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Jim Broyles
Jul-07-2008, 9:11pm
<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Fretless-gourd-mandolin_W0QQitemZ270253315578QQihZ017QQcategoryZ1 0179QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrd
Z1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank"> Gourd Mando</a>
OzMando
Jul-07-2008, 9:15pm
hmmm...
bowlback? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Nylon Strings, fretless. #Probably doesn't sound much like a mando but looks like good fun. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
OzMando
Jul-07-2008, 9:16pm
Perhaps this should be part of the recent felt pick discussion http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
allenhopkins
Jul-07-2008, 11:10pm
I have a Thornburg (recent) gourd-bodied "plantation" banjo. Not quite sure how the gourd mandolin would sound. I suppose that you could use nearly anything as a reflective back-and-sides enclosure. What tuning you'd put the eight nylon strings in is the question.
Fretbear
Jul-07-2008, 11:52pm
In India they cultivate special pumpkins for their acoustic qualities to be used specifically to make sitars and tambouras. They are strung with dozens of heavy wire strings.