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  • What the hell is this thing?

    The uniform is Finnish... 4 courses of strings, with 4 strings each..... in a box.
    aka Chris Pile, formerly of Six String Fever

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    That's obviously 16 string cigar box mandolin. Never have seen anything like that and I'm a finnish war enthusiast.

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    • #3
      Well, it sits on a bookshelf. Some kind of cittern?
      Administrator of the SDUGF

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      • #4
        A bunch of us over on the OLF is trying to figure it out...
        aka Chris Pile, formerly of Six String Fever

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        • #5
          It's the "travel" model of the Bo Diddley guitar.

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          • #6
            Sweden and Finland have some really cool stringed instruments. Ever hear or see a Nyckelharpa? Really cool sound!

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            “Practice cures most tone issues” - John Suhr

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            • #7
              We've already done all the searches over on the OLF, and we came up dry. It's a real head scratcher.
              aka Chris Pile, formerly of Six String Fever

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