GHS StringsA270 Phosphor Bronze Mandolin Strings, Medium (11-40)

GHS strings are always a safe bet for good sound, whichever instrument you play.

thought i'd give these a try from all thepositive reviews. very sweet sounding, buthad to adjust the action alot because of lesstension. my breedlove mandolin likes a heavierguage. will use these till i need to replace,but will then go back to mediums.

Over the years I have noticed a decline in the quality of GHS. It seems these are no different. I bought these for a old Bacon Mandolin that needs the lightest strings possible. I have clean dry skin and stings last forever for me… but not these. Compared to some other light gauge strings these fell short on tone. Too bad I have two more sets.

Good tone and they are long lasting. These are always my go-to strings when I need to re-order.

I'd been practicing on/off for about a year on the strings that my mandolin came with and kept giving up on building calluses because of the pain and fingertip heat involved (I used to be a violist, so I'm not completely inexperienced with the callus-building process...but was still having a rough time.) These strings are soft enough that I can practice three-four times as long with no pain, which gives me way more incentive to keep going - and the calluses are gradually building up! I have no immediate plans to play the instrument publicly so the softer, more mellow tone is fantastic for my needs. It's actually a sweeter tone than the strings I had before, so while there may be something lost on volume, I prefer these all-around for my current use.

My favorite strings for my mandolin

As a new mandolin player, I was having break-in difficulty with the thicker strings that came with the instrument. These have allowed me to learn the finger positions of the instrument. They may not be as loud as the thicker ones, but good for learning the mandolin.I may put some .11's on at a later date, but for now, they work just fine. If you're playing with more than three other instruments, you're going to need a pickup anyway.

My fingers cant take the heavy strings anymore, problem is all the volume you loose when going with ultra light strings. Solution!!! Use heavier strings on the low end and the 09 and 13 on the high side. Ive been using the wound strings out of the a250 pack (24 and 36). I still get a strong chop on the low end while maintaining painless playing for the solos. Yeah, i know im buying two sets to get one, but it works, im playing music and thats what matters.

Exactly what I ordered. No problems at all.

All good

Top Quality

Excellent!

I bought these for use on a Gold Tone mando/banjo. It’s an older one with the 8” head.The recommendation from the maker was to use extra light strings, but the lightest normally found in high street dealers were 10-34, which I normally use on regular wooden mandos, but is one gauge too heavy.After trawling Amazon’s UK and US sites I found these GHS strings, the ideal gauge set, not overly expensive and made in The USA. All boxes ticked, so I took a chance on six sets. After around six months playing them I am very pleased. These strings have a good life, they settle quite quickly from being fitted and have a good tone. The indications are that one may get two or three gigs use from a set, I got six months of home use from the initial set I fitted.I will definitely reorder and would suggest buying six or more sets to keep the shipping cost per set to a reasonable level.Also worth considering if you find even 10-34 strings a bit hard on the fingers, mando type notwithstanding.