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    • June 12, 2021 at 4:52 pm #9044
      Anonymous

        Any recommendations on brand of banjo strings.  Just broke mine😪.  Want something different, rather than what ever the music store has on hand.

      • June 12, 2021 at 6:38 pm #9051
        Jason
        Keymaster

          Mandy’s go to strings are Ernie Ball Earthwoods 2061, I like them a bunch too. Here is her affiliat Amazon link: https://amzn.to/2RUrkz9

          I’ve been experimenting lately too and am currently using a custom gauge set of D’Addario 10-24-17-13-10(or 11), i order singles from strings by mail and get a Phosphor Bronze 4th string.

          https://www.stringsbymail.com/electric-guitar-strings-8/daddario-9/electric-single-strings-39/plain-steel-loop-end-1007/

        • June 12, 2021 at 7:03 pm #9057
          Mandy
          Keymaster

            I’m always on the lookout for a better set.  I can tell you this – I very much dislike the Vega banjo strings.  Definitely a no go for me.  Very loose feeling and I had them on my banjo for only a few days I disliked them so much.  Haha.  Good luck Jeremiah.  I do like those Ernie Ball Earthwood Frailing strings for sure.

          • June 12, 2021 at 9:11 pm #9063
            Anonymous

              Jason,

              Tell me more about this phosphor bronze  4th string.  I have never liked the sound of my 4th string when I would fret down on it.  Anyway thank you Jason and Mandy for the info.  Oh Jason, family and I will rolling down south in August to Tennessee.  Wife and I went down last fall and loved it. Beautiful state.

            • June 13, 2021 at 9:03 am #9067
              Mandy
              Keymaster

                Jeremiah – I just looked up the EB Earthwoods that I like, that 4th wound string is Copper/Zinc.  Maybe that’s why I haven’t found another 4th string anywhere that I like except that one.

              • June 13, 2021 at 9:54 am #9068
                Jason
                Keymaster

                  Phosphor Bronze is just a wrapping that sounds better to me than nickel or stainless steel.

                   

                  https://www.stringsbymail.com/acoustic-guitar-strings-7/daddario-15/acoustic-single-strings-605/phosphor-bronze-loop-end-1009/

                  I’m thinking about trying a wrapped 3rd string too.

                  Interesting Mandy, I always thought the EB’s 4th string was phosphor bronze, guess I was wrong.

                   

                   

                • June 13, 2021 at 5:43 pm #9073
                  Chuck H
                  Participant

                    Just a side comment on copper alloys, for what its worth,  Copper/Zinc => Brass.   Copper/Tin => Bronze.

                    Chuck

                    • June 14, 2021 at 6:17 pm #9105
                      Mandy
                      Keymaster

                        Hey Chuck- thanks for the lesson there!  Clears that up.

                    • June 25, 2021 at 6:41 pm #9223
                      Anonymous

                        I believe the strings I had on before were Vega, but the Ernie Ball strings are lights out!  Huge difference, thank you for the recommendation!

                        • June 26, 2021 at 8:05 pm #9237
                          Mandy
                          Keymaster

                            Yep they are the best!  I just ordered more myself.  Goin’ back to them after trying about 5 different ones.

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