do you really need 6 strings???????

[lamboy1]

thought you might enjoy this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi_0k3hzNS4;)

[rattletrap]

I liked it until he broke out the slide

[rlouie]

nope, you just need 3.................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QggZKw26w0

[bubbaprime]

Must be my upbringing and birthplace...but anytime I hear this style and genre of music something primal and good starts to come over me. (FWIW born in Louisiana). Man, I love this...

[bubbaprime]

Originally Posted by rlouie

nope, you just need 3.................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QggZKw26w0

@rlouie =--> thanks for that!

[rattletrap]

Originally Posted by rlouie

nope, you just need 3.................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QggZKw26w0

Thanks Louie. I enjoyed that. What kind of instrument was that?

[rlouie]

Originally Posted by rattletrap

Thanks Louie. I enjoyed that. What kind of instrument was that?

it's a Balalaika:

The balalaika (also Balabaika, балаба́йка) is a stringed instrument of Russia
Russia
Russia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n origin, with a characteristic triangular
Triangle
A triangle is one of the basic shapes of geometry: a polygon with three corners or vertices and three sides or edges which are line segments. A triangle with vertices A, B, and C is denoted ....

body and 3 strings (or sometimes 6, in 3 courses).

The balalaika family of instruments includes, from the highest-pitched to the lowest, the prima balalaika, sekunda balalaika, alto balalaika, bass balalaika and contrabass balalaika. All have three-sided bodies, spruce or fir tops and backs made of from three to nine wooden sections, and all have three strings.

[mdunn]

It cuts your string bill in half!

[Coke_zero]

Seasick Steve is great.