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One other quick point: In my post above, I was mainly discussing a band situation, where you have at least a chance of working out an arrangement that gives the OM and guitar separate sonic spaces to...

There is a lot of tonal overlap but if you and the guitar player are good at listening to each other and providing space when one or the other is taking the lead, it can be great! It also depends on...

It's not in the video, but you can hear it. It blends nicely if used the right way, that can be a tricky thing. Bryan McDowell does a great job on this song. And it happens to be an octave mandolin...

I have limited experience with this, where I've tried using my octave mandolin for a few tunes in a duo with a guitar player, where I'd normally play mandolin, or bottleneck slide Dobro. Sometimes...

In a 'traditional' line-up I think you might be struggling. But Tim O'Brien, Eli West, Sarah Jorosz and others use them successfully in quite similar styles of music.