Imbolc is the first of my Celtic Festival Series instruments and is a short scale travel cittern that can be easily carried around and is ideal for use in crowded sessions. With 605mm scale length and 16 frets clear of the body, which gives great upper neck access, it can be tuned a range of different cittern tunings depending on which strings you use. I use GDADE tuning with 0.011", 0.012", 0.016", 0.029"s and 0.039"w unison pair. strings. It is available in a range of interesting back/sides and top woods. Backs are usually four piece and depending on wood choice the tops are 2 or 4 pieces. See the Options page for details. Imbolc pictured here is a European spruce top, Cuban mahogany back and sides with Rupola lacewood bindings.
You can hear a sound clip of the Imbolc pictured here.
Specification:
Scale length:
605mm
Top:
European spruce
Back/SIdes:
Indian rosewood, or other as per availability (see options)
Lower bout width:
286mm
Upper bout width:
190mm
Waist width:
159mm
Overall length:
864mm
Max rim depth:
83mm
Neck:
Mahogany, bolt on with 2 way adjustable truss rod and carbon fibre rods
Tuners:
Gotoh gold
Nut/width:
Bone, custom
Saddle/string spacing:
Bone, custom
Bridge:
Pinless or slotted pinned, Macassar ebony
Fingerboard:
Ebony bound with ebony, bwb purfling, radiused, 2.5mm MoP side dot markers
Frets:
21 heavy Japanese
Binding:
Maple, bwb purfling, De Faoite Rosette, end graft matching binding
Finish:
Top, back and sides are either hand rubbed pre-catalysed lacquer or French Polished and toped with thin coats of Tru-oil. Tru-oil neck.
