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Posted: 28 Feb 2016 4:26 pm
by Alan Brookes
chris ivey wrote:what?? a mandolin has the same scale length as a double bass?
If it did it would no longer be a mandolin. Depending on the string length it would either be a bouzuki or a long lute such as a saz.
Posted: 29 Feb 2016 11:01 am
by W. Bill Schmidt
chris ivey wrote:what?? a mandolin has the same scale length as a double bass?
Chris, like this?
http://www.vintageguitar.com/16346/gibs ... ando-bass/
Posted: 29 Feb 2016 11:25 am
by chris ivey
bill...what don't you understand about scale length?
Posted: 29 Feb 2016 11:43 am
by W. Bill Schmidt
chris ivey wrote:bill...what don't you understand about scale length?
'scuse me, "pal"...
Posted: 29 Feb 2016 1:10 pm
by chris ivey
oh wait....i think i solved the mystery!
your saying that each pair of like instruments share the same scale, right?
not that all mentioned do. that confused me, i guess.
Posted: 29 Feb 2016 1:13 pm
by chris ivey
W. Bill Schmidt wrote:
Mandolin - Violin
Mandola - Viola
Mandocello - Violincello
Mandobass - Double Bass
all of which share the same scale and tuning
Posted: 29 Feb 2016 3:41 pm
by W. Bill Schmidt
chris ivey wrote:oh wait....i think i solved the mystery!
your saying that each pair of like instruments share the same scale, right?
not that all mentioned do. that confused me, i guess.
Yep, you got it.