On Monday 20 February 2006 01:11, Adam Sampson was like: > I don't think I'd want to buy an acoustic > instrument without playing it first, though -- there can be > significant differences even between instances of the same model... This is especially true of Bouzoukis, you may also want to consider Octave Mandolas, which have the same tuning, but a tighter sound. However, you can't make 'em fry like a good Bouzouki. -- cheers, tim hall http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim