And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')
C.S. Lewis
try here http://emando.com/shop/strings8.htm
On my 4 string electric I have 9 13 24 34. I suppose gauge is down to personal preferance.
Last edited by sonic; Jun-26-2016 at 8:58am.
Look familiar?
On my Morgan Monroe mandocaster I use the Fender electric mandolin set.
http://tinyurl.com/jx82lcl
They are .011 E, .016 A, .026 D and .040 G nickel plated steel with ball ends. Musicians Friend sells them for $5.79 per set. Very recommended.
Len B.
Clearwater, FL
Last edited by lenf12; Jun-26-2016 at 11:04am.
I get my strings for my mandobird at Emando.com.
Along with a .056" low C those are the gauges I'm experimenting with on my next prototype build (more on that later!) and they do sound good at that gauge, with decent A and E response. Only complaint is they make bending notes harder than lighter gauges would - perfectly possible though. I also wonder if lighter gauges would sustain more and give a less mandolin and more electric-guitar like sound... that one's down to personal preference I suspect.
I don't think you can go much below a .036 on the G because you run out of travel on the saddle. I like .038, .024, .015 and .010.
Adding a Ball to Loop end strings can be done.. My FM 61 has thru body ferrules (4) so I use saved Cello string balls
and double up the loops on 1 ball.
E's break & Id have to slack the unbroken string, any how, if they did have separate balls.
writing about music
is like dancing,
about architecture
I like to keep the "feel" of my mandolins relatively consistent from one mandolin to another (even though the 1916 F-4 has the luxuriantly soft D'Addario EFW-74s). The Fender set referenced above for my mandocaster feels almost the same as my other acoustic mandolins, caveat that the Fenders are round wound and I use D'Addario EFT-74s Flat Tops on the acoustics. YMMV
Len B.
Clearwater, FL
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