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	Guitars
Treebeard	Sir Bill	Daithi

A baritone guitar with 735mm scale length	12 frets clear of the body and 655mm scale length	14 frets clear of the body and 655mm scale length

Slim Jim	Butterfly	Samhain

Narrow bodied version of Daithi. Very punchy for blues style playing	13 frets clear of the body	Grand Concert sized guitar with 14 or 13 frets clear of the body.

Nancy	Toby & Jack the Lad	Suzanna

Small bodied guitar with 16 frets clear of the body	Concert guitar with 12 frets clear of the body - both ladder and more modern X braced.	Travel guitar with 16 frets clear of the body

	Fan-Fretted Guitars
Lughnasa

15 frets clear of the body with 630-657mm scale length.


	Harp Guitars
Jacob

Ladder braced with 6 sub-bass strings. Based on Jack the Lad Concert sized guitar.

	Guitar Bouzoukis
Paithi Peadar	William	Celtic Tigger

Large bodied guitar bouzouki with 16 frets clear of the body	Small bodied guitar bouzouki with 16 frets clear of the body	Short scale travel guitar bouzouki with 16 frets clear of the body

	Guitar Citterns
Bealtine	Imbolc

Grand Concert sized guitar cittern with 16 frets clear of the body	Short scale travel guitar cittern with 16 frets clear of the body.

	Lap Slides
Red Kite	Orthus

Weissenborn-style acoustic lap slide.	Double necked ladder braced.

Steel Stringed Instruments handmade in England
Luthier David White (luthier@defaoiteguitars.com)