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@Mrfredsporty , I don’t own a Martin guitar, but I decided to try Martin strings, along with a number of other strings. I picked Martin as my go to strings because of the tone, the playability and the price.
As far as gauge, that was easy for me. I went with light or extra light right from the beginning. The reason was playability and tone. I like the softer, more mellow tone of lighter strings. Also, they are easier on the fingers and better for finger picking.
For me, these decisions are always easy because I recognize I could change my mind any time I want in the future. Our guitar journey takes us places we never could have planned on or expected.
For instance, I have started playing songs with picks. I have messed around with picks from the beginning. I just never used them when I actually played. Now that new door could lead to my using heavier gauge strings on one of my guitars for use with a pick. Who knows. Since I use 10s it would be easy to go up to 11s or 12s. No need to go to the bridge cables that bluegrass players use, 13s. 🤣
MG 😀