DDX shared an enthusiastic e-mail with me today of her fascination with the Cavaquinho. Here's a link to a player on myspace, http://www.myspace.com/ocavaquinho which has a Spanish classical sound. The videos below show off the cavaquinho and it's distinct metallic sound compared to a standard ukulele.
Amazon, amongst its ukulele offerings, has four of these instruments for sale. For anyone so interested, with current page numbers & prices -
ReplyDeletePage 14 - Handcrafted acoustic/electric $957.
Acoustic/electric $268.
Page 20 - Acoustic $225.
Page 23 - Handcrafted acoustic $852.
These are really quite attractive instruments.
All of these are made by Giannini, of whom I know nothing.
I enjoy the tone.
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