4 strings, P Pup, but is it a bass?

[LajoieT]

Not really, but this thing is COOL!!!! Local Daddy's Junky Music has one in all Black that is SWEET!!!!

Epiphone Mandobird Electric Mandolin, the perfect beginner bass for the infant in your family!!!

{OK, so technically it only has 1/2 of a P Pickup...}

[canopener]

I wonder if they make a lefty model.

[Barfly]

Originally Posted by canopener

I wonder if they make a lefty model.

Me too! My 6 year old is lefty!

[Brad Barker]

how is it tuned?

[LajoieT]

Well, standard Mandolin tuning is EADG. That tuning sounds vaguely familiar.

[mikkejohansson]

Standard mandolin tuning is actually GDAE as opposed to bass being EADG....but i suppose you could tune it to fourths anyway....cool look.

[LajoieT]

DOH!!!!

I had just googled "Mandolin Tuning" and the page that came up said:

Most mandolins are meant to be tuned within the E-A-D-G range. Tuning lower than that probably won't hurt your instrument, but start going higher over a long period and you risk potential damage to the instrument, although it might takes months or years before it's noticed.

but later on in the article (where I didn't bother to read to) it states:

The point is that most mandolins are built to be played within the (high to low here) E-A-D-G range, and keeping them tuned within that range optimizes their performance.

[AuG]

I might get one for my nephew's 4th birthday. Anybody know what they run price-wise?

AuG

[LajoieT]

4 String = $200
8 String = $250