Marty threw on some FW-74's on my Jacobson. These strings sounded awesome on my mando. Of course I haven't heard it with different strings yet. Anyways, I love the fact that they are flat wound which makes chording and sliding very fast. The only issue I had with these strings is that they lost their ring a little quick. For the extra cost compared to the phosphor bronze I would like for them to keep up a little longer than two weeks. What do you guys use for jazz playing? I've tried just about every string for bluegrass and ended up using J-74's on everything I have. I always get a good couple of months out of them. Once I'm out of my current stash I'm going to try DR-11's on my grassy mandos per Ivan's suggestion.
If the FW-74's are my best option then I will live with it....
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