D'Addario EJ70 Phosphor Bronze Mandolin Strings, Ball End, Medium/Light, 11-38

These strings are awesome. Great sound. Love the light gauge, easier on the fingers. Will definitely buy more of these next time I need to restring my mandolin.

These are great strings. Not a ton of ball end choices that I've seen so we've settled on these and are very satisfied. My daughter has an Ovation that requires the ball end. She practices daily and does a 2-3 hour set with her band about once per month. The last pair was still pretty strong after 6 months, but I insisted she change. She was hesitant, but once I got them on she saw the additional brightness you get with new strings. That is to say, these strings will have good sound for much longer than you will likely elect to keep them. Thumbs up.

Using these on my Eastman MDO-305 Octave Mandolin, tuned GDAD. This is my third set of D'Addario strings, starting with the standard EJ80's that came on the instrument, then the EJ76 mandola strings, and now these. I much prefer the sound of these over the other two. They have a very warm sound and only a slight difference in volume. The sound is more uniform from low to high, which gives more fullness to the chords. Almost like playing through a chorus pedal. I like that all four courses are wound strings so there's not a noticeable change in tone going from one string to another. Excellent choice for mandola or OM, especially if you play open chords.

I looked over some reviews and came across a few stating the high e popped when first tuning. I also read one or two stating that if you tune the strings to a lower note and let them stretch, the string will be more receptive to the high e tuning. I took the advice to let the strings marinate in the keys of a, b, c and d before attempting to hone into the e note. I feel this worked as my strings are settled in and keep their tone nicely. The strings have good tone and are responsive to hammer ons and pull offs. I will buy again.

Item description said phosphor bronze flatwound, I was sent steel. Not really an issue though, strings sound great.

I've not found fuller sounding mandola strings than the EFT76s. They're stiff and heavy, so they're not so easy to play and not suitable for all instruments, but they forcefully project a warm round tone. My other gripe is that the winding on the A strings is fragile and your frets will wear through the winding.... in a month or two for me.

Only flatwound strings I could find. Did a good job.

I am new to mandolin. After four weeks of playing, and wanting a slightly more mellow sound, I switched to these strings. I really like them. They are easier on the fingers, for one thing. Maybe that is more important to someone like me...small fingers...used to piano, clarinet and harp. Mandolin is QUITE a change for my fingers! Anyway, I got just what I expected....a somewhat easier "feel" and a somewhat more mellow sound. Suits me to a tee, as I play more towards the "classical" style rather than the more normal mandolin styles of music.