Qball, I use D'addario's mainly, the EXP74's. I tried the 75's, but #536 didn't respond well to them. Sometimes I use stainless steel because I really do like the sound of steel strings better, but they're pretty noisy, at least in my hands. I use the 80/20 bronze EXP77's on my F4. They feel/sound softer.
Monroe's action varied I think. Back years ago when he didn't trust anybody to work on it, the action was way up. Seems like the neck joint must've gotten too hot or something and the glue softened up enough to pull the neck up. You could nearly put your hand under the strings. He didn't like it, but didn't trust anybody to work on it. After he and Gibson made up, they reset it to standard specs. I had that mandolin at my house for a few days once(was scared to death the whole time). Bill came over and said for me to set the mandolin like I like it. It was set pretty low and he said he didn't like it, but the boys in the band had put it that way because, as he put it, "...they think I can't mash down the strings." So I put his action at the height I like it. Bill said, " I think that's better, don't you?" Tbug On Sep 6, 8:23 pm, qball <quinnb...@gmail.com> wrote: > er um...sloppyman here.... > I was just putting on a fresh set of strings last night and got the > old micrometer out... > it seems that i have been set up at 7/16 for some years now.... > chops nice and perhaps has a bit more volume but what the hey > I went ahead and dropped her down to 5/64 and will have a go at what > may be considered a more tater tone... > i certainly can use all the help i can get..thanks for the tip > > T....I was wondering what kind of strings do you use on your Gil F5's? > and do you recall what height bill had his strings at? > much thanks.... qball > > On Aug 28, 8:57 am, mistertaterbug <taterbugmu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Deep, > > I keep my action between 4 and 5/64 at the 12th. It is a compromise > > height; just high enough to keep from buzzing(but most any mandolin > > will buzz at the 5th fret on the G string, no matter what) and give > > you more "pop", but still have some sustain. Of course, lowering the > > action a little will give you more sustain and a pretty sound, but > > less whallop when you hit a chop chord. > > > TBug > > > On Aug 28, 1:13 am, deep <diptanshu....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > hi guys > > > i know lot of people play bluegrass with a high action. my eastman has > > > quite a bit of it i think! and though i love playing it on bluegrass > > > songs it become quite a challenge when i play swing style... > > > i am attacting this clip which accidentally shows the action. its > > > about 4mm at my 12th fret. may be a bit more. is that very high? or is > > > that what many people are coping with? > > > > my bridge is at the lowest and the nut action is fine. also my truss > > > rod is quite tight. perhaps i can turn it another quarter or so. still > > > there is quite a bit of neck relief. on top of that there are no set > > > up guys in india. can anyone tell me if this action too much? > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbO8zJ3ZDD4 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugmando@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
