Photos of my new irish bouzouki

Fergmaun · Post by **Fergmaun** » Thu May 24, 2007 2:28 pm

Here are some photos of my new Irish Bouzouki by Dave Freshwater Fretted Folk Musical Instruments Inverness Scotland arrive Monday 21 May 2007.

I placed the order on 31 March 2007.

Standard Bouzouki ( new range)
box ; back and sides; mahogany
soundboard ; spruce
soundhole ; round
fingerboard ; ebony
right handed
box type ; standard raindrop

Cheers

Ferg

buddhu · Post by **buddhu** » Fri May 25, 2007 1:50 am

Nice

I looked at freshwater mandolins for a while before deciding to concentrate on f-hole models for their slight edge on versatility. They look like fine instruments at a very reasonable price.

Looks like you'll be having fun. Congrats, mate.

drunkenviking · Post by **drunkenviking** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 4:56 pm

Looks like a very fine instrument indeed.. May I ask what you payed? And are you happy with it?

Fergmaun · Post by **Fergmaun** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:04 am

This Bouzouki FF302 is "The Freshwater Accord Range"

The Bouzouki I got costed £380 + £18.00 = £398.00 Pounds streling.

The Standard Bouzouki FF109 costs £540.00

http://www.freshwater-instruments.com/product4.htm

Cheers

Ferg

ISU Trout Bum · Post by **ISU Trout Bum** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 11:10 am

Very, very nice! How is the tone?

Congrats!

Fergmaun · Post by **Fergmaun** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:01 pm

I have it tuned to GDAD which gives it a lovely drone sound with very bright & loud sound. The sound is very similar to the sound of Donal Lunny's Bouzouki

Cheers

Ferg

ISU Trout Bum · Post by **ISU Trout Bum** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:52 pm

NICE!!!!!

Uinsin42 · Post by **Uinsin42** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:20 am

Hi Fergmaun,

Did you visit the shop in Invernes or order online, it's quite a journey from Cork.

Uinsin42

Fergmaun · Post by **Fergmaun** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 3:12 pm

Hi Uinsin42

Before ordering the Accord Bouzouki Price £380, I sent an Quotation on the website to Dave Freshwater enquirering about the Standard Bouzouki FF109 price £540 with mahogany and cedar. (The Accord Range was not listed on this website in March 2007)

I think Dave got back to me by phone saying he had this new range of cheaper instruments if I was interested.

I placed my order for the Irish Bouzouki online payment by Visa Credit Card and the instrument was sent by courier to my home address in Belfast.

Cheers

Ferg

Uinsin42 · Post by **Uinsin42** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:23 am

Thanks Fergmaun,

The wisdom of buying a stringed instrument online was a concern to me, I had never heard of the Irish Bouzouki till 3 or 4 onths ago when I broke the the neck of a Turkish Lute and was searching for a replacment.

Uinsin42

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Photos of my new irish bouzouki

Photos of my new irish bouzouki

Standard Bouzouki ( new range) Freshwater Accord Range

Irish Bouzouki