Santa Rosa Cuatro is designed in the modern Puerto Rican style. The KQ200K has a Dark Mahogany Back and Sides, Light Pumpkin Spruce Top, Rosewood Fingerboard and Bridge, Nickel Silver Frets,10 Gold Colored Machine Heads with Rosette 34-1/2”L, 11-1/2” and 3-1/4”D The cuatro is the national instrument of Puerto Rico. It belongs to the lute family of string instruments. The cuatro of Puerto Rico has ten strings in five courses, tuned from low to high B-E-A-D'-g', 54321, with B and E in octaves and A, D and G in unisons.[1] A cuatro player is called a cuatrista. Cuatros are two distinct Latin American instruments one from Puerto Rico and the other from Venezuela. The one offered is for Puerto Rican music. Cuatros are used to play jibaro music, salon genres, salsa, pop, rock, classical, jazz, and even American bluegrass and many more styles. Package includes:(1) KQ200 Santa Rosa Deluxe Cuatro (1) 600 Denier Nylon Bag, (1) Classical Guitar Strap, (1) Chromatic Tuner, and (1) String Winder for fast and easy string replacement, some picks and an Instruction Pamphlet. A great deal!
Deluxe Puerto Rican 10 String Cuatro Kit