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GUEST,Les/ Manchester uk Portuguese Guitar (9) Potugese Guitar 26 Jan 02

I know they are not really guitars. The are like big flat mandolins, the have lots of strings and Andy Irvine played one in Planxty.

What I want to know is, can I string, tune and play one like a mandolin/mandola?

If possible is this (a) a good idea or (b) cultural vandalalism, a very bad idea and (c) it will cause my fingers to drop off?

Advice please as we loot and pillage Portugal at Easter.

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