PB strings for playing fiddle tunes on archtop?

[OKCtodd71]

So if I want to use my carved spruce top to play bluegrass on, would you suggest any particular strings? I've got D'Adarrio exp16 coated on it now, not in love with them.

[sid45]

try the Ds uncoated for starters, but Id say go to a store and buy several different types and hear them for your self, take suggestions from here and go "buy em and try em !" sid

[mr. beaumont]

Really like 80/20's on an archtop.

They're painfully bright for the first few hours or hard play, but after that, they mellow out nicely in a way Phosphor never does.

[Ten]

I’d probably start with Martin Darco 80/20s just because Dave Rawlings.

[Steve DeRosa]

Martin Retro Monel MM13's...