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Short scale bouzouki?

BarryCreed · 2009-08-23 21:59:41

This may be a stupid question, but is a short scale bouzouki the same thing as an Octave Mandolin?

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23-08-2009 10:59pm

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BarryCreed

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This may be a stupid question, but is a short scale bouzouki the same thing as an Octave Mandolin?

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#2 24-08-2009 3:09pm
Joneser

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Dont quote me on it but i think the number of frets helps to decide whether its an octave mandolin or bouzouki, ive been wondering what the difference is for a long time myself so hopefully will get some definite answers on here.

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#3 31-08-2009 9:21am
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Well I'm going to add more confusion here and ask is the difference being strung in unison or being strung in octaves?

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#4 31-08-2009 11:00am
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I was looking at the Freshwater site (instruments) and they say that the octave mandolin is known as a "short scale bouzouki" as well depending on whether you are in the US or the UK, and so on...

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