Re: Alternate Mandolin Tunings
WRT to tensions, you can design a custom string set (using string tension pro) for any tuning you would like.
To me it isn't the tuning, it's the tension that matters for feel. I can design say a 15 lb set for any tuning, and it will feel the same. It's when the tensions get out of whack or unbalanced that it feels wrong to me.
The same will be true for the mandolin, it will be safe with any tuning as long as you keep the tension in line with what it was built for.
Davey Stuart tenor guitar (based on his 18" mandola design).
Eastman MD-604SB with Grover 309 tuners.
Eastwood 4 string electric mandostang, 2x Airline e-mandola (4-string) one strung as an e-OM.
DSP's: Helix HX Stomp, various Zooms.
Amps: THR-10, Sony XB-20.
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