I was going through the Elderly catalog (always a dangerous thing to do.....) and came across a Gold Tone Six String Mandolin. I had never heard of this type of instrument, but apparently it uses a mandolin body with six single guitar type strings, but is tuned an octave above a guitar. The idea is that you get sort of a mandolin tone, but no learning curve switching from guitar.
Anybody try one of these? Sounds as if it might be fun to add to your tool kit for an occasional song without learning a whole new instrument.
You can hear one being played here:
[flash=950,600]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmqRY4J0sPg[/flash]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmqRY4J0sPg