OM String recommendations
I'm really enjoying my new Eastman MDO-305, but I'm interested in perhaps mellowing out the tone a bit. I'm a big fan of Sarah Jarosz's playing style on the OM, which to me is neither mandolin- nor guitar-ish, but similar to both. I read that she uses medium guitar strings because she says she finds OM strings "too tinny." I also know she endorses Elixir Nanowebs, but she doesn't give any details about whether she specifically uses Nanowebs on the OM, nor does she say anything about what gauges she uses.
I completely understand that no string is going to make my moderately priced A-style sound like her Fletcher Brock GBOM. I just mention her to give an example of the sound I'd like to work toward.
Any recommendations on strings/gauges that might mellow out the Eastman a bit? I like playing open chords and strums and it's a bit twangier than I really would like. Flatwound vs roundwound, nickel vs phosphor bronze, etc. I'm currently using the D'addario EJ-80's it came with.
-- Johnson MA-100 Mando
-- Eastman MDO-305 OM
-- 3 Seagull Merlin dulcimers (2GDG, 1DAD)
-- 1952 Harmony Roy Smeck guitar
-- Ortega Lizzie Ubass
-- Leigh Campbell electric violin
-- Pfretzschner violin
-- Glaesel viola
-- Ibanez acoustic/electric guitar
-- Misc: a cello, 2 cigarbox guitars, charango, djembe, slide dulcimer.
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