Re: Can a 17" scale really play octave mandolin?
Originally Posted by
Mark Gunter
From what I understand, it is fairly common in GB and Europe to tune a 17" scale as OM (and therefore the availability of those Thomasticks) - but what I've read in this forum and elsewhere seems to indicate that the scale length is more suited for mandola tuning.
17 inches (actually 43cm) is a normal scale length for the Italian mandola, tuned GDAE -- you can see those over at Musikalia. When you see "mandola" strings from a European string maker, they're usually intended for a 17-inch, GDAE instrument.
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