Oct 2011 : First carved-top red spruce LS-Cittern completed. Hear it here.

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The Mid-Scale Cittern

  • NEW GUITAR : The double O , coming soon

 

OO Guitar  

 

  • Octave Mandolin scale length 22.5"
  • 5 courses ; 10 strings
  • makes fingering stretches easier
  • maintains 'mando' tone
  • versatile
 

MANDOLIN CAFE FEEDBACK

Read what others are saying on these two build threads on mandolincafe.com :
Carved-top bouzouki thread
Mid-Scale cittern thread

       
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