Mark Fitzsimons
Originally from New Zealand,
Mark is a peripatetic
performer of Celtic and experimental
music.
But he's also a
luthier (albeit currently inactive). Top: an 8-string solidbody
electric bouzouki; a 10-string fan-fret cittern (inspired by a similar
instrument built by fellow New Zealander
Davy Stuart); and an 8-string
mandolin built for
Juliette Primrose.
Bottom: two 10-string electric bouzoukis co-built with Mark's former
partner, American luthier G. D. Armstrong,
who is making some very similar instruments.
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