Strings of Terra

Showcasing instruments and music from around the world. 34.

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Charango Ayacuchano

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Thomann Octave Mandolin

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Oscar Schmidt Baritone Ukulele

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Puerto Rican Cuatro

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Ibanez SR506 Six String Electric Bass

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Goya G-20 Made in Sweden

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Yamaha TH-10M electric taishogoto. All strings are tuned to G. Any estimates on when this was made?

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Merida T25 Trajan classical guitar, featuring a solid cedar top and solid mahogany back and sides.

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Late 1930s Strad-o-lin brand archtop mandolin, made in the USA. 

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Balalaika made in Leningrad, USSR in the early 1960s at the Lunacharsky Factory.

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Merida DC15-BA classical guitar, known for its stunning Mexican Bacote back and sides. Features a solid cedar top.

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Paul Allender Signature Series PRS electric guitar. This is the earlier model with passive PRS pickups rather than active EMGs. A very versatile guitar despite its metal trappings.

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Bisernica made by luthier Nick Orehovic. Later purchased from estate sale of a nuclear engineer. This tamburitza is tuned EADG but an octave higher than a guitar.

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Electric phin from Thailand, likely made with cassia wood. Many tunings can be used, but instrument is currently tuned EBE.

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Yamaha G-245S classical guitar made in Taiwan in the 1970s. Solid spruce top, with likely laminated rosewood back and sides. 

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Kantele with a nice Danish oil finish