D'Addario EJ70 Phosphor Bronze Mandolin Strings, Ball End, Medium/Light, 11-38

It's great the sound quality, the value was just okay.

Great sound quality and they last a long time. Came in clutch when I needed strings before a show.

As advertised arrived quick

These are great strings. Not a ton of ball end choices that I've seen so we've settled on these and are very satisfied. My daughter has an Ovation that requires the ball end. She practices daily and does a 2-3 hour set with her band about once per month. The last pair was still pretty strong after 6 months, but I insisted she change. She was hesitant, but once I got them on she saw the additional brightness you get with new strings. That is to say, these strings will have good sound for much longer than you will likely elect to keep them. Thumbs up.

I bought these on accident. i meant to buy bouzouki strings. i love the way these sounded none the less. deep rich bass strings

Using these on my Eastman MDO-305 Octave Mandolin, tuned GDAD. This is my third set of D'Addario strings, starting with the standard EJ80's that came on the instrument, then the EJ76 mandola strings, and now these. I much prefer the sound of these over the other two. They have a very warm sound and only a slight difference in volume. The sound is more uniform from low to high, which gives more fullness to the chords. Almost like playing through a chorus pedal. I like that all four courses are wound strings so there's not a noticeable change in tone going from one string to another. Excellent choice for mandola or OM, especially if you play open chords.

These strings are awesome. Great sound. Love the light gauge, easier on the fingers. Will definitely buy more of these next time I need to restring my mandolin.

I looked over some reviews and came across a few stating the high e popped when first tuning. I also read one or two stating that if you tune the strings to a lower note and let them stretch, the string will be more receptive to the high e tuning. I took the advice to let the strings marinate in the keys of a, b, c and d before attempting to hone into the e note. I feel this worked as my strings are settled in and keep their tone nicely. The strings have good tone and are responsive to hammer ons and pull offs. I will buy again.