Gold Tone BZ-500 Irish Bouzouki With Pickup and Case
The Gold Tone BZ-500 Solid Spruce Top bouzouki is built to a high luthiers specification with solid spruce top, bone nut and cast brass tailpiece. It has great tone and volume. Complete with Gold Tone hardshell case.
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Description
The Irish bouzouki is a unique member of the mandolin family with a scale length longer than the octave mandola. It has been adopted and adapted for Irish and other forms of European traditional music from the late 1960s onward.
The most common tunings used are GDAD and GDAE, other tunings including ADAD and CFAD can be used. The Gold Tone BZ-500 is set up with octave strings for the third and fourth courses and unison strings for the first and second courses. This solid spruce top model produces a dramatic traditional Irish tone, it is excellent for chord backing fiddle and other traditional instruments. Our precision workshop set up on this instrument ensures an easy playing action.
Specification
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Product Type
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bouzouki
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Mandolin Type
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Bouzouki
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Body
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Body Shape
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A-Style (Teardrop)
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Body Soundhole Shape
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Oval-Hole
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Build Type
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Solid Top with Laminate Back & Sides
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Instrument Top
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Spruce
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Tailpiece
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Die cast tailpiece
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Bridge
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Adjustable ebony compensated bridge
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Neck
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Neck Material
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Mahogany
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Fretboard
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Rosewood
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Nut Material
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Bone
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Nut Width
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1 1/4" (32mm)
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Truss Rod Fitted
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Yes
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Number of Frets
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23
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Scale Length
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26 1/4" (667mm)
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Headstock
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Headstock Type
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Solid
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Tuning Pegs
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Open geared side tuners
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Tuner Buttons
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Chrome
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Electrics
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Factory Fitted Pickup
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Yes
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Electro Acoustic Model
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Yes
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Pickup Type
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Mandolin-Style Bridge Pickup
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Finish
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Colour
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Natural
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Finish
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Gloss
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Other
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Right or Left Handed
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Right Handed
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Supplied with Case/Gig Bag
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Hard Case
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