I am primarily a jazz guitarist..(don't hate me)
I do a lot of orchestra pit work for muscials and performers that call for banjo / guitar / mandolin. I recently purchased and have been using very successfuly a Dean 6 string banjo that plays just like a guitar. It works great. It's played more in the style of a 4 string tenor banjo...you know...rink-a-tink-a-tinka....but it sounds great. Now, Dean and Gibson have mandos tuned like a guitar so there is no learning curve. Has anyone out there tried either? The Dean might be my pick since it has double strings on the top 3 strings and singles on the bottom 3. The Gibson is a straight 6....just tuned an octave higher than guitar. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated......GtrPlyr335 in Ohio
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