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Octave mandolin/bouzouki sets, bronze (acoustic or acoustic/electric)
Need some strings for your 8-string acoustic/electric octave mandolin or bouzouki? You've come to the right place. Choose an option below, or design your own set. (If you want 5-string or 8-string standard mandolin sets, octave mandolin sets, or mandocello sets, I also have those.) These are bronze acoustic strings meant to be used with a piezo pickup, not a magnetic pickup. Octave mandolin sets are for GDAE, GDAD, or ADAD tuning with all strings tuned in unison pairs. The Irish and Greek bouzouki sets are the ones to use if you want to tune with octave pairs on the lower courses (which is optional for Irish players but pretty much obligatory for Greek ones). Here are the details:
String
Octave mandolin: GDAE
(unison pairs)
   
Heavy
(19–20")
Med.
(21–22")
Light
(23–24")
Ultralight
(25–27")
 
Strings up to .016" are plain steel; heavier strings are roundwound with phosphor bronze. Sets are available with either loop-end or ball-end strings. You will automatically get ball-end strings unless you specify loop-end.
G (4th)
.054 .046 .044 .040  
D (3rd)
.038 .034 .032 .028
A (2nd)
.024 .024 .022 .016
E (1st)
.013 .013 .012 .011
String
Irish bouzouki: GDAD or ADAD
(octave pairs)
Greek bouzouki: CFAD
(octave pairs)
 
PRICE: $8 a set, plus shipping.

PAYMENT: To buy octave mandolin or bouzouki sets using PayPal, simply make your selection below:
Gauge
End

To pay the old-fashioned way, use the shipping rates at the left and send a check or money order payable to
Emando.com
8027 242nd St SW
Edmonds, WA 98026
G (4th)
.040/.016
C (4th)
.028/.014
D (3rd)
.028/.012
F (3rd)
.022/.011
A (2nd)
.016/.016
A (2nd)
.014/.014
D (1st)
.012/.012
D (1st)
.011/.011
 
PRICE: $8 a set, plus shipping.  
Domestic shipping via U.S. mail
 
1 set
$5.50
 
2–3 sets
$6.50
4–7 sets
$7.50
 
8–9 sets
$8.50
 
10 sets
$9.50
 
(if you want to order more, let me know)

 

If you want to calculate the string tension you'll get when you put these strings on your mandolin, use this handy calculation tool. Along with your payment, please include your name, address (P.O. boxes OK), and e-mail address, and specify loop-end or ball-end.