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jonnybradfordjonnybradford Frets: 34
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That's a Octave Mandola.


The lower string tension makes it a lot easier to play than my, admittedly cheap, mandolin. 
All solid and a really nice tone.
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  • BasherBasher Frets: 1071
    Seems like a lot of instrument for the money!

    It's nice that we can get decent stuff in the mandolin/folk family of instruments at such a good price these days. I've never owned an octave mandolin but have a bouzouki. Obviously the OM would be a better bet for tunes and you can easily drop it down to GDAD or ADAD for zouk-like drone/accompaniment playing.

    Enjoy!
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  • BigLicks67BigLicks67 Frets: 763
    Good choice, I've had 2 mandolins and had to sell them both because the string tension.
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  • jonnybradfordjonnybradford Frets: 34
    I went shopping for the OM as coming from a mandolin background I mainly play tunes. 
    I did play a couple of zouks whilst I was in the shop and found it to be a bit of a stretch. But at those sorts of prices I can see myself getting one at some point.

    You can get good gear at a reasonable price. Sometimes it pays to not be as fashionable as a guitar :)


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  • jonnybradfordjonnybradford Frets: 34
    BigLicks67 said:
    Good choice, I've had 2 mandolins and had to sell them both because the string tension.
    The string tension on this is a lot lower than my mandolin. I guess a tenor mandola would probably be between the two.

    Having lots of fun with it at the moment. 
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  • xmrchixmrchi Frets: 2810
    That looks brilliant! Great purchase!
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