An old Waldzither of unknown date and make.
Category: Instruments
The stringed instrument part of the instrument collection of Andrew Charman-Williams. In addition he has keyboards, drums/percussion, harmonicas, tin whistles, saxophones and other instruments.
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Richard Wilson Blackwood tenor ukulele
Richard Wilson Blackwood tenor ukulele with K&K pickup.
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Peter Coombe short scale tenor guitar
Peter Coombe 21″ scale small body tenor guitar. King Billy pine top, Blackwood back/sides.
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Peter Coombe A5 style mandolin
Peter Coombe A5 style mandolin. Red spruce top, Clara Walnut back/sides.
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Ome Juniper tenor banjo
Ome Juniper tenor banjo from Omsburg era with 12″ pot.
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Graham McDonald Stromberg-Voisinet style mandolin
Graham McDonald Stromberg-Voisinet style short-scale mandolin. Canted spruce top, Tulip Satinwood back/sides.
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Graham McDonald flatback mandolin
Carved top, flatpack mandolin by Graham McDonald. Spruce top, Brazilian Rosewood back and sides.
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Eastwood Classic Tenor electric guitar
The Eastwood Classic Tenor is an electric tenor guitar with a semi-hollow body and two humbucker pickups. Like tenor banjos tenor guitars can be strung and tuned in different ways including the fifths tunings CGDA and GDAE/GDAD or Chicago tuning DGBE. This is currently in 5ths tuning.
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Realist RV4e electric-acoustic violin
Realist RV4e acoustic violin with built-in pickup.
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Breakneck bowl lute – 8 course
Breakneck bowl lute which is an 8 course renaissance lute made in Pakistan. Renaissance lutes generally had between 6 and 8 courses with the highest course being a single course and the rest double with the lower courses often strung in octave pairs.
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PRS SE Paul’s Guitar electric guitar
PRS SE Paul’s Guitar electric guitar. Stoptail bridge, TCI “S” pickups with coil-split, 635mm (25″) scale.
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Ibanez RGT1221PB electric guitar
Ibanez RGT1221PB electric guitar with hardtail bridge, DiMarzio Air Norton and The Tone Zone pickups, neck-through Wizard III neck.
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Katoh ALEX/CS classical guitar
Katoh Alex/CS classical guitar which is a modern interpretation of some 19th century style guitars. It is a small body guitar with spruce top and rosewood back/sides.
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Anuenue S20 Featherbird Classical Guitalele
Anuenue S20 Featherbird Classical Guitalele with pickup. Guitaleles are a hybrid between guitars and ukuleles with some being more like a ukulele with six strings and others a short scale classical guitar. This one probably leans more towards being a short scale guitar.
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Instrument Collection
Andrew has a fairly extensive collection of musical instruments, predominantly string instruments. The major categories these are grouped by are:
Acoustic Guitars
Bass Guitars
Electric Guitars
Mandolin family
Ukuleles
Banjos
Dulcimers
Violin family
Other Instruments -
Epiphone SG Special electric guitar
Epiphone SG Special. Currently has a broken nut so I will need to replace that.
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Fender 50th Anniversary American Deluxe Stratocaster
Fender 50th Anniversary American Deluxe Stratocaster. One of a few instruments with a broken string or needing restringing- have to have a restringing session soon. One of the positions of the switch has stopped working so I will need to investigate that as well. Luckily with plenty of alternatives when I break a string I pick a different guitar.
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S. Yairi classical guitar
This was my second ever guitar of any type and I got it when I was in high school. The one it replaced was a cheap beginner one with dodgy repairs to a broken headstock.
