OCTAVE MANDOLIN VS GUITAR FULL
I don't have a video of that, but here's one on a customized tele tuned NST, and here's one on a ES335 tuned in full fifths across the board, like Cleveland Joel is talking about. As of June 2022, we are now building Mandolin family instruments again. I used to be a standard tuning guy for decades, but then switched over to fifths tuning on guitar in maybe 2007 and never went back. Then there's the NST ModeExplorer at, which covers the universe of chords and scales for the NST guitar if you have an up-to-date browser. well, tune your guitar in fifths! There's a group here dedicated to it, " CGAEDG Tuning," which is NST, and that's nearly all fifths so you should be right at home. I have found the best way to transfer fifth-tuning knowledge to guitar is to. I love it!I'm really late to the party here, but I have to suggest doing like these guys are doing. I play a 5 string tenor guitar tuned FCGDA (low to high), so it's very close to the pitch of a 6 string lets me use all my mandolin knowledge and sound like a guitar. I'm extremely happy with the Moongazer pickup in mine! One thing worth mentioning - pickups are important in electric guitars and the right pickup is even more important in an e-mando. I picked one up recently and really love it. An octave mandolin has about the scale length of a 3/4s or 1/2 guitar (21inch scale is about the standard, although the can range from 19-22). Played through any of my amps, the instrument sounds 'right' and fits right in as I jam along. Those aren't really mandolins per say, but I don't really have any experience with them to comment. My most recent song to work up is 'Twice As Hard' by the Black Crowes. Octolindos are a link between mandolins and guitars and it’s a wonderful new partnership.
It has the violin/mando tuning I prefer, the small size of a mando, uses the pick attack of the electric guitar I played for 20yrs and gives me the sound I enjoy while playing through good amps. To enlarge the body of a typical octave mandolin and then internally brace it with all the knowledge accrued from 100yrs of guitar making experience is a smart idea and it has worked. Frankly, I can make it sound either way.įor me its a great compromise. I get some awesome sounds on it, and while it sounds pretty 'guitar'ish' during solos, it still has e-mando character during chord work. However, the length of the neck in both instruments is almost the same with between 17 and 22 frets on each. The length of a standard octave mandolin is around 21 inches long (53 cm). The length of the whole instrument is around 38 inches long (96 cm). Like the suggestion above, I enjoy the fact that it is similar in size and same tuning as the violin which was the first instrument I received classical training on. The standard full-size guitar is a significantly larger instrument than the octave mandolin. I've been playing mine over the past 2 years and enjoying the heck out of it. Coprhd/Alex, I'd highly suggest giving a standard 4 string e-mando a try.
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