electric mandos

[Cary Fagan]

I was in a local store the other day and saw an epiphone mandobird. Pretty neat. Got me thinking about having some fun with my electric guitar playing daughter. But I know nothing about electrics. So here are some questions:

Four, five or eight strings? I would imagine you can do more (like bend strings) without pairs? For blues etc.

A solid body or a regular mando with a pickup? I think I'd like a true electric sound.

Decent (but not expensive brands)?

Looks? I frankly think the ones that look like mini Fender or Gibson electrics are fun.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

[jmkatcher]

Try emando.com

[Lee]

The Blue Satr MandoBlaster is well worth the money. Mandobirds seem inconsistent, you may find it needs $work to make it playable for you. An all-tube amp, even the rectifier, will help an emando immensely.

[jefflester]

Roll on down to the bottom of the page and read some of the posts in the Four and Five String electrics category.