Bowed Irish bouzouki (or fretted pocket cello)

 Bowed Irish Bouzouki (or fretted pocket cello)

Walnut body, cedar top, mahogany neck and domed ebony fingerboard. Maple bridge with bone inserts. (A rosewood body is also possible)

Scale length 540mm.

F/board in ebony, domed, width: 32mm to 55mm.

Length 890mm, Width 290mm, depth (incl bridge) 170mm.

Current weight 1.25kgs

Strung with GHS ultra-light, bronze wound strings GDAE Gauges .044/.032/.020/.012

Most easily played underhand with a short bow (500mm) supplied

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