Carvalho 305IRB Irish Bouzouki
Solid spruce top. Solid sapele body. Traditional body shape
Item ID: GR33205 Model No: 305IRB
Product Features- Sapele neck with a flat fingerboard. Solid headstock with gold plated die-cast machine heads.
- Wooden bridge and bone top nut.
- String gauges: .012 .016w .028w. 040w/.016
Product Specifications- Nut width: 40mm
- Width at 12th fret: 45mm
- Scale length: 650mm
- Max body depth: 71mm
- Body width: 323mm
- No Frets: 22
- Body length: 395mm: Overall Length: 945mm
- Made in: Portugal
- Model Number: 305IRB
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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
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