i've just returned from mèxico, where i had to pay by the hour for the dbinfosource...

right before i left guadalajara, i bought a tricordio... a 12-string mandolin... from a marketplace merchant.

alaska is full of mandolin players since lots of the homegrown music is very folky and acoustic. i myself have only touched a mandolin twice, so i'm only now learning the tuning... i know lots of you play guitar.
¿any mandolins out there? ¿and is there an english word for a 12-string mandolin?