Hello, I am planning on purchasing a Brazilian 10 string fanned fret mandolin, and the luthier is suggesting the used of fanned frets. This makes me a little nervous since I see no visual points of reference in the pictures of his instruments.
I am used to dealing with violins, violas & cellos when replacing all strings, figure mandolins couldn't be much harder, but the fanned fret thingy has me a bit mystified.
I am inclined to ask the luthier to skip it, but he assures me it will benefit the sound of the instrument.
That aside from the separate issue of playing complex cords in such an instrument, which I am a little worried about, though the consensus suggests it is not that big of a deal.
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