Bealtine is the third instrument in my Celtic Festival series. Ir is a full sized guitar cittern designed in conjunction with Gavin Davenport. Bealtine has a Grand Comcert sized body with 63omm scale length and 16 frets clear of the body. It has a Lutz spruce top and Cuban mahogany back and sides which is the perfect combination for this instrument. Depending on the string gauges used it can be used in a number of different tunings. Gavin uses GCGCD. You can follow the build of Gavin's Bealtine here.
Specification:
Scale length:
630mm
Top:
Lutz spruce
Back/sides:
Cuban mahogany
Lower bout width:
380mm
Upper bout width:
275mm
Waist width:
222mm
Overall length:
1010mm
Maximum rim depth:
102mm
Neck:
Mahogany bolt on with 2 way adjustable truss rod and twin carbon fibre rods.
Tuners:
Gotoh with ebony buttons
Nut width:
46mm
Saddle/string spacimg:
Split bone saddle, 54mm
Bridge:
Maccassar ebony slotted pinned with ebony bridge-pins. Two strings per hole.
Fingerboard:
Ebony bound with curly Koa.
Frets:
20 Japanese extra heavy.
Binding:
Curly Koa.
Finish:
Hand rubbed pre-catalysed lacquer on body and headstock veneers. Tru-oil on neck.
