Greek key/maze theme Irish bouzouki
This is an Irish bouzouki with a Greek key/maze of mother of pearl on the headstock, and mother of pearl “Z’s” for fingerboard markers. The rosette is made of constucted wooden tiles following the Greek key/maze theme. The bridge, binding, and headstock covering are ebony, the top is Sitka spruce, the sides are paduak, and the back is anegre. The neck is mahogany and the fingerboard is rosewood. 4 courses are tuned GDAE. Chrome tuners with ivoroid buttons. The bridge is a pin bridge with boxwood pins and ebony dots. Completed in April, 2011.
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FINISHED DIMENSIONS (in inches):
- Scale = 22 17/64 (25″ scale minus first two frets)
- Nut width = 1 3/8 (34mm)
- String width = 1 3/32
- Headstock nut to tip = 6 7/16
- Headstock width = 2 18/32
- Headstock thickness = 15/32 (includes padauk/ebony facing)
- Frets: 20 Width at 12 fret = 1 9/16
- Saddle string width = 1 11/16
- Neck thickness before heel without fingerboard = 3/4
- Neck stands above body at pocket = 1/4
- Neck joins body at the 13th fret
- Mortise dimensions = 20mm X 20mm
- Body thickness at neck join = 3 1/4
- Body thickness at tail = 3 12/32
- Body width at neck join = 1 21/32
- Body width at bout = 13 14/16
- Total body length = 15 9/16
- Soundhole diameter = 3 9/32
- Rosette width = 6/16
- From 20th fret to bottom of bouzouki = 12 1/8
- From 20th fret to top of bridge = 7
- From 20th fret to bottom of bridge = 8 5/16
- Width of bridge = 5 1/8
- Top edge of bridge to top edge of saddle = 5/32
- Saddle width = 3/16
- Neck thickness at nut (with fingerboard) = 7/8