Instrument

Component

Irish Bouzouki

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soundboard

sitka spruce

back

sycamore or rosewood

ribs

sycamore or rosewood

neck

mahogany

fingerboard

ebony

head veneer

rosewood

linings

willow

struts (belly)

spruce

struts (back)

mahogany

tail block

spruce

truss rod

5mm

nut

bone

bridge

ebony/rosewood bone saddle

scale length

529mm (can be altered to suit)

strings

 .014 .020 .032w .048w

action (12 fret on E/G)

 1.5-2.5mm

scratchplate

acetate