I know this has been addressed on here. I've even been a part of those threads and at the time thought the issues weren't that widespread. I'm using DR Rare medium gauge mandolin strings and I've been having a lot of issues with the wound strings lately. I change strings a lot. Partially because of how much I gig but also, I've got acidic hands that tend to eat through strings. I'm having a significant amount of the wound strings have the issue where they won't tune up, at all. It seems like its been about a string per set lately. What I mean by that is one string out of the 4 wound strings in a pack seems to be bunk. Sometimes D strings and sometimes G strings. Has anyone else continued to have this issue or noticed it seems to be getting worse? I love the sound of these strings but it's getting ridiculous. I reached out to DR and they said they haven't been getting any comments about this and to send them one that went bad... like I've kept one. I'm not looking for free strings and I think I'm just going to have to change to another brand but figured I ask for other's experiences with this first.
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