I've never seen this question asked before - I just googled it and got only the reverse of what I'm about to ask.
I don't know if this thread belongs here or over in CBOM, but here goes anyway. I'm contemplating a mandocello to guitar conversion - the exact opposite of what is usually discussed here. Here is why:
I have an Eastman MDC 805 mandocello. It sounds great and is fun to play, BUT I have a much better custom built F4 style archtop 10 string mandocello that gets all my attention now. I was going to sell my Eastman 'cello to finance the purchase of a nice archtop guitar. A friend who was interested in my Eastman 'cello is interested no longer, so I thought "for the cost of a few $$ and hours time I could make a new nut, fit and slot a new bridge and have an Eastman archtop guitar."
So here is the question for the cafe - if you could string up a guitar with up to 8 strings, how would you string it? B to E or E to A with one empty slot? Standard tuning with double courses on the B and E? Or other ideas I haven't thought of? Thanks!
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