Irish Bouzouki - Catharsis 

Oh no! We're not going this year :( We'll be in Doolin next week though, and at the Fleadh in august.

TijnB42 Dammit! Was, once again, a great week. Maybe at another point in time. We'll sadly not be staying in Ireland and won't return until next year. :3

Thanks! I play it in Gm, capoing up to CM (5th fret). Gm allows me to drone the open G string.

I think it looks like a seamus o kane

christian hedwitschak without a doubt !

Rickard Brinck The pickguard is there to prevent the top from being damaged by your picking. Where it needs to be placed depends on one's style of playing. For me (and most other people in the world) that's below the soundhole.

Haha, honestly I was mostly referring to the fact that you had it the other way around on the Fylde 'zouk. How come you changed your mind?

My playing style has changed somewhat over the past few years. I installed a pickguard on the upside of the Fylde a few years ago because back then I was playing really heavy, percussive-style on the bass strings, leading to scratches on the top above them. These days I'm doing more with the high strings (doing the percussive effects with a combination of left-hand and right-hand damping) so I installed another pickguard on the bottom side. The instrument in this vid is one I bought second-hand with the pickguard already installed and I haven't felt the need to change it.

Nope.