I prefer this type of string because I don't use this guitar to play out anywhere and since I only play it solo I don't need a lot of volume. The flex core is easy on my old hands, and they hold their tune very well. Only downside is they don't last long and are kind of pricey.
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