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My home base is bluegrass, so my default strings are D’Addario EJ75 med/heavy strings to push the top harder. But if the mandolin is lightly built, the extra tension might actually “smother” the tone. It really is horses for courses, but my experience specifically with Eastman is that heavier strings tend to help tame the glassiness/brightness/shrillness that many people complain about with their Eastmans.