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Thinking of getting a 5 string and just wondering where you get strings and what gauges you use. JustStrings.com does do not carry any sets. Will standard electric guitar strings work? thanks y'all
mikeomando
Jun-04-2005, 9:28pm
There are lots of ways to get strings. www.emando.com sells 5 string sets. You can also just buy a set of guitar strings and put on your closest matches. The only string gauge I have set in stone is .011 on the E. The others are flexible. I'll pull out an emando later and write down the actual gauges and post them.
The C string on a 5 string is a matter of figuring out what works for you. I keep spare strings around from a .042 to .060 to use as a C string, depending on the Emando.
mikeomando
Jun-04-2005, 9:29pm
What 5 string are you thinking of?
mandroid
Jun-04-2005, 10:41pm
Mine was fitted with
009
013 plain,
wound
025
038 a bit larger guage, for the extra
052 frets of 15"scale length and
A-e-b-f#-c# tuning
will seek electric flatwound , for next replacements;
undoubtedly have to get guitar singles, priced by each.
On my Schwab 5-string I use a .009" or .010" E string and .036" or .038" low C string. I buy singles and pop the balls out.
My 10-string acoustic Stiver F-model came with a .042" low C, and most acosutic mandolins use .011" E strings. I see no reason to string an emando equally as taught as an acoustic mandolin.
Dennis Schubert
Jun-06-2005, 1:14pm
Buy a regular 6-string guitar set (0.009" or 0.010" first string) and toss out the unwound G string -- the other five will be pretty close.
Ted Eschliman
Jun-06-2005, 1:56pm
Martin Stillon, the world's foremost authority on emandodum sells them on his www.emando.com site...
A set of JS-110 Thomastik Electric Guitar Flatwound strings was my answer:
.010
.014
.018w (throw away...)
.023
.033
.044
Nice warm tone, dig the smooth flatwound feel. Good harmonic fundamental in the low side. Sound great on my Mann Electric 5-string.
Wow, thanks for all the great ideas...sounds like electric guitar strings will indeed work...
If you go the singles route, after you've settled on the gauges you prefer you can purchase singles by the dozen and save money in the long run.