Sorry - forgot my cookie - but let's add another spin on this if you don't mind.

I've used D'Aderios (sp) for quite some time. Get a good chunk of life out of them and they sound lively in Bluegrass mode flat picked, and carry a good chunk of volume on finger picking (yes Jed - you and Mick rubbed off on me and I learned)

Sooooo - my Mossman has been intonated. I was told by the luthier that once intonated I could never use any other string but the one it was intonated with. That would be D'Aderio light gauge. And to some degree that makes sense. To me only as far as the string size is concerned - or does anyone have any experience with same gauge string but different manufacturer?

Steve