Custom Roosebeck 8-Course Travel Lute - Lefty

The lefty sheesham travel lute has a body made of eleven solid sheesham staves, a sheesham neck and sheesham fingerboard. The peg box is solid sheesham attached at an angle of 135 degrees to reduce the depth of the instrument. The tuning pegs and end pin are sheesham. The soundboard is made out of European spruce. There are eight nylon frets and four sheesham frets. The recommended tuning is G4, D4, A3, F3, C4, C3,G3, G2, F3, F2, D3, D2. A padded gig bag is included.

Materials:

Neck: Sheesham
Fingerboard: Sheesham
Peg Box: Sheesham
Bridge: Sheesham
Soundboard: Spruce
Soundboard Bracing: Spruce
Nut: Sheesham
Tuning Pegs: Sheesham

Dimensions:

Scale Length: 23.5 inches

Overall dimensions: 813mm length, 235mm width, and 165mm depth

Nut Width: 2.75 inches (70mm)

Width of Neck at body: 3.25 inches (83mm)

Length of the neck from body to nut: 9.25 inches (235mm)

Weight: Approximately Without Gig Bag: 0.79 kg or 1.75 pounds.

Weight: Approximately With Gig Bag: 1.36 kg or 2 pounds.