Changing strings on a mandolin is possibly my least favourite thing to do - but i sure as heck like the end result !. I just take it one step at a time,& do things slowly - it's not a race !. If a string breaks close to ,or 'at' the loop end,i'd think that there was maybe a sharp edge somewhere, or that the loop was deffective. In over 50 years of playing banjo,guitar & now mandolin,that's never happened to me.
I think that most folk on here remove & replace one pair of strings at a time - i usually remove the A & E strings,& replace them from the centre outwards ie.
A strings first,then the
E strings. I then remove the G & D strings & do the same thing -
D strings first ,then the
G strings. If you use a string winder,take it slowly, & make sure that the strings wind on in a straight line = no kinks.
As i said,it's not my favourite thing to do,but i like the end result,& i've got 3 of the beasts !!,
Ivan
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