Martin vs D'Addario Strings

[OldMandolins]

Martin vs D'Addario Strings
What do you prefer ?

[violinvic]

Tried them all years aago.Used GHS for a while. I have stuck with Daddio 74 for many years. No reason to try anything else.

[Kevin Winn]

DAddario monels on the mandos
Martins on the acoustic guitars
Ernies on the Telecaster
LaBellas (or RotoSounds) on the basses

[mandolinstew]

D’Addario on one acoustic mandolin
Pyramid on two acoustic mandolins
Pyramid on electric mandolin
Pyramid on banjo
Thomastik on one acoustic guitar,
and one electric guitar
D’Addario on one acoustic guitar

[jim simpson]

I've stuck with D'Addarios

[Denny Gies]

Used J74's for years but got turned on to Elixir nano-web and love them. They sound great and last longer than any strings I have tried. No financial interest here.

[violinvic]

Tried them all years aago.Used GHS for a while. I have stuck with Daddio 74 for many years. No reason to try anything else.

I see DAddarios on all my instruments. Helicores on the doghouse and fiddles. J74 on mandolins, EJ17 on my dreads, EJ16 on the OHms.

[OldMandoMan]

In the '70s during the pro-playing years of my life I was changing strings every week & "tried em all" (that is the ones that existed back then). I settled on DAddarios as they were the only one's that actually maintained decent tone, sustain, and the tensile strength to stay in tune under my heavy hand for a whole week. It's kinda like Fords & Chevys though, "grandpa had a lemon" so the whole family hated Fords!!

[j. condino]

Why is this in the builders and repair forum?

[OldMandoMan]

Why is this in the builders and repair forum?

I guess the guy who started the thread was just "stringing' us along?" Sorry I got tangled up in the "winding of these tales!"

[mandolinstew]

Why is this in the builders and repair forum?

someone built the strings