Tried it quite a bit over the years, just about the age you are now, coincidentally. I used to buy singles for them all and make my own sets...12's on the E's, 17's on the A's at one point, mixed the gauges between odd gauges on everything and then even, odds on the plain, even on the wound, some steel, some bronze, blah, blah, blah. I think Uncle Norman still does it. There are some things you can fix with it, some not. It just turns into another fanaticism after a while. Main thing I've found is that it varies from mandolin to mandolin. #536 don't like the heavier strings, but #500 did. Go figger...
Tbug On Feb 3, 1:48 pm, David Long <[email protected]> wrote: > This might be of interest to some. > > I don't know about some of you, but I frequently pick up my mandolin and am > immediately struck with the slightest sense of annoy regarding tension and > thickness of the E strings. Then it hit me: Why not a .012 gauge? So I > found some tenor banjo strings (.012) with loop ends and BINGO! Problem > solved. Maybe the luthiers on here could weigh in but they don't seem to be > too heavy. I'm using them with the Exp-J74s. > > My next experiment is the J-74's on the G and D's, 75's on the A's, and .012 > tenors on the E's. Has anyone else ever tried this? > > Reporting live, > Miles -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
