APC 105 Cavaquinho

My Cavaquinho with fancy tuners

This is an APC 105 ray mouthed Cavaquinho with "English" tuners. I've always fancied getting something with them because I think they look so different and I was vaguely thinking a Fado Guitar or something because I already have a number of Cavaquinhos, but when I saw this one, and the price wasn't ridiculous I thought it worth an invitation. 

It's here now and I'm loving it! Yes the intonation is a bit suspect, especially on the G string, but you've got to love that headstock and I find the "English" tuners are better and easier than friction tuners. I will have to look out for specialist strings that are loop end on both ends though as I don't think single loop end strings will work very well. I am doing the cavaquinho "solo" tuning on it so D~G~B~E, (rather than the D it should be for proper Cavaquinho tuning).