The BZ-1000 from Gold Tone is a guitar-bodied Celtic bouzouki with 8 strings, and built-in Fishman pickup. Bouzoukis are generally tuned one octave lower than a standard mandolin (alternate tunings are possible) - and some, like this one, are set up with octave tuning on the lower two courses for a full, rich sound.
Hard case is included, plus free shipping within the continental US!
Specs:
- solid spruce top
- mahogany back & sides
- 1 3/8" zero-glide nut
- Rosewood fingerboard w/snowflake inlay
- ebony bridge w/bone saddle
- high gloss finish
- 19 frets
- 2-way adjustable truss rod
- 24.75" scale length
- 4.5 lbs
- Fishman undersaddle pickup w/preamp
- string gauges: .016, .016, .018, .018, .035w, .016, .045w, .018 (string set available from Gold Tone)