On Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at 7:37:27 AM UTC-4, Dr. Zontar wrote:
I'm a long-time guitarist who'd like to play a few songs on mandolin.
I have an inexpensive, but playable A-style mandolin with standard
gauge strings.
What I'd like to do is tune it like the top 4 strings of a guitar (D,
G, B, E - low to high). I'm sorry if this offends anyone. But I've got
over 20 years of guitar experience and I'm set in my ways. I'm having
a really hard time with standard tuning.
I've tried using guitar tuning already, but the strings are either way
too lose or too tight. What gauge strings do I need? I don't want to
damage the neck or break strings.
Please respond by email (drzontar@yahoo.com). Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
- Rich
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