Re: What makes a mandolin play stiff?
According to string tension pro website, 1/8" scale length adds about .5 lb per strings, 8 lbs total.
That's about a 2.5% increase. Admittedly not much, but musicians are often able to feel small differences like that.
The difference between light and medium strings for example is much higher, on the order of 2 lbs per string, so 4x as much (this is a pretty rough number).
Davey Stuart tenor guitar (based on his 18" mandola design).
Eastman MD-604SB with Grover 309 tuners.
Eastwood 4 string electric mandostang, 2x Airline e-mandola (4-string) one strung as an e-OM.
DSP's: Helix HX Stomp, various Zooms.
Amps: THR-10, Sony XB-20.
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