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Say You have a carved top mandolin where the top is not parallell to the strings at the bridge.

Is it more/less correct to fit the bridge parallell to the top (A), or strings (B) ?

To me (not a...

Yepp ! Thomastik strings are in a leauge of their own ... I've tried TI banjo strings with a wound 3rd (G) string ! :-)
And all TI strings I've tried feel and sound really soft and smooth !
Not...

Thanks !

I'd love to get my hands on a Collings mandola !
I've got a couple of Collings acoustic guitars here and they're pure magic ! :-)

Going to be interesting to see/hear what the...

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My Capeks:

A5 Blackline Mandolin
A4 "Blackline custom" Mandola

:-)

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Thanks !
A couple of questions :

- What strings do you use ?
- Is the bridge compensated "like a staircase from C to A" like in the image I linked to, or like an old Gibson H4 or Cumberland...

I've got a Capek oval hole A Mandola (tuned C-G-D-A) with what looks like the same kind of bridge as on many Collings mandola's I've seen pictures of.

Link :...