XPost: alt.music.mandolin   
   From: herobb@austin.rr.com   
      
   texas_gardener wrote:   
      
   > Regarding this instrument again:   
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   > http://beststudentviolins.com/guitars.html#electricmando   
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   > I'm not at all clear why it's a 4-string.  The other instruements look   
   > like 8-string - at least they have 8 pegs.  Are those other 4 strings,   
   > sympathetic strings?   
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   >   
   > Thanks,   
   > Connie   
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   A four string mandolin is an oddity.  The dual strings create a   
   particular sound that can only be duplicated on a four string   
   electronically.  I have not played one so I am not confident that the   
   sound would satisfy me.  By the way, the link you provided did not show   
   a four string mandolin and all the instruments seemed over-priced.   
      
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