II'm blessed to have owned some great mandolins over the years but my main instrument now is a 2022 Paul Duff 2 Point Mandolin that I picked up at Carters Vintage in Nashville TN.  I endorse Curt Mangan Strings and use a couple of signature sets (see and click images below) on mandolin that are phosphor bronze or Monel (depending on the mandolin) with 11.5, 16, 26, and 40 gauges.  I've always liked the heaver E and A strings for the "pop" and cut you can get out of them.  Mixing these heavier E and A strings with the "normal" D and G courses seems to provide the right balance and give me more cutting power along with a really nice chop.   I also use the SR 50 BlueChip pics in either a round bevel or left hand bevel and from time to time use the TD50 BlueChips.  Peak Design bags are the best thing I've found to carry my equipment and these are the best bags  organization and ease of use, period.  My guitars include  a 1955 Gibson J50 and a Taylor GS Mini Bass. 

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I'm real excited to have Paul Duff building me a custom F5 Mandolin currently.  It should be completed July 2023.