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Soft Finger Picking 0:00 Picking Out Notes 1:29 Strummy Strum Strum 2:50 Hard Strummy Strum 3:52
Please “Like” and “Subscribe”. Thanks! ~ I don’t usually do “gear” videos, but I made this for myself and I figured I might as well share it. I traded in my beloved Guild D-55 because it was just too big, heavy, and difficult to play at this point, and I want to preserve my wrists. This Taylor 417e-R plays like a dream, but it is brand new and definitely not broken in. It’s not even set up yet, although the factory setup is pretty darn close. She’s a classic with Sitka top, Rosewood back n’ sides, Mahogany neck, and Ebony fingerboard. Taylor recommends D’Addario XS Phosphor Bronze Medium (13 - 56), and they are shipped with them. They are expensive at $20.00 a set, and I absolutely hate the feel of the coating. It's like 'wearing a raincoat in the shower', as they say. The Medium XTs (13 - 56) are better, but I still don’t like the coated feeling, or the lack of string noise. I’ve always used Martin Phosphor Bronze on my D-55, so I tried both MA550 Medium (13 - 36) and Light (12 - 54). The lights definitely have the most sustain, and I can dig in to a vibrato a bit deeper. The Mediums have a fuller, richer sound, but perhaps too much tension for me to use a big vibrato on chords. (See tension chart below.) Both Martin sets demonstrated here are heavier than what I used to use on the D55, which were Custom Lights (12 -52). Recorded au naturale with my iPhone. What do you think?
Set Tensions:
MA550: 190.90 lbs
XT: 185.27 lbs
XS: 180.70 lbs
MA540: 168.50 lbs
The songs I’m noodling are:
1. Don’t Know Why (Jesse Harris)
2. In Germany Before The War (Randy Newman)
3. Hiding Out (Pete Townshend)
4. Bird on a Wire (Leonard Cohen)
I own nothing. All credit to the songwriters. I’m lucky I have socks.
0:00 Soft Finger Picking
1:29 Picking Out Notes
2:50 Strummy Strum Strum
3:52 Hard Strummy Strum