3-string subu

Subu

Origin
Northern Thailand
Tuning
Tuning for subu: E4, A4, and A4 in steel strings
Strings/Courses
3/3
String Gauges
.015, .011, .008
Scale Length
Lots of variations, but usually between 330mm and 750mm.
Story

This was purchased while just doing a basic lookup of “thai instruments” on Ebay. A girl was just trying to make up some money to buy a new car because she was in a recent accident. Strangely, she was selling the subu at an extremely low price. After examining her description, I assume the low price was due to the fact that she did not know the identity of the instrument, just the fact that it was from Thailand.

Alternate Names
Dsyboo, Sung Lisu, Sae Mu, Tsebeu
Alternative Tunings
D4, D4, A4 – C4, D4, A4 – A3, E4, A4

Example Instrument:

Number of Frets Total
Fretless

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