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[jaxn slim]

New Mandobird Day

Some friends got me an Epiphone Mandobird for my birthday. It's a 4-string electric mandolin, and it's pretty cool. I'm slowly getting accustomed to learning chords and scales in this tuning. The strings are in 5ths - GDAE from low to high (like a violin, or opposite of a guitar). And I still haven't plugged it in, yet.

The biggest problem is that now I'm GASing hard for a traditional 8-string acoustic mandolin.

 

[Denverdave]

Congrats!

I actually really like playing Mandos because of the 5ths tuning. the fret spacing was actually my biggest challenge - that was why I bought an Octave Mandolin. Careful or you will end up addicted to mandolins....

 

[ellengtrgrl]

Yep they are fun instruments. I've debated with myself, about getting an octave mandolin, off and on for the past couple of years.

 

[Mark Wein]

Sweet!

 

[Kerouac]

Yeah, the fret size adjustment is weird, especially if you have thick fingers. That thing looks really cool though... make some clips!

 

[reverend1]

That's pretty sweet! HNMD!

 

[micwalt]

Totally cool!

 

[BoomBoomBigelow]

I've always thought they were fun. Not only for Bluegrass and old-timey stuff, but there was a guy in Chicago who used to kill playing Blues on the mando. Might Joe Young, maybe?

 

[Elias Graves]

What fun!

 

[Lerxst]

Cool

 

[Chad]

very cool. I want one of those, but can never justify getting one. I have a mandolin but hardly play it.

 

[tgk03]

That thing is cool!

 

[MonkeyZero]

I like it. I've become pretty obsessed with my Mando since I got it last week. Really fun instrument. I'm trying to work it into my white elephant song.

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[Guitar Heel]

I love that it's a 4-string. I have an old POS Vega mando that was passed down from my grandfather, and I haven't even bothered to tune it simply because I know it's going to suck. 4 strings though, I could get down with that.