D'Addario EJ80 Phosphor Bronze Octave Mandolin Strings, Medium, 12-46

I buy these strings for my tenor banjo. That way i get two sets for the price of one. Doesn't hurt that they sound pretty good too.

I actually got these for a banjo of mine and just use one pair for each string, then have a back-up for later. I recently, though, purchased an Octave Mandolin and put them on there yesterday. In both cases they put out a beautiful sound with both instruments, and while you have to press down a little but harder since they are medium gauge, that doesn't last very long if you practice with frequency. I would definitely recommend these to anyone. Not to mention D'addario is a wonderful company and I have used many of their various types of strings for banjo, mandolin, and now OM.

These are good strings but like most uncoated strings do not last all that long. I wish that D'Addario would make these in a coated version.

Perfect!

Item fits my octave mandolin just fine, and sounds good.

My mandocello uses ball end but its not too difficult to mount the balls in the loop end while changing the strings. Recycled the same ball pieces now through four of these string sets.

These are the best I have found for Octave Mandolin.

Very bright full sound love D’Addario strings! Only ones I buy for my acoustic instruments!

Product is as advertised. Thank you.

Belle

Consistently good quality strings. There aren’t many companies out there that do Octave Mandolin strings - these are great - bright tone with some depth in the lower ranges.

Tienen un sonido fuerte y limpio. Lo que ocurre es que quizás son un poco gruesas de más, compré la mandola de segunda mano y las cuerdas que llevaba eran más finas. Con estas cuerdas tengo que apretar más fuerte los dedos para que el sonido sea limpio. He leído por ahí que hay personas que le ponen a la mandola cuerdas de mandolina. He comprado un juego de cuerdas de mandolina y las voy a probar, a ver qué tal.

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