ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Electric mandolin

An electric mandolin is a musical instrument that looks like a small guitar with eight strings. It needs electricity to make sound and play music.

Think of it like a toy car with a battery that makes it move. Without the battery, the car won't move. Similarly, without electricity, an electric mandolin won't make any noise.

Electric mandolins have a special part called a pickup that sits under the strings. When you pluck the strings, the vibrations go through the pickup and turn into an electric sound that can be heard through an amplifier.

So, an electric mandolin is like a special guitar that needs electricity to make music and has a part called a pickup to help hear the sound when it's being played.