This a demo of Martin Luxe Kovar strings that I put on my 1971 Martin D18 last Friday. These strings were introduced recently and some of Martin’s new guitars have been shipping with them. They are not coated, but the wrapping wire is a cobalt alloy which purportedly gives them high corrosion resistance. If you search “Martin Luxe Kovar” you can get some online discussion and even some controversy around the new strings.
I am using custom light strings (52-11) and 55mm bluechip pick.
Here’s the link to the Martin site:
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