The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #85251   Message #1578794
Posted By: kendall
08-Oct-05 - 10:35 AM
Thread Name: Why are Martin Guitars so expensive?
Subject: RE: Why are Martin Guitars so expensive?
Too many to count. And I didn't say that all Martins suck. I said their intonation sucks. However, a good luthier can cure that.

Lookie, I didn't decide that Taylor makes better guitars before I bought this one, I decided it after playing this one.
Everytime I go into this particular store, the owner hands me a guitar and says, "Try this one." I always humor him and have a go at whatever he's pushing that day, and at the time I was quite happy with my HD28 Martin, and to a lesser extent with my Gibson J-45.
I brought home the Taylor and the other two went by the boards. Both the Gibson and the Martin were two of the better ones I had ever played but neither could hold a candle to the Taylor.

I stand by what I said. For value buy a Martin; for playability a Taylor.