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Permalink Reply by Mark on March 7, 2012 at 5:43am

It's called a saz (or in Turkish a bağlama). It's part of a family of instruments from the Eastern Mediterranean, the Middle East and Central Asia. The traditional forms of these instruments are all acoustic but I guess someone had the idea to make versions with electric pickups.

I read somewhere that Lu Edmonds has some involvement with the Tuvan group Yat Kha, who sometimes play traditional Asian folk instruments. I don't know if there's any connection here or not. It certainly seems that Mr Edmunds has an eclectic interest in folk.

Permalink Reply by Chillicool on March 7, 2012 at 6:57am

I'd forgotten all about this thread mate, when I posted it a couple of months ago nobody seemed interested...Its nice to finally get a reply...a Saz you say... I'll look out for one of these when I'm on my travels...Cheers Mark I appreciate the info.

Permalink Reply by Pascal on February 16, 2014 at 9:21pm

Maybe it's a customised bouzouky

I've just posted 2 notes on this subject yesterday

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/profiles/blogs/ce-bouzouki-est-il-acc...

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/profiles/blogs/misirlou-dick-dale?xg_...