favorite strings for mandola?

[DougC]

I thought I'd ask my question here since there are more specialized instruments and sophisticated players.
I have a Collings mandola and need new strings.

1. favorite flat wound?
2. favortie round wound
3. what does Collings put on mandolas?

I'd also like the strings to be not so close to the edges. It seems that the outside strings, C and A are just as close to the edge of the nut as a mandolin. I feel the edge of the fingerboard when I play in first position. That's not the case with the mandolin.

Also if you get a new nut, do you consider the type of string before it is made? Or if you go back and forth between wound and flat should the nut be fit for the smaller diameter string set?

Thanks,
Doug

[DougC]

I went to the Collings website and found:
Factory Strings: D'Addario J-76 (.015"-.052")

So that answers one question. Maybe I'll ask them about the nut spacing.

[fox]

Hi Doug, you might get a better response if you ask your question on the CBOM thread ... http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/fo...ay.php?50-CBOM