I wasn't being cryptic on purpose, I just have imposter syndrome and try not to overshare. It is indeed a 404.
I tried heavy strings because there's an intermittent buzz on the G and read that you can either raise the action or try heavier strings, and I'm still scared when I change the strings, so years away from futzing with the bridge.
As suspected by others, I do not love these strings
They aren't really getting a fair shot because I found them a little stiffer (not a surprise since that's what I chose) and harder to change so I didn't really get 2 of them satisfyingly snug to the peg at first and it's hard to fix.
Feel free to laugh at me for this part but... what made me try this particular set was I looked at the strings I loved on my old mandolin (the Nickel Bronze in medium on the $60 Rogue that Santa put in my stocking a few years ago before I was ready to commit), and I looked at the strings this instrument came with (EJ74 I think), and this set was half-way between them on D'addario's "bright-mellow" spectrum. Not very scientific - I just wanted to try to cut the difference for comparison.
They do not sound too harsh, but actually just kind of dead. I have a set of the "custom medium" Nickel Bronze left over from my old instrument before I discovered I preferred the regular medium. I think I'm just going to change them again tomorrow to the custom-medium. I really like the nickel bronze a lot.
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