This is my first attempt at a solid body electric CrocBite. Bubinga neck through sapele, rosewood fretboard and f "holes". This will be getting a Flatpup 5 installed soon.
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Uncle John (and any other curious folk)
Got this mando finished and strung up in standard CGDAE mando tuning. Sounds good, but the C is a bit floppy, which is a common complaint with five string mandos.
I'll put a heavier string on soon, but for now just tuned it up to open A, eaeae.
This little guy is FUN! I will be building more for sure!
Huh. Tell us how it works out. I tried a double G with one G an octave lower one time. Did not sound 'right'. Try some stuff. You can always double the G with standard tuning for just a bit more low end.
It's a 15" scale, so it's going to be quite portable. I'm really excited to see how this thing turns out. This has been an incredibly fun build, with lots of learning. I won't need much of an excuse to build more of these!
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Got this mando finished and strung up in standard CGDAE mando tuning. Sounds good, but the C is a bit floppy, which is a common complaint with five string mandos.
I'll put a heavier string on soon, but for now just tuned it up to open A, eaeae.
This little guy is FUN! I will be building more for sure!
Huh. Tell us how it works out. I tried a double G with one G an octave lower one time. Did not sound 'right'. Try some stuff. You can always double the G with standard tuning for just a bit more low end.
I'm thinking of adding the low C to a normal GDAE, for some versatility. So CGDAE, or an open tuning of some kind.... I'm a sucker for drone strings.
It's a 15" scale, so it's going to be quite portable. I'm really excited to see how this thing turns out. This has been an incredibly fun build, with lots of learning. I won't need much of an excuse to build more of these!
Looks great. How will you tune it?