Well I suppose it's good that you have extra strings David--12s or otherwise--as you broke the 74s I brought you in less than a set. What DO you do to that poor mando that makes it act out like that?
Whatever it is, keep doing it. B 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.
