Re: Mandola vs. short scale Octave Mandolin
Both of my Mandolas are short neck. I was told by Lawrence that not only is the scale longer, the diameter of each string is substantially thinner. He said that the result is a thinner more twangy sound. My mandolas have a strong voice and anything but, twangy. I made a point of going for the short scale. Really a different beast. The short neck plays more like a mandolin and the long neck more like a bouzouki.
Tony Huber
1930 Martin Style C #14783
2011 Mowry GOM
2013 Hester F4 #31
2014 Ellis F5 #322
2017 Nyberg Mandola #172
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