8 string 'newzouki'

Dave Bagwill · Post by **Dave Bagwill** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 2:00 am

Ok so I saw this guy on youtube, and decided to build something like it. I had a nice piece of curly maple for the back, and made double sides out of regular maple that was hanging around; glued and vacuum-pressed. I have a spruce top ready for bracing.
These are just the odd pix that I've snapped, because I was not sure whether to post this or not.
I used a 00 template for the leg side, and a mandola template for the mando side. I'm using a 25.4" scale neck, and have yet to make the 8-string bridge. I'll be stringing it with double strings (rather than octave sets such as a 12 string would use).
We shall see how it turns out; as always, it has been fun/challenging.
Link to the youtube: https://youtu.be/DZ3FEU1qlCM

Dave Bagwill · Post by **Dave Bagwill** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 2:07 am

A few pix

John Parchem · Post by **John Parchem** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 8:33 am

looks like a fun project

Kevin in California · Post by **Kevin in California** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 3:50 pm

So THAT is what you've been up to. Cool.

Dave Bagwill · Post by **Dave Bagwill** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 10:39 pm

Getting the lower bout braces glued on. I pre-shaped the braces to match a template I made for myself, a shape I can live with for just about any guitar. This is an 8-string (4 sets of two identical strings) but I'm using guitar style bracing and scale length because I want to tune down and have a guitar-like sound, not a bouzouki sound.

Start on the bridge tomorrow.

Herman · Post by **Herman** » Thu Aug 18, 2016 1:16 pm

Great project Dave. How do you play that? Like a mandolin or banjo?

Dave Bagwill · Post by **Dave Bagwill** » Thu Aug 18, 2016 1:22 pm

There's a video in the opening post - that's what I'm going for.

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