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junglejem
Jul-27-2010, 10:51pm
Here's a few shots of my lefty Richard Beard Cittern that, as you can see, is almost ready to be shipped.


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citeog
Jul-28-2010, 9:36pm
Gorgeous. What's the scale length?
junglejem
Jul-28-2010, 10:17pm
Gorgeous. What's the scale length?

24 3/4"
citeog
Jul-29-2010, 2:45pm
Lovely. If it sounds half as good as it looks you should be well pleased.
Greg Ashton
Jul-29-2010, 3:16pm
What tuning are you planning on using?
junglejem
Jul-29-2010, 10:48pm
What tuning are you planning on using?

5ths (CGDAE) subject to changing to DGDAD....got the JazzCittern program, and I'd like to work with that for a while, and it requires 5ths tuning
JEStanek
Jul-30-2010, 7:17am
Congratulations on the beauty!

Jamie
capt_blood
Aug-04-2010, 3:44pm
Jem, this looks like the fraternal twin of mine. They could well go out of Richard's shop on the same truck. I resolved not to post any pictures of mine until I have it in hand, which should be by the middle of this month. Then I will post, of course. Richard recommends the 24 3/4" scale length, koa back and sides, and tortoiseshell binding, so the resemblance starts there. I also got the gold hardware. Mine's a bouzouki (4 course), not a cittern (5 course). I also play mandolin, so I'm not inclined to figure out what to do with that extra course.

Richard has a stash of 30-year old red spruce harvested in the Great Smoky Mountains. So I sprang for the red spruce top as an option, as the price of the upgrade was reasonable. And I asked Richard to put in abalone snowflakes on the fretboard, which I like.

And to think we had to talk you into this purchase. :-)