cody78 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 After being after a Puerto Rican Cuatro for a long time, I finally got one today. It has a great sound and was quite inexpensive. The tuning is BEADG and it's a double course instrument, with a total of 10 strings. The photo below isn't mine as I haven't taken pictures of it yet, but it is the exact same model and looks identical. Anyone else here play one? Very cool and unique instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 a great friend of mine has one (currnetly in for bridge repair) and he loves it - good fun as a diversion. cool sounds as a variation from the usual mandolin or similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Hayden Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Never heard of a Puerto Rican Cuatro but it looks cool , I wouldn't mind having one to toy around with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody78 Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 When I was looking for mine there were a few on US websites and they were only a couple of hundred dollars. Outside of Puerto Rico they seem quite hard to find, especially authentic PR made ones. I found mine in a UK based Folk & World Music shop which specialise in all sorts of unusual instruments, however it wasn't made in Puerto Rico. The neck on it feels similar to a classical guitar with a very short scale and with the BEADG tuning it's quite easy to learn as a guitarist. It's sound is somewhere between a mandolin and a 12 string guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drog Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 That Cuatro is very cool. Never seen one before. You can get this Inuk from Godin http://www.godinguitars.com/godininukencorep.htm Seems like a similar kind of idea, though its 11 string (either steel strings or nylon). Kinda like an Oud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 The link above goes to a photo of a very nice Gibson acoustic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drog Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 The link above goes to a photo of a very nice Gibson acoustic... Ha ha, oops! See what happens when you have a cold. Its fixed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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