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Originally Posted by Snorse
Is there another reasonably full-range stringed (not accordions or pipes) instrument that's as portable as a guitar? I count resonators as guitars, btw.
The only thing I can come up with is the Irish bouzouki, but I am sure there are others out there.
I'd like to be able to break up a set with some different sounds, or just be out there doing something different.
Is anyone from the forum playing something unusual out there?
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You might take a look at the Godin Inuk. It's a kind of a fretted oud that's tuned like a guitar, with doubled courses. It's very portable, and has a pretty unique sound. Here's a very short clip from when I first got mine, but if you do a YouTube search you can find a much more professional demo by Teja Gerken. For this clip, I was playing it through a Fishman Loudbox Mini with reverb.