A friend of mine has a Jazzbo 5-string by Paul Lestock/Arrow Mandolins. I am sure he would build you an excellent 4-string, if that is what you want. They sound fantastic. Here is Jason Anick playing a 5-string.
A friend of mine has a Jazzbo 5-string by Paul Lestock/Arrow Mandolins. I am sure he would build you an excellent 4-string, if that is what you want. They sound fantastic. Here is Jason Anick playing a 5-string.
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I have been thinking about this a lot, but I feel like that extra empty space on the fretboard would bug me. And does removing the C string leave too little tension?
I like Daniel’s idea of thinking like a mandola with an extra string on top, but I am kinda useless with a mandola - what about doing a normal Mando tuning with two E stings on top? Perhaps there are some interesting things I could do with that and still be able to chord like a mando...
I think I am going to loudly shred the national anthem on memorial day, see if the neighbors like emando!!!
I should be pickin' rather than postin'
If your 5 is a solid body, which I assume it is, removing the C will have little to no effect. Hollow-bodies have a fair bit of give under tension whereas the idea of a solid body is to provide a stable platform for the various bits.
For a short-term solution I don't think the extra space would cause a problem once you get used to it. The search for better gear is ongoing so my attitude is to work with what I got while keeping an eye out for that holy grail.
I play guitar and bass so for me the tenor/mandola tuning with a mandolin on top for soloing works well. I can even get some walking bass-lines happening on the C that makes for a lot of fun with my looper. The low C also allows for some pretty good power chords that sits in a mix nicely.
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