Greek bouzouki 8 strings. Body is made from 15 lines of solid walnut and maple. I used a solid German spruce top A. Inlays are celluloid and pearloid with a Pegasus design. Neck is made from 3 lines solid linden and wenge wood. Fingerboard is made of Wenge with pearloid bindings. The 8-string bouzouki is tuned D A F C. Similar to the first 4 strings of the Guitar tuned 1 tone lower. From E B G D goes D A F C. So you can play it like a Guitar or Ukulele It a wonderful instrument for such a good price. Handmade in my workshop.The bouzouki is a popular musical instrument. It is a member of the long-necked lute family, with a round body with a flat top and a long neck with a fretted fingerboard. It has steel strings and is played with a plectrum producing a sharp metallic sound, reminiscent of a mandoline but pitched lower. There are two main types of bouzouki: the trichordo (three-course) has three pairs of strings (known as courses) and the tetrachordo (four-course) has four pairs of strings. The instrument was brought to Greece in the 1900s by Greeks immigrants from Menor Asia and quickly became the central instrument to the Rebetico genre and its music branches. It is now an important element of modern Greek music.