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• 25.25" /640 cm or 24" scale length
• 16 fret neck
• body : 16.7"L / 15.4"W / 4.1"D
• 44 mm neck width at nut
• string gauges:.012, .018w, .030, .045, .057
• tunings: DGDAD, EADAE

The 5-course (10-string) long scale cittern is a suitable choice for someone who wants to add more than just a rhythmic style to their playing. With the bouzouki-length scale the low course is perfect for bass hits mixed into a structured pattern. It is also a very handy drone. With this course tuned to D or E many possibilities open up. Genereally the entire tuning is DGDAD if coming from a trad bouzouki background. For specific tunings I can customize string gauges to suit. Looking at it another way, it is like a lighter strung 5 course mandocello. A regular Mandocello tuning is CGDA, just add another high course for the D.

The rich character of the low sound spectrum comes across clear and unmuddied. This is thanks mostly to the carved-top. The flat-top citterns don't respond as nicely or crisply at the bottom end.

The neck is wide enough for comfortable fingering but deftly carved to keep things moving quickly when they need to be.

My custom design tailpiece excepts ball-end strings and is outfitted underneath with a leather string dampener to limit sympathetic resonances below the bridge.

  I can make reccomendations to outfit your cittern with the proper pick-up and pre-amp systems. See the Extras page.

EVERY NYBERG Cittern incorporates solid body plates, a mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard and bridge, adjustable truss rod (through soundhole), chrome precision tuning heads, chrome strap buttons, bone nut and saddle, custom cast and hinged bronze tailpiece, and includes a hardshell archtop case. Lifetime warranty.

CHECK THE DESIGN ETHICS PAGE FOR DETAILS ON CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN.