[rockabilly69]

While I was testing out the new Collings mandolin that I bought, I did a lot of sound tests to determine if I was going to keep it. And one thing I noticed was, for my tastes, that Collings sounded much better with Thomastik Flatwound strings. Well I tried the same strings on my Breedlove mandolins.

Here's a direct comparison of the strings that I tried. D'Addario EJ74 Phosphor Bronze vs Thomastik Flatwound 154, on my Breedlove Quartz OF (A style with F-holes) recorded on the same mic, at the same distance.

The Thomastik sample starts @ 1:51