Re: Setup/bridge adjustment
Yeah, good setup, lower action, lighter strings, those are the first steps, and enough for most.
I also put on taller frets, since I started on a low-fret instrument, and my hands are old and weak.
Until you get better at fiddling with your instrument it's best to let someone else do it the first time or so.
They likely won't make it as low as you could though.
If you go too low on a nut, you need a new nut, less than $100 including labor, so not catastrophic.
It was years before I learned to cut my own nuts, and I'm lazy, I don't like to do it that often.
Bridge height is adjustable with a screw (hopefully on your mandolin), so you can't ruin that.
I switched to GHS A240's (strings) right at the beginning, they helped some.
Davey Stuart tenor guitar (based on his 18" mandola design).
Eastman MD-604SB with Grover 309 tuners.
Eastwood 4 string electric mandostang, 2x Airline e-mandola (4-string) one strung as an e-OM.
DSP's: Helix HX Stomp, various Zooms.
Amps: THR-10, Sony XB-20.
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