New Fender Mando-Strat!

godofthunder · March 30, 2013, 08:04:35 AM

Very cool, always wanted one! http://www.fender.com/series/folk/mando-strat-rosewood-fingerboard-alder-body-3-color-sunburst/

godofthunder · March 31, 2013, 09:31:41 AM

I bought one! Man is this thing cool! Very nice build quality, made in Indonesia. This thing is going to Fla. with me in my carry on! Pics when I get a minute.

godofthunder · March 31, 2013, 09:45:53 AM

Pics!

saltymonkey · March 31, 2013, 09:51:33 AM

Here's a shitty phone pic of Warren Ellis of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds playing his last night at the Beacon in NYC.

Highlander · March 31, 2013, 11:36:36 AM

Florida...? Laying low for a while...?

Hörnisse · March 31, 2013, 11:47:19 AM

For just "slightly" more

you could have had a clay dot slab board example!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1961-Fender-Mandocaster-with-Slab-board-FEE0707-/330885790297?pt=Guitar&hash=item4d0a547a59

Highlander · March 31, 2013, 12:28:27 PM

Scott missed a real bargain there...

(never knew they went back that far... is there a "true" mandocaster? found a doubleneck with a 12 string style "head" on a Tele body - CS model)

godofthunder · April 07, 2013, 08:00:21 AM

Well here is the update on the mando strat. It does not fit in carry on luggage

my bad I didn't measure, most times my spatial relations are spot on. Sure I could have taken it apart but that was a hassle I didn't feel like dealing with. It worked out though on the way back we had to check our bags because the plane was so full. Still I find this a great well made bargain with a LP of $399 and a MAP of $299.

drbassman · April 08, 2013, 08:27:05 AM

Sooooooo, what is it? A guitar? Mandolin? How's it tuned?

Dave W · April 08, 2013, 08:50:32 AM

It's an electric mandolin sort of styled after a Strat. Mandolin scale, tuned in fifths like a mando. There are a few others. I only know of one 8-string solidbody electric.

gearHed289 · April 08, 2013, 12:35:01 PM

Low to high - G D A E. Same as a violin.

godofthunder · April 09, 2013, 06:39:34 AM

Yep G,D,A,E it's like picking up a lefty bass and trying to play when I first started on the Mando it kinda freaked me out now I don't even think about it.

drbassman · April 09, 2013, 08:35:44 AM

I get it now. Don't see me being able to do that!

Dave W · April 09, 2013, 08:54:58 AM

Quote from: drbassman on April 09, 2013, 08:35:44 AM
I get it now. Don't see me being able to do that!

Sure you could! It's only got four strings, and everybody knows that would make it easier than playing a guitar.

I've thought about trying an acoustic mando. Since my first instrument was cello, I haven't forgotten tuning in fifths.

drbassman · April 10, 2013, 03:52:13 PM

Quote from: Dave W on April 09, 2013, 08:54:58 AM
Sure you could! It's only got four strings, and everybody knows that would make it easier than playing a guitar.

I've thought about trying an acoustic mando. Since my first instrument was cello, I haven't forgotten tuning in fifths.

I don't know, this dog is getting older and not a big fan of new tricks!!!