Re: Question about tuning
Here is what I would have said if you didn't already find the answer :-)
From what I can tell it has a 23" scale (modern banjos are commonly 26.25" scale), so you could use octave or mandola (CDGA) tuning, different string guages are required for each tuning. There are no strings that would let you tune to mandolin pitch. Banjos tend to expect a lower tension than a guitar, banjos come in at around 11 lbs per string for lights (guitars around 20 lbs/string). Using strings/tuning with significantly higher tensions could damage the instrument.
Davey Stuart tenor guitar (based on his 18" mandola design).
Eastman MD-604SB with Grover 309 tuners.
Eastwood 4 string electric mandostang, 2x Airline e-mandola (4-string) one strung as an e-OM.
DSP's: Helix HX Stomp, various Zooms.
Amps: THR-10, Sony XB-20.
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