Re: New (to me) mandolute
I owned a low-end mandolute for a decade or so before it went in trade. Predicting that if you tweak string gauges (and possibly composition of the windings on the lower courses), you'll end up with an instrument you like.
As Jim points out, the induced-arch top and back were definitive features of the mandolute. Hope you got a case for it; sometimes hard to fit one in modern cases. I was lucky and got mine with the original case.
Allen Hopkins
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