My mahogany-top Merlin is on the way!

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Ooooooooooooo -- that looks pretty interesting. Congrats.

Maybe you'll give us a review?
 
Interesting, Kathryn. Tuned DADD. wow, you wont even need a tuner--just tune three strings the same and one a little off.
 
Thanks, guys. I read about it and pre-ordered it on Christmas Day - I decided I deserved a little extra something since I couldn't get to Chicago for the holidays. It should be fun.
 
Wow, if I want a "strumstick" type of instrument, I guess this is going to have to be it. A Seagull, has to sound better than it's competitor's models. There are alternate tunings that can be used as well.
 
The Seagull name is what sold me. I love their guitars.

I'll be interested to hear what you think of the sound. I can't find any clips of it (so far). I have a walnut dulcimer and wonder how this compares. :)
 
It's a fun instrument. As they say, there are no bad notes, so it's easy for uncreative me to compose little tunes. I'm having a great time, but I understand that it's not for everyone.
 
a friend of mine has one and I played it when I visited him. It was a fun instrument. We called it a Brüko no.6 that had an little encounter with a truck...
Super fun, cool sound and a very reasonable price tag.
 
I have one as well. It's so much fun and like others have said, impossible to play a wrong note on, except the 7th all the way up the fretboard.
 
I'm not Kathryn, but I feel I can answer your question. mountain dulcimers are usually tuned D A Dd but there are different tunings that can be used. they don't have all the frets that a ukulele has so the chord shapes are different.

http://www.everythingdulcimer.com/articles/11/how-to-tune.pdf

Thanks, ramone. I'm still learning the regular uke chords, so learning all new chords makes my head ache.

Heavy, what does it sound like, this case-less, uniquely chorded and uncommon instrument? Thanks.
 
Heavy, what does it sound like, this case-less, uniquely chorded and uncommon instrument? Thanks.

It has a light, airy tone with moderate volume. I'm miserable at describing sounds with words, so I'm going to suggest YouTube for a better description - there are quite a few videos of these.
 
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