I once tried to tune one of these to mandolin tuning.
Would have been a great tool for recording, but didn't work.
The strings didn't allow for tuning to 5ths.
The only possibility was to play EADG strung backwards to GDAE.
It was a real mind warp to play it without jumping into
different octaves. Going to a higher string meant playing a
lower note ie. "everything you know is wrong."
Should have kept it. Playing intervals on the bass would have made
for a unique style transferred back to mandolin. Might have sounded
like a crazy person playing too...
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