Re: Best strings for a deeper sound....
I was gonna say try a pick first too, my Eastman sounds horrible with a 'standard' dunlop .60mm pick, thin and raspy.
Two words: Blue Chip
Preferably a thick one (60 or 80), with a round bevel (not the speed bevel), and that is as dark as you can go in a pick.
I love triangles so my preferred pick is:
TAD 80 BC with a round bevel, dark and loud, sounds like a million bucks...
Heavier strings make the instrument harder to play, a BC makes it easier, seems like a no-brainer to me.
The mando-voodoo route could help too, or just get another mandolin.
Davey Stuart tenor guitar (based on his 18" mandola design).
Eastman MD-604SB with Grover 309 tuners.
Eastwood 4 string electric mandostang, 2x Airline e-mandola (4-string) one strung as an e-OM.
DSP's: Helix HX Stomp, various Zooms.
Amps: THR-10, Sony XB-20.
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