Yeah I know probably a really dumb question. However after playing acoustic mandolin and bouzouki, (honestly I tune it like an octave mandolin.)for well lets say a long time. My style comes from a mixture of blues, jazz, rock, Motown,bluegrass. My theory comes from a classical Guitar background. The Mandolin became my main instrument after playing guitar for many years because it flows better for than guitar ever could.
I'm getting ready to buy an electric Mandolin. I can with... practice do what ever I want to do on 8 strings. One thing about playing mandolin after playing guitar is I don't overplay any more, it was a bad habit that was easy to quit on mandolin.
So with a decent knowledge of your fingerboard already, what can that extra low C or high string B do for you?
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