I own a 1950 Martin style A mandolin. It sounds very nice with Martin M400 10-34, resonant and sweet. But for my taste the E string (.10) is too flabby. Maybe ok when played with soft pick.
When the instrument came to me it was equipped with a 11-40 set. The strings were coroded to black. They must be on for decades. Without damage on the mandolin.
In previous postings I read the recommondation to string this kind of mandolins only with light gauges. I would like to try Thomastik 154 stark (heavy) or the EFW74 wich were a touch lighter than EJ74. Any experience or advices? Maybe there was a string recommendation in oder Martin catalogues?
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