McCARTEN LTD.

Baglama
Saz

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This based on what I would imagine an ancestor of the Turkish Saz may have been like, combined with modern techniques.A collaboration of cultures, if you will.
The body is made from a hard shelled gourd selected by shape to be similar to that of a traditional Saz.


This example has figured Maple fingerboard and neck with Maple/Mahogany binding.
The top is Sitka Spruce.
The bridge and tuning pegs are Hophornbeam.
The soundhole rose is Black Cherry and Maple.
Binding and other accents are a combination of Curly Maple and Mahohany.