Hi, i've got a friend who's got a banjo-mandolin (banjolin) and looking at it the other night, it seems like it'd be quite suitable for conversion to an 8 string banjo ukulele!
It's his grandfathers, so i'm not sure what he'd feel about it, but i think he'd like to see it be used, instead of sitting in his loft.
its got a lovely sound and tone as is (horrible out of tune, but hey) and i was wondering how difficult it would be to tune in the standard uke' tuning?
Presumably i'd be easiest to re-string it with uke strings, as mandolins have a different tuning, but what would the 'slave' strings be tuned to? half a note higher/lower like on 12 string guitars, or?
Any help appreciated!
P.S. does anybody make an 8 string ukulele? got myself all curious now...
<<<EDIT>>>
its almost exactly like this one! :
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OLD-RELIANCE-...temQQimsxZ20090516?IMSfp=TL090516126004r13311
It's his grandfathers, so i'm not sure what he'd feel about it, but i think he'd like to see it be used, instead of sitting in his loft.
its got a lovely sound and tone as is (horrible out of tune, but hey) and i was wondering how difficult it would be to tune in the standard uke' tuning?
Presumably i'd be easiest to re-string it with uke strings, as mandolins have a different tuning, but what would the 'slave' strings be tuned to? half a note higher/lower like on 12 string guitars, or?
Any help appreciated!
P.S. does anybody make an 8 string ukulele? got myself all curious now...
<<<EDIT>>>
its almost exactly like this one! :
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OLD-RELIANCE-...temQQimsxZ20090516?IMSfp=TL090516126004r13311
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