Re: Should a beginner buy electric mandolin?
It all comes down to what you want to do with the mandolin, like said above you could get a few different mics to pickup your sound one you put on a mic stand or a small one on your mandolin near the bridge or get a pickup for an acoustic or buy one with one already installed in the bridge, they will sound like a mandolin. If you want a solidbody it doesn't sound much like a mandolin but gets tuned and played like one most are 4 strings, some complain about 8 string ones being harder you have to tune more accurate, i like all and have many of all , but i used to play in a metal band so i can have some fun with a solidbody. There are plenty of great battery operated amps you can buy, i take my Roland cube rx with me fishing when i bring my solidbody . The rx even has a drum machine in it
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