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Johnny Notte
PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 9:19 am 
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City: Thessaloniki
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Here is a presentation of the new instrument i build, a greek baglamas. Baglamas is a very short scale bouzouki used mostly for 'rembetiko' music.
The woods i used are, Body- white limba, top- german spruce, neck-maple with ebony, and fretboard- ebony
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and here is the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeUgim_f-_I&feature=plcp
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Spyder
PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:29 pm 
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That's very interesting, I've never seen one before. Interesting sound.

So is the back one piece? I'm curious to how it was made, was it carved like a bowl?

Nice work!

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nyazzip
PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:34 pm 
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i like it!
very stout looking neck.
i too am curious about the bowl...looks like it was carved out, in the pics
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WudWerkr
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Kewl , strong sound . How about doing a Build here from start to finish with Pics ? [:Y:]

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thanx! yes the bowl is carved out! soon i will upload the pics from the start of this project
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Bryan Bear
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Cool, keep posting your projects!

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David Lane
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Very cool, and a lefty as well ;)

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Dennis E.
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I really like the sound. It reminds me a little of my tiple. Looking forward to the pics.

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