my martin

garythewiz

a taylor 510 that I had 4 years ago


I've always liked dreadnought guitars, for their power and sustainability. You can strum, as well as fingerstyle. The greatest thing with taylor guitars is that they play very well. low action and amazing fretting. this 510 model has mahogany back and sides.

2 years later, i part exchanged it for a martin d-41 (east indian rosewood back and sides)



i guess it's every guitarists' dream to own a martin, let alone a top of the range one. I basically traded in my taylor which i bought for roughly 12,000 HKD (hong kong dollar), and paid a whopping 15,000 extra for the martin. well, all i can say is, it's worth every penny.




Comparing the martin and the taylor, i'd say the taylor plays better fresh from the factory. the martin was a bit difficult to play to start off with, the action was a bit high and it felt a bit stiff to play. (as it is very often the case with martin guitars, they get better and better over time). So after 3 years of heavy playing, as well as some minor adjustment on the neck, this is now one hell of a guitar to play. The sound is just heavenly, as many people draw analogy to the so-called 'bell' sound. Least to say, it looks stunning, with the exquisite pearl inlays.

I dont think i would need another guitar in the near future, but ultimately, I would like to get my hands on a Collings. that is if i have a spare dollar.

红色枫叶

:'( 对英文肓来说就只能看那两支牛琴了、、我就是:'(

七刀开柚

有朋友说看不懂，那俺就翻一个：

泰勒510，我4年前买的。


我喜欢D型吉他，他们声音洪亮，延音好。你可以用它玩敲击，也可以玩指弹。这把泰勒最棒的地方就是手感极佳，弦距很低。它的背侧板是桃花心木的。

2年后，我用泰勒再加一点钱换来了这把马丁 d-41（东印度玫瑰木的背侧板）

我猜每个吉他手都梦想有一把马丁，更不要说这是顶级型号之一。我把当年花了12000港元买的泰勒卖掉，再加15000港元才换来这把马丁。但我觉得，真的很值得。


对比一下马丁和泰勒，我想说，泰勒刚出厂时弹上去更棒。而马丁刚开始弹时不怎么样，弦距有些高，手感涩涩的。（这是马丁的特点，它们总是会随着时间流逝越弹手感越好）。所以被“蹂躏”3年后，它已经变成天堂级别的吉他了~当然我也小小地作了一些手感上的调节。声音有如天籁，一些人比喻这种声音叫什么“银铃般的”声音。最后再说说外表，因为配上一些精致的镶嵌装饰，她看上去也是很迷人的。

我想可能近期内不会再换吉他了。但是我的终极目标是能够摸到Collings，当然前提是我得足够有钱。

很玄的东西

香港的琴友，奇怪H K人民喜欢用英文啊。呵呵。谢谢刀刀了。

garythewiz

thanks for the translation 七刀开柚, I would type chinese if I knew how to.
do u know of any easy-to-use programs for chinese typing?

Avania

seems that you have no difficulty reading Chinese. So just dont worry about it pal, we got this. btw, it's a good chance for the guitarists here to practice a lil bit English.
Back to the point, those were two amazing guitars, though i havent touched either Martin or Taylor. Wiping me green eyes. :(

小川

哇靠~~~
修别..你果然会说英语.. :'(   教我教我...

kuailefengzi

今天刚考完英语四级·····:)

jcks

多谢柚兄翻译,辛苦了
好琴啊,羡慕

acoustica

原帖由 garythewiz 于 2008-5-26 19:17 发表
thanks for the translation 七刀开柚, I would type chinese if I knew how to.
do u know of any easy-to-use programs for chinese typing?

If you know PINYIN, download the google PINYIN IME, it's very easy to use.

mini_studio

太喜欢Taylor了，正在存钱啊

柳傻傻

都好有钱哦.不知道存十年够不够

浮花流影

Taylor和Martin那个更好一些? 从各个方面来比～

garythewiz

我終於學會了打中文﹐在這跟你分享一下taylor 和martin 的分別吧。

taylor 的琴大部份也很容易彈﹐琴弦的高度非常的適中﹐尤其是對我們這些指彈的。琴聲也不賴﹐入門級的型號已經非常的不錯。所以我的建議是如果你想找一把大概 rmb10,000 以下的琴﹐taylor 一定不會令你失望。

對於那些對琴的要求比較高﹐願意花多一點點的朋友們 martin 應該是不二之選。我相信所有彈吉他的也會夢想擁有一把martin 吧﹖尤其對外國音樂有認識的﹐也會留意到大部份歌手也是拿著一把martin的。
martin 的吉他也比較保值﹐尤其高型號的(D -40 或 OM- 42 等等)﹐5 - 10 年後可能會升值。聲音來說﹐martin 是比較有個性的。不是說它們的音色比taylor 的好﹐只是比較特別就是了。

希望我的愚見幫倒你吧

cyn1

我穷人一个.找把普通的慢慢练.

realism

so cool~:P

SZ天天

羡慕死我.......

123leon

these guitars are really beautiful . in china, a martin guitar  costs at least 8000RMB

zdxzqn

很想听听这琴的音色。