Paithi Peadar is named in honour of my good friend Peter Cree. He is a large bodied guitar bouzouki with 16 frets clear of the body, 406mm wide lower bout and 120mm maximum depth. He has hybrid cross/ladder bracing on the back which gives a better sound projection. He has a loud voice but also the sweet tone that comes with guitar sized bouzoukis. These instruments are amazingly versatile and can be used for playing tunes, rhythymic accompaniment and for singing with, He comes in 2 scale lengths and the nut/saddle widths are customised for each owner - some like them wide, some like them thin. The first Paithi Peadar shown here was built for my preferences and has a 655mm scale length with, 42mm nut width and 58mm saddle string spacing. Tunings vary with these instruments but I use GDAD.
