I had some serious E string drama last week. I broke two E strings when I put new strings on my Gibson Jr. It's the first time I (on my own) put strings on this particular mandolin. I've put new strings on my other 3 mandolins and had very few problems.
What prompted me to put new strings on it was that the G string went flat two steps quickly. The strings were very old, so I figured the strings had lost their mojo.
It took me two days to finally get the E to stay in E (after I broke 2). The E strings would drop to F# and sometimes D# until they finally held. Seemed weird.
Today, one of the E strings had dropped to A: 4 steps. I slowly brought it back up to E, but I'm not confident it will hold.
I have no desire to "fiddle" with my mandolin … it's not my style … my question here is: do I need to take her to a luthier? Could this be a mechanical tuner issue?
Thanks in advance.
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