Roosebeck Lute-Guitar, 6 String, Variegated, Gears

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;Size: 41 x 12.5 x 7"
;Type: Classical
;Returns: 30 Day "No Hassle" Return Policy. See store FAQ's
;Country/Region of Manufacture: Pakistan
;Finish: Natural
;MPN: GLNVG
;Brand: Roosebeck Fine Instruments
;Dexterity: Right-Handed
;UPC: 844731033605
;Body Type: Lute Bowl Type
;Model: Lute

Roosebeck Lute-Guitar, 6 String, Variegated, Gears

The lute-guitar is an attractive and lightweight instrument of a similar size and scale to a standard classical guitar but with a body like a lute. In keeping with the character of a lute, the bowl-shaped body is achieved by edge-gluing together staves of uniformly thin hardwoods bent to a specific shape with no heavy internal bracing to retain its form. The bowl is made of two alternating woods: Lacewood (Platanus orientalus) is a light-colored hardwood that has color similar to maple and has distinctive rays that provide what is known as a "beeswing" pattern. A member of the sycamore family, its timbre characteristics are similar to maple generally providing a brighter tone than rosewood. The dark-colored wood is sheesham rosewood (Dalbergia sissoo) that affords a warmer mellower tone. The combination of the two offers a blended timbre as well as a desirable look.

European spruce is used for the soundboard and, in keeping with the design of 16th-Century lutes, its soundhole is a carved rosette in an attractive geometric pattern which is cut into the soundboard itself and is not inlaid of different material. Most exciting is that the soundboard bracing pattern follows bracing used in world-famous Kohno classical guitars.

The hardwood neck has a shape is similar to a classical guitar with a 51mm (2 inch) wide nut of bone. The top of the peg box has a woman's head carved on the top. Using standard nylon classical guitar strings, it is tuned like a guitar in E4, B3, G3, D3, A2, E2 tuning. If it is to be used for lute music, the 3rd string may be tuned a semi-tone down to F# to enable lute fingering. The guitar is outfitted with smooth-operating gold tuners with black ebonized tuning key buttons.

Accessories Included: Padded gig bag

Important Specifications:

Item overall: 41" L x 7" H x 12.5" W

Body/Bowl: 20" L x 7" H x 12.5" W

Body & Neck: The body is sheesham and varigated lacewood and neck is hardwood

Nut: bone; Neck at Nut: 2" W; Nut: 2" W

Neck at Body Joint: 2.25" W

Strings at the Nut: 1.75" W

Strings at Bridge: 2.25" W

Scale Length: 26"

Soundboard: The sound board is spruce and has 1 laser cut rosette sound hole

Frets: There are 19 metal frets

Tuning Pegs/Levers: There are 6 mechanical geared right angle tuning pegs/levers with a 14:1 ratio.

Strings: 6 like a classical guitar

Tuning: We recommend using the standard for classical guitar tuning: 1 (E4), 2 (B3), 3 (G3), 4 (D3), 5 (A2), 6 (E2).

NOTE: There is no warranty on the strings shipped on your new instrument. Your instrument has completed a long journey before it ever begins the final leg to you. The strings on your new instrument are tuned, inspected and finally de-tuned for shipment. Environmental and temperature changes may also affect the strings and could shorten their lifespan. It is recommended that you acquire a replacement set and consider changing the strings as soon as, or shortly after, your instrument arrives.

If you are just learning the instrument you may wish to change your strings every couple of months. If you are a professional - then you already KNOW the difference a NEW set of strings can make to the sound and playability of your instrument. Bottom line - your strings should be changed as needed. Enjoy!

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Roosebeck Lute-Guitar, 6 String, Variegated, Gears

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