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    I came across these <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Celtic-Star-IRISH-BOUZOUKI_W0QQitemZ170041992610QQihZ007QQcategoryZ6 23QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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    I'm thinking it may be Romanian, and not quite the same instrument as the Fender. It might be fine, but probably would take a little work to make it playable.

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    The Fender has a guitar-style pin bridge and those have a fundamentally different sound from the ones with the floating, mandolin-type bridge and tailpiece. Just so ya know... Guitar luthier David Weber of Vancouver and Fylde in England also build pin-bridge instruments. I have had a Fylde Octavius OM and while I really liked it, it did sound very different from the mando-bridge ones.

    As for the value of the Celtic Star, Saguaro has it right. The inexpensive ones can be nice starters, but nut, frets, bridge and tailpiece are usually all improvable and they pretty much universally benefit a lot from a professional setup, right out of the box.

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    They're not Romanian: the Hora instruments are instantly recognisable, with a few variations in scratchplate design and staining, and this isn't one.

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    Piece of JUNK! I'd save my money for a Trinity College, an excellent instrument.

    Fit & Finish on Celtic Star is very poor. The electronics are ok but you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear and the acoustic sound of the Celtic Star will never measure up.

    I'd rather mic a Trinity College and get a great sound.


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