about strings

[bart mcneil]

All the strings mentioned above are standard offerings so someone must like them somewhere. The only way to determine their suitability for you is for you to buy a set and use them. Discussing them without hearing them on your instrument really doesn't get you very far.

[bart mcneil]

All the strings mentioned above are standard offerings so someone must like them somewhere. The only way to determine their suitability for you is for you to buy a set and use them. Discussing them without hearing them played by you on your instrument really doesn't get you very far. in fact if you are looking for consensus it will get you nowhere.

[LongBlackVeil]

i think its kind of misguided to just choose a favorite set of strings and only use those for all your mandolins.

When i get a mandolin i make it a point to try out as many different types as i can, because each set of strings will sound different depending on what mandolin its on

[mandroid]

TI in OP's Portugal maybe able to get them for relatively less, within the Euro Zone ,
than US Made strings shipped abroad..

where US the whole shipping and import thing adds to the TI cost..

[DHopkins]

An observation: If you ask 25 mandolin pickers what kind of strings to use, you'll get at least 26 opinions. That also applies to picks.