Re: what strings do you use.
Originally Posted by
mandolin tony
I tell you the one brand I don't like are black diamond. maybe that should have been the title, what strings do you dislike & avoid.
And that's why you should do your own experimentation. I have a set of Black Diamond strings on my Breedlove Quartz and they sound pretty good. You need to figure out what sounds good on your mandolin, not what someone else wants on your mandolin.
David Hopkins
2001 Gibson F-5L mandolin
Breedlove Legacy FF mandolin; Breedlove Quartz FF mandolin
Gibson F-4 mandolin (1916); Blevins f-style Octave mandolin, 2018
McCormick Oval Sound Hole "Reinhardt" Mandolin
McCormick Solid Body F-Style Electric Mandolin; Slingerland Songster Guitar (c. 1939)
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