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electric bouzouki/mandocello

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  An older build, originally strung with greek style strings (octave), and re setup for unison strings on the G and D. Body is reclaimed makore, neck reclaimed teak, fingerboard rosewood. Thinline style chambered body. Set neck 25.5” scale Finished in red tinted shellac Wilkinson bridge and tuners Bone nut Fleor Alnico 5 blade pickups Wired with coil split and master vol/tone  Large mustang style knobs

Electric Bouzouki

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  Body: reclaimed mahogany windowboards Neck: Irish maple  fingerboard: Paduak  Electrics: 2x Epiphone FB pickups, wired with coil split, master volume, hi cut and low cut steel and makore bridge, bone nut wilkinson tuners finished in ruby and red tinted shellac video

Electric tenor guitar

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  Body is made from golden teak and mahogany that came from foot stands from a snooker hall - filled with the mojo of misspent youth..  Bolt on neck is makore with rose wood fingerboard. Medium frets (2.2mm). Position markers made from old string ball ends. Bone nut  23” scale, tuned cgda  Hard tail strat style bridge, string through or top load.  Alnico strat strat pickups in neck and bridge. Bridge is over Wound (Donliss), Fleor pickup in neck.  Wired with bass and high cut tone controls and master volume. Series switch for a more humbucker/fatter tone.  Finished with shellac, effectively french polished. Body is tinted to a gold/aqua tone. 

Mandola

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 17” scale Salvaged makore neck and blocks  Mahogany back and sides, spruce top with spruce bracing  Walnut fingerboard  Walnut and mahogany bridge, with bone saddle Bone nut  Finished in ruby shellac 

Hollow Bodied Tenor Guitar

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Back sides are mahogany, top is englemann spruce. Neck & blocks makore, bracing spruce. Fingerboard is rosewood, position markers are old string ball ends, and side markers beech. Bone nut and bridge saddle. Bridge is walnut and mahogany, and is pinned with two small screws. 23” scale, tuned cgda. Roswell Alnico Minihumbucker, wired with volume and tone controls. A push pull gives a bass cut for a brighter, more bridge like tone.  Mahogany pickup ring and pickguard Finished in blue tinted shellac