I think string spacing may have a little to do with it.
This is just an observation of my own, based on my two favorite mandos of the month- one of which is a tremelo dream and the other which is a hard go.
The Rigel Jethro has wider string spacing on the G pair than does my Epiphone Strand, and the Rigel is very easy to play tremelo on. The Strand has as tight a pair of strings as any I've seen and it's hard to keep a smooth tremelo going on it. Both have the same strings.
All across the board I can play smooth tremelo on the Rigel, can't on the Epiphone, and the only real difference I can see is the string spacing of the pairs.
my 2 cents.
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