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  • Irish Bouzouki History

Indian Rosewood
Irish Bouzouki
Commissioned by
Catherine Andrews

Sydney Australia

Specifications and Selected Timbers
Back and Sides.........................................................Indian Rosewood
Soundboard.............................................Torrefied Adirondack Spruce
Fixed Pin Bridge Design c/w carbon fibre reinforced Falcate Bracing
Rosette............................Paua Shell Ring with black/white accent line
(No Abalone hurt or killed during making of the Rosette)
Neck....................................................Torrefied American Curly maple
with 3 Trussrods..1 double action adjustable steel and 2 Carbon Fibre
Scale Length..............................................................................645mm
Bindings, Fretboard, Bridge and Headstock................................Ebony
(Fretboard to have Paua Shell Purflings)
Headstock Rear......................................................Birdseye Huon Pine
Tuners.........................Gotoh Baby 510 Series Gold c/w Ebony Buttons
Pickguard...........................................Hand made from real Turtle Shell
(​no turtles hurt or killed during the making of this pickguard)
Nut and Saddle.............................Hand made from real Mammoth Tusk
(​no Mammoths hurt or killed during the making of this items)
Pickup............................MiSi Battery Free Preamp + K&K transducers