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| Author: | meddlingfool [ Sat Nov 14, 2015 6:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Anyone here build Irish Bouzoukis? |
Anyone? |
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| Author: | Clinchriver [ Sat Nov 14, 2015 6:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone here build Irish Bouzoukis? |
meddlingfool wrote: Anyone? Goodin, Gil Draper builds really nice one's |
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| Author: | Alex Kleon [ Sat Nov 14, 2015 6:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone here build Irish Bouzoukis? |
Fred Tellier and Ron Belanger. Alex |
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| Author: | Clay S. [ Sat Nov 14, 2015 7:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone here build Irish Bouzoukis? |
I build octave mandolins and citterns (5 course). They are essentially short scale bouzoukis. |
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| Author: | meddlingfool [ Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone here build Irish Bouzoukis? |
I'm looking for decent plans for an IB... |
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| Author: | Clay S. [ Sat Nov 14, 2015 11:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone here build Irish Bouzoukis? |
The Plans in Graham McDonald's book are a good starting point. I build mine a bit differently, but his book has fairly standard (and so not so standard) designs. I like to use "cylindrical" arching and a body that is narrower at the tail than the head to give a more percussive and "tighter" sound than is typical for a guitar. |
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| Author: | Fred Tellier [ Sun Nov 15, 2015 11:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Anyone here build Irish Bouzoukis? |
I have Graham McDonald's book and it is a useful tool, I got to play the guitar bouzouki PRS made for Tony McManus and liked the sound but wanted a more traditional shape so I built one with an outline very similar the McDonald but a bit larger and deeper to get more of the guitar Zouk sound I liked. I have built 2 with a 24.9" scale as I wanted the guitar feel when playing and also a short scale Octave Mandolin based on the same body. There are some photos here http://s190.photobucket.com/user/fetellier/library/Irish%20Bouzouki?sort=2&page=1and here http://s190.photobucket.com/user/fetellier/library/Octave%20Mandolin%20and%20Irish%20Bouzouki?sort=2&page=1 A video of Al Petteway demo of my Bubinga/bearclaw Sitka Zouk at the Memphis guitar show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1nlayyNcok Fred |
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