Best D'Addario strings for me?

[dsanchezlared]

Hi!

I'm about to change my mandolin strings, and I wanted to buy new D'Addario strings, but I don't know which strings to buy (there are many of them: http://store.daddario.com/category/144863/Mandolin_Family ).

My mandolin is an electro-acoustic A-style mandolin, and I play Irish music and bluegrass, mainly.

Which D'Addario strings are better for me?

Thanks!

[Michael Lewis]

For electric response you need either nickel or stainless wrap strings, so JS74 (stainless) or J67 (nickel) should fit your application.

[dsanchezlared]

For electric response you need either nickel or stainless wrap strings, so JS74 (stainless) or J67 (nickel) should fit your application.

I play on acoustic most of the times, I just amplify it for my concerts.
Anyway, I think they'd be good.

[Tom Wright]

Correction: for magnetic-pickup best response you usually need steel or nickel. For piezo you can use anything. The J-74 bronze are the most popular.

[CES]

J-74's are about right...if you like a heavier guage J75s work well. I've gone as light as J62s (per manufacturer's recs) on my Flatiron pancake, and they work well on that mando but I don't think they'd do well on my bluegrass mandos (which seem to like the J75s, though my fingers like the 74s better :) )

[testore]

ABSOLUTELY LOVING JS74'S!!!!!!!!!!!!! Had them on for a week, they have settled in and they are JUST what I've been waiting for.