guitar body zouk builders

[garryireland]

Theres many out there but if any happy customers could point me in the right direction id appreciate it. This will be the big one so it needs to be good.

[Steve Baker]

Graham McDonald at McDonaldstrings.com. You can see mine in the avatar.

[Chuck Leyda]

If I had the money I would go with the Muidermann Guizouki here:
http://www.muidermanguitars.com/guizouki.htm

I'm not a customer (yet) but I wanted to post because his name rarely gets mentioned.

[jmkatcher]

Laughlin Guitars - http://laughlinguitars.ca/guitar-shaped-bouzouki.htm
(I played this one at Dusty Strings and it was very nice.)

Phil Crump - http://www.pwcrumpco.com/guit_zouk.html
(Owned one and it had a super large sound.)

[nkforster]

Me!



I think there are a few owners who contribute to the forum...

nigel

http://www.nkforsterguitars.com/inst...itar-bouzouki/

[Lord of the Badgers]

I don't know what yer on about Nigel

But since you posted, it turns out I have a guitar bodied zouk that looks rather like that, and is sublime [understatement]. In fact I was chatting with Adam Rhodes (out of Barrule, Jamie Smith's Mabon, Imar) at Cambridge and he said it's my fault he may be chatting to you again.

If I was Garry I'd be looking at the Session King one to save a little though

But in the interests of being fair to all - my mate loves the Taran one too, or rather, he keeps eyeing one.

[garryireland]

Me!



I think there are a few owners who contribute to the forum...

nigel



http://www.nkforsterguitars.com/inst...itar-bouzouki/

Thar would be ideal Nigel but out of my price range. The session is possible depending on waiting list and price could you pm me?

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I knew you would say that!

[nkforster]

Thar would be ideal Nigel but out of my price range. The session is possible depending on waiting list and price could you pm me?

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I knew you would say that!

Gary, you're best off sending me an email via my website, then I can send you the whole price list including the Session King guitar bouzouki.

Best,

Nigel
www.nkforsterguitars.com

[garryireland]

Will do that now

[Lord of the Badgers]

hooray!

[garryireland]

hooray!

Probably still only a dream!

[Lord of the Badgers]

Nah. Put a deposit down and save like a big saving thing.

[IrishFan]

A builder (Heiner Dreizehnter) in Germany: http://www.acoustic-guitars.de/index...family/gizouki

[garryireland]

A builder (Heiner Dreizehnter) in Germany: http://www.acoustic-guitars.de/index...family/gizouki

Wont let me send an email. Anybody got an address for Heiner

[IrishFan]

Wont let me send an email. Anybody got an address for Heiner

See his page http://www.acoustic-guitars.de/index.php/impressum ! There you find his email address, post address and also phone number.

[citeog]

There's always Joe Foley up the road in Dublin. I've seen, and heard, the gizoukis he's made for Pat Broaders. They're good instruments.....

Paul

[Mike Anderson]

There's always Joe Foley up the road in Dublin. I've seen, and heard, the gizoukis he's made for Pat Broaders. They're good instruments.....

Paul

Yeah, they do sound great. Here's Pat Broaders with one:



And here's Eamon Doorley with his lovely wife playing another:

[michaelcj]

Any one know who made John Doyle's flattop 8 stringer? Not sure of its scale length, so don't know it it's officially an OM, Zouk or a MC.
Lovely sounding beast though.

And thanks Mike, the Fowlis/Doorley piece was great. Notice he's using a single bass "course.

Those with weak stomachs should look away NOW!

Curious about the double course Mando Cello sound but too poor now after the purchase of my Clark Octave Mando…..

I dug around in the hoarding room and found a 1972 Martin D12-18 that I bought for real cheap several years ago. The previous owner who thought he needed a cutaway twelve string took it to god knows who, who did the "work" adding [subtracting] one to the treble upper bout. Hideous but there it is.

I recut the nut and the E and A are now single strings with unison courses on the D,G,B,E [no octaves] or what ever I end up with in open tunings. IT is indeed a Frankenstien but you ought to hear it on Stan Rodgers tunes.

Mike

[citeog]

It's a Muiderman. The link was provided earlier.....

Paul

[garryireland]

It's a Muiderman. The link was provided earlier.....

Paul

Going with Davy Stuart. Cant beat the exchange rate now. Ive played Andys Bassouki and a friends regular zouk and very confident of his skills. Thanks to all for the input!

[garryireland]

[Barry Wilson]

I am going to add a Canadian that I just ordered from Hovington Instruments.

[kmmando]

http://www.taranguitars.co.uk/instruments/guzouki

[Eddie Sheehy]

A Graham McDonald creation:

[colorado_al]

You could build one yourself, or at least modify a tenor guitar into one.
I started with a Blueridge BR-40TCE tenor guitar and converted it into an octave mandolin. Cost me about $300.
Certainly not McDonald, Stuart, or Forster quality, but pretty awesome for the low cost.

http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/sh...-OM-conversion