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MANDOLA

   
Definition: Italian lute, now popular with celtic musicians. Originally bowl backed, now often has a flat back like a cittern and 8 strings.
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Ashbury Style E Gazouki, 000 Cutaway Body Solid Alaskan sitka spruce top, Solid African sapele back and sides

Ashbury Style E Gazouki, 000 Cutaway Body


Solid Alaskan sitka spruce top, Solid African sapele back and sides

Item ID: GR33024   Model No: STYLE E   
    Product Features
  • 3 Ply sapele bouzouki neck with senna siamea fingerboard and bridge. Buffalo top nut and saddle.
  • Gloss finish. Wood binding.3 ply wood rosette. Die-cast chrome machine heads. Strung with Galli phospher bronze strings. Cast tailpiece. 2 strap pins
  • Hand-made in our Vietnamese Artisan workshop. Senna Siamea a locally sourced wood in Vietnam.
    Product Specifications
  • String gauges: .013 .018 .028w, 045w
  • Nut width: 36mm
  • Width at 12th fret: 46mm
  • Scale length: 670mm
  • Body depth: 110mm
  • Lower bout: 392mm
  • Upper bout: 295mm
  • Waist: 254mm
  • No Frets: 19
  • Body length: 495mm
  • Overall Instrument Length: 1030mm
  • Neck: Quarter Sawn Sapele
  • With Pickup
  • Made in: Vietnam
  • Model Number: STYLE E
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Bouzoukis Information


The Bouzouki is a long-necked Lute developed in Greece from its Turkish roots. Originally 6 stringed, it now usually has 8 strings tuned CFAD. It was picked up by Irish musicians travelling abroad and adapted for their use by retuning to GDAE or GDAD. Modern makers then started producing them with flat backs which made them almost identical to the octave mandola. The crucial difference is the scale length, which is longer. This can affect fingering, but also affects sound because the strings are ...read the full article
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Ashbury produces high quality traditional and acoustic instruments, including acoustic and electro acoustic guitars, and bass guitars, autoharps, fiddles, mandolins, banjos and ukuleles.

The range is designed for the beginner to semi-professional player, offering very playable instruments with high specifications for the best price. Ashbury instruments make an excellent and affordable upgrade from any entry-level instrument, and are constantly being examined and perfected to offer the best possible value in quality and materials.