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Like a mandolin, my cavaquinho is 14" from bridge to nut, which is considerably shorter than a guitar scale. I was uncertain if I was putting increased tension on my guitar strings at this scale. So...

Thanks! I was worried that I would need too much string tension to get this to work with the cavaco, but it was just fine.

Quick Update - I didn't see a way to update the original post. I swapped the B string out for a Savarez classical string and it sounds much better. I need something a bit darker, but for anyone...

This is an old thread, but I wanted to share my experience.

I have a Do Souto cavaquinho. I bought Aquila Red Series strings. Mostly, they sound good and dampen the sound of the instrument, in a...

Thank You Both!

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I was lucky enough to find a 50s / 60s Bandolim De Ouro aka Do Souto Bandolim. The intonation and sound are excellent, but the tuners are very stiff on the highest strings. There are no...

Thank You, Ed. Yes, Indeed. I had the pleasure of shopping on 48th Street. I got my Fulltone Soul Bender at Manny's in the 90s. Retrofret is GREAT. I bought a wonderful Martin O-17T from them about 5...

By the way, Ed, do you know someone who might be able to do the work?

Rob

Thanks Ed. Yes, the electronics seem to be fine. The seller noted that the instrument is in need of neck / fretwork in its current state:

"The neck has a few appointments to speak on. It is very...

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I play tenor guitar and cavaquinho. I have recently fallen in love with Soukous. The genius guitar player, Docteur Nico, played Egmond guitars in the mid-1960s. While the guitars have a...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Giannini-GCSM-10-Professional-Cavaquinho-Cavaco-Case-/130549457885?_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D5%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D1443841074010751562
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I can recommend Marcos Dupra's beginning and intermediate cavaquinho DVDs. Good lessons. Honest guy. DVDs work on US computers.

http://www.professordecavaquinho.blogspot.com/

Ah, I got the EL (which is worth the extra $100, w the pick up / tuner.

I got the Giannini top of the line Cavaquinho on Amazon about 12 months ago for $680 and now they are $950+. Even at that price, it's a great instrument! Better than I expected.

I'm not sure what you are disagreeing with from my post. I'm not sure that you read it carefully. I PLAY the cavaquinho, not the bandolim.

My point was, there aren't stores in the US where you...

I live in New York City, which has a big Brazilian population, and as far as I know, there is no place to try out a cavaquinho or bandolim in the city. Even if there were, you'd probably have one...

I have never played the Marques. I have the student model Giannini Cavaquinho GCSM and it's decent. I bought it on Amazon last month. The intonation is good. I purchased the EL version that has...

Exactly - cavaco/cavaquinho = quick + dirty / prim + proper.

GCSE17 CT EL (cutaway) - This was the used one I was referring to. It's a cheap one, but a good starter cavaco. The new Gianinni is actually a very good instrument for the price.

There is a student model Giannini cavaquinho on ebay right now. The sound of mine (not the one on eBay) is a bit boxy, but the build quality / intonation are OK. It comes with a decent built in...

I would be curious to know what a top of the line Batista Cavaquinho would run. Camel says that they are $850 and up. I'd love to know what the up is!

I think that the Del Vecchio on ebay was a student fairly inexpensive student model from Brazil, which usually costs around $150 there. It did come with a nice case! You don't see them in the...

Often with my Brazilian searches, search engines will disregard the main country site if it finds listings for products in English.

Finding Brazilian anything, especially records (I collect...

This girl is rocking the Cavaquinho:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Rs1kP5bTQ

I am a big Forro fan. I purchased a Giannini GCSM10 EL Cavaquinho on Amazon last year. The first one I purchased had some cracking around the pickup interface. They accepted my return and my 2nd...