NIBD (New Irish Bouzouki Day)

**McIrish** · Mar-27-2023, 1:49pm

After wanting one for ten years, I finally got a Crump Irish Bouzouki. This is the real deal. Huge sound and great playability. I've only seen a few for sale in the last 10 years and I always missed out on them. I kept kicking myself for not acting faster. Well, I got this one direct from Phil. He seems to be slowing down production now so I'm super glad I got this.

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**tmsweeney** · Mar-27-2023, 2:41pm

cool whats the scale length on that?

**McIrish** · Mar-27-2023, 2:55pm

It's the full 25.5' scale length.

**Chuck Leyda** · Mar-31-2023, 1:39pm

Beautiful! Those B IIIs are cannons.

I had a B1. I hurt my back and thought I would never play long scale instruments again. I sold it. I should have waited! I've bought and sold a lot of instruments but the Crump is one of the few I wish I would have kept.

How would you compare it to your Petersen? Do we get to hear you play it??

**McIrish** · Mar-31-2023, 1:49pm

There is a gigantic difference between the two. The Petersen is more delicate. it has the octave courses and a fairly shallow body; probably 2.5" if i remember correctly. The Crump is big sounding. The courses are tuned in unison, so it has a lot more power. Also the body depth is much greater. We are into acoustic guitar depths on the Crump. I may keep both as they do different things but I do see myself using the BIII more in the future.
Maybe I can make a short video of the two for comparisons when things slow down in the studio a little. Thanks for the interest. The Crump was well worth the long wait (my fault)

**Marcus CA** · Mar-31-2023, 10:08pm

I can see why you're going to be tempted to keep the Petersen along with the Crump. I have a Petersen Level 3 spruce/maple OM with a 22.5" scale length and unison strings, and it may fall in the middle of your descriptions. Its tone has a delicate quality, but I can also get some power out of it. Like Chuck, I'd love to hear a comparison of the two.

What are the woods on both of those zouks? That could also be part of the tonal difference you're hearing --- and another reason to keep and play them both!