Willie-O I have tried a coulpe of Bluegrass ones that have been set up really hard and seem to need that sort of set-up to work at thier best. The other thing I found was I had to be very heavy with my playing to get results. Would you agree with my thoughts that this would be OK for somebody with playing experience on plectrum instruments but actually a very difficult instrument for somebody completely new?

PS, and thread creep, thinking of the person I know with what is obvoiusly (to me now) an early Gibson A model, he also owns a Gibson Mando-cello. When I tried it, I found it hard work but very rewarding and worth the effort. Unfortunately, he could not cope with the proper stringing and changed to some other stringing and tuning - maybe bozouki. It lost all the sound qualities I loved in in tuned that way. Has anyone else played one?

Jon