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  1. Oct-31-2014, 2:32am #1
    Jake Wildwood
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    Default 1910s Vracas bouzouki

    After doing a bit of looking around at early zouk (American) examples on the web I decided this old fella is probably an early zouk rather than a m'cello. The nut width is so narrow (1 1/8") and the original nut looks like it was slotted for 3x2 stringing to begin with. Anyhow... what a cool thing... and what a sorry state it was in to begin with. It took some interesting surgery to get this back together.

    More pics & a soundclip at the blog post.

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  2. Oct-31-2014, 4:32am #2
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    Default Re: 1910s Vracas bouzouki

    Great blog post Jake, looks like you had way too much fun getting that one back together again!
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    Default Re: 1910s Vracas bouzouki

    Great job, Jake.
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