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sticksANDstrings · Post by **sticksANDstrings** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 6:44 pm

I'm looking at either a low end Martin/Taylor (dreadnought) acoustic that sounds decent and has low action. I want something under $400 if possible. I have a few questions: (1) What low end Martin would be best? X series or standard series? (2) How good are the Martin Sigmas? (3) How much do low end (100 series-300 series)Taylor's run? (4) Which brand makes better low end guitars?

fatjack · Post by **fatjack** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 6:58 pm

sticksANDstrings wrote:I'm looking at either a low end Martin/Taylor (dreadnought) acoustic that sounds decent and has low action. I want something under $400 if possible. I have a few questions: (1) What low end Martin would be best? X series or standard series? (2) How good are the Martin Sigmas? (3) How much do low end (100 series-300 series)Taylor's run? (4) Which brand makes better low end guitars?

you'll be hard pressed to find any martin or taylor for under 400 dollars...

Roastbeef · Post by **Roastbeef** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 7:38 pm

fatjack wrote:you'll be hard pressed to find any martin or taylor for under 400 dollars...

I got my Martin DX1 for $380. It's a very basic guitar with HPL back and sides, spruce top, and some synthetic materials, but I like it. I just added a B-Band pickup and it sounds great. Here's a recording:

http://www.dmbtabs.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=4098

The Seagulls are good lower priced, yet quality guitars. Their necks are a bit wider than standard though, and why I went with the DX1 over the Seagull S6+.

ryopan · Post by **ryopan** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 6:01 am

dunno bout mart/tay...'s but you might look towards dean's as well. they play easy, have a bright punchy sound. i play a dean exotica and i love everything about it. just my $.02
good luck to you. 8)

ElGuitarrista · Post by **ElGuitarrista** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 10:53 am

I'll second the DX1.... really decent sound and playability for the money. I played one the other day at a Sam Ash store and was rather impressed.

PureDaveAddict · Post by **PureDaveAddict** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 4:57 pm

ryopan wrote:dunno bout mart/tay...'s but you might look towards dean's as well. they play easy, have a bright punchy sound. i play a dean exotica and i love everything about it. just my $.02
good luck to you. 8)

That would be cool if Martin and Taylor merged, and called themselves "Martay"... im sure the guitars would be kickass, but the name would just rock

ryopan · Post by **ryopan** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 2:19 pm

that would be some sweet guitars. it would end the whole martin/taylor debate as well....

isaac · Post by **isaac** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 2:27 pm

nooo, a debate would start where they'd ask "Are Martay's better than old Martin/Taylors?"

Ando · Post by **Ando** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 9:14 pm

sticksANDstrings wrote:I'm looking at either a low end Martin/Taylor (dreadnought) acoustic that sounds decent and has low action. I want something under $400 if possible. I have a few questions: (1) What low end Martin would be best? X series or standard series? (2) How good are the Martin Sigmas? (3) How much do low end (100 series-300 series)Taylor's run? (4) Which brand makes better low end guitars?

I don't know how many times people have said this.. but Check out Seagull guitars. I have heard nothing but good about them, just because it doesnt say Martin or Taylor on it doesn't mean that it's not a great guitar... maybe even better than some Martins. Anways you should give em a try

firedancer86 · Post by **firedancer86** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 9:23 pm

PureDaveAddict wrote: That would be cool if Martin and Taylor merged, and called themselves "Martay"... im sure the guitars would be kickass, but the name would just rock

yeah...minus the Martin

nothing under $400 from Taylor dude...but the 110's are under $1,000 lol

Pickles · Post by **Pickles** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 9:49 pm

ive played seagulls... i didnt like them.

Ando · Post by **Ando** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 9:54 pm

Ando · Post by **Ando** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 9:57 pm

I'm not basing all of this off my own personal oppinions/preferences, but off of a few experienced(20+yearsof) guitar players that I know.

thejoe · Post by **thejoe** » Sun Aug 03, 2003 11:11 pm

i have a '93 sigma dm4c
its quite nice... the neck is awsome.. but there is some buzzing on the very high frets... but what can i expect for a 10 year old guitar that cost me $220?
overall... its an awsome guitar... be sure to check out this brand
ive never played an actual martin.. but i would expect that they are comparable

rin · Post by **rin** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 12:15 am

check out a tacoma. i have one, and the ones in your price range that i've played have been really nice. in my experience, low end martins are kind of inconsistent--some are pretty good, some are horrible. just my opinion

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