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Features of Electric Saz

• Octaver And Leslie Effects Installed
• Dimarzio Pickup. DP-201, DP-202 Al Dimeola
• Bowl Mulberry wood
• The neck is Mahogany.
• Bowl size 39 cm
• Bridge to Nut 79 cm
• Special bridge

Electric Saz comes with:

• Extra strings
• Plectrum
• Great quality Gigbag Case

All About Electric Saz

Baglama is a traditional Turkish instrument originally played by minstrels and is used to express both joyful and sad emotions by the Turkish folk throughout history. Although the looks of a classic Saz and an Electric Saz are fairly similar to each other a Baglama and an Electric Saz are two different instruments. Originally, an Electric Baglama is produced by attaching a microphone-like electric device onto the acoustic instrument. Later on, Erkin Koray and Orhan Gencebay, two well-known Turkish singers and instrument players advanced this instrument and gave it its final shape, giving them the inventor title of the instrument in the 1960s. Although the history of an Electric Saz is fairly new compared to a classic saz, it is loved by many instrument players and listeners in Turkey. Thanks to its energetic sound and versatility, it is widely played at Turkish weddings.

An Electric Saz has three main parts similar to a Classic Baglama; the bowl, the sounding board, and the neck. The size of the body and the length of the neck might be the similarities between the two instruments. However, the number and the material of the strings are different, considering that it transforms physical vibrations into electric signals to generate sounds. The electric saz is produced in two ways as long and short neck. The short-necked saz has 19 frets, and the long-necked saz has 23 frets.

Electric saz has certain characteristics. Electric saz contains devices such as les and equalizers in the boat part. Les device changes the signals of the sound and converts the sound from a normal saz into an electric saz sound. The equalizer device is used to change the bass and treble characteristics of the sound.

Electric saz is usually played with a flexible pick also called “mızrap” similar to a Guitar pick. Depending on the player's taste or playing technique, it can also be played with fingerprints or fingernails.