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Location: closely held secret | Mandocello on the bay.
What a great song title... |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | They are not for everybody but they are the the real sh#t. |
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Location: Fort Worth, Texas | Nice!
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Location: NJ | Damn.
I LOVE those things! . . . |
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Location: East Tennessee | If wanting a guitar is GAS.
Would wanting one of these be MAS? :confused: :D |
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Location: Orlando, Fl | For those of us whom have never played one, is it essentially just a large variation on a mandolin? |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by Pappa Bear:
For those of us whom have never played one, is it essentially just a large variation on a mandolin? Based on what I've been told;
Both have 8 strings and are tuned the same except the mandocello might be lower. Longer scale.
The mandocello have an awesome sound. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Does anyone know how it is tuned? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Thats the problem, nobody does!
Same as a Mando and with as many variations. |
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Location: North Idaho | Tune it any way you want
MANDOCELLO TUNINGS |
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Location: Scotland | There are a few Mandocello tunings but the most common is low C, in 5ths. So it's CGDA an octave below tenor mandola. With a change of nut and string guage you can tune them as a Greek or Irish bouzouki. Don't for one second think that a mandocello is just a big mandolin. The scale length is huge by comparison and nothing you can do on mandolin tranlates to mandocello, it's a completely different animal. |
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Location: Orange County, California | Like a Big, Bad, 8 String UKE!! :D :p :D :p |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I have a mandocello and a mandolin and what Paul said is dead on correct. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by mtnbikerfred:
Like a Big, Bad, 8 String UKE!! You know, I thought the same thing. But when I tried it, it just made me feel "small". Kind of the same feeling I get when I put on a pair of XXL boxers.
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | It's not the only interesting piece the seller has available. The Godin Glissentar would be fun to try. |
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Location: Orlando, Fl | Originally posted by Tupperware:
You know, I thought the same thing. But when I tried it, it just made me feel "small". Kind of the same feeling I get when I put on a pair of XXL boxers.
Dave You're funny Tupperware... almost as funny as that Standing Ovation guy! :D |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Tupperware:
Kind of the same feeling I get when I put on a pair of XXL boxers. ...and she makes you do this because....? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Waskel:
...and she makes you do this because....? I guess it makes me look less intimidating ??? |
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Location: closely held secret | You're lucky she doesn't make you wear one of Moody's shirts, too. |
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Location: SoCal | He probably goes to Tupperware parties, too. he likes it...handled a lot, sometimes sqeezed, burped, and passed around. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Friday May 19th is the biggest Tupperware Party of them all !!!
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Location: closely held secret | I'm willing to pass him around, but someone else is going to have to handle, squeeze and burp him... |
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Mandocello up