14-String Baroque Lute Guitar

This instrument was a special commission. The owner is a lute player but was wanting something more comfortable to play. • Soundboard European Spruce • Back and Sides: European Maple • Neck: Cedar • Fingerboard: Ebony • Pickup: K&K • Scale length: 650mm • Tuners: Schaller • Finish: Shellac

There are Alto guitars, which are guitar versions of lutes often in a ‘G’ tuning. So it is easier for classical players to switch over. This particular version has a regular classical guitar scale length with a deeper Dm tuning. This customer requested an extra 14th bass string. The reason for a full width fingerboard is that he wanted to use a capo. Like a lute he aslo wanted a radius fingerboard. I am very pleased with the Schaller tuners. Extra long bass strings- G1,A1,B1,C2, 10-string section- D2,E2,F2,G2,A2, D3, f3, a3, d4, f4