[tonytrout]

Originally Posted by Rob DiStefano

If ya pick up a mando and at any time even THINK like a guitar player, yer gonna have troubles. You MUST approach a mando for what it is, not what it ain't.

Get a decent mando that'll allow for a good setup (proper action and intonation are important), put on a good set of light phosphor-bronze strings, tune it right (GDAE), finger some simple chords, think: "David Grisman", and spend some quality FUN time making up tunes - that's a good way for a geetar picker to start out on the road to mando bliss, IMO.

Thanks muchly for the advice.........I'll see what I come up with by just "fiddling" arround on it....LOL!