Re: Mandola Flatwounds for Eastman MDA315
I recently got a set of TI mandola flats but haven’t put them on yet and they are currently 1000 miles from me so I can’t check the lengths. But I did notice that the TI mandolin flats are the exact length required and no longer (with binding on each end.)
As for the wound A, they are wrapped exceedingly fine; even after I had played them a few days I didn’t realize that was a wound A until I ran my fingernail along it.
Eastmans are conventionally specced instruments and with a 16” scale there’s no way they won’t fit—if they won’t fit that, they won’t fit any mandola, which ain’t a good look for $90Cdn strings.
No it won’t take ball-ends. If you have them, you must carefully crush each one by grabbing the side of it with small pliers. Presto—loop ends. Better: don’t get ball-ends.
I very much like the TI’s but they are a high end habit and you need spares. The first set I got, none broke in 11 months (too long by about 5 months); when I changed them, I broke an E two days later.
You might start with dAddario flats, at 1/3 the cost of the TI’s they are good value. If you like them you will really like the TI’s. They last longer.
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Mandoline or Mandolin: Similar to the lute, but much less artistically valuable....for people who wish to play simple music without much trouble —The Oxford Companion to Music
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