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    Does anyone know where I can order ballend mandocello strings. I see only loop end sets and don't feel confident in doing the modification to ball end myself.
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    It is very easy. Cut the ball ends out of old guitar strings. You need a good pair of small long nose pliers and wire cutters. Insert the ball end into the open loop and crimp it tight. You may want to give the A strings one twist after you crimp. You can also buy single guitar strings (D'addario) from Juststrings in gages that will match or be close. The .074 C strings are close to a Baritone guitar. Otherwise , You probably would need to special order ball end strings. I suspect most mandocello strings are made for the Old Gibsons so that is perhaps why it is hard to find ball end string sets.

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    If you know what guages the strings are you can always buy individual ball end guitar strings.

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    Thank you both for your suggestions. I think I will first see if I can find the guages I need in baritone guitar, acoustic bass guitar etc and then if not I'll give the string modification a shot. What do I have to lose. Right? Steven
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    NFI, but Just Strings.com has quite a variety of sizes/compositions of strings in singles and in bulk.

    I've bought there when I was experimenting with string gauges for my bouzouki, and I wanted all ball-end strings.

    As for cutting the brass nuts out of ball-end strings, it's pretty easy with a good, sharp pair of wire cutters. #I find that I just have to grip the ball without getting the string. #Of course, it helps to have some extra strings around in case I do cut the loop, too. #

    I've found less variation to be available among loop-end strings than among ball-end strings, so I've cut the brass out of a lot of strings now... # Of course, I could have been looking in the wrong places for a variety of loop-ends...

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    Post Re: Mandocello strings

    I found ball end strings for my mandocello @ "www.emando.com". They sell ball or loop ends for many 8 string instruments. They even have a special set for my Eastman Mandocello. Hope this helps!

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