Originally Posted by: 6strngs_2hmbkrs... I mean, I've seen them, but never heard one... ..[font=trebuchet ms]Sure you've heard one - you just didn't know what it was. The high-pitched stringed instrument you hear on Led Zeppelin's "Battle Of Evermore" is a mandolin. They usually have either four or eight strings, something like 6 or 12-string guitars.[/font]