This flat back a great crossover for guitar and lute players. It is a 6-stinged instrument, tuned like a guitar. The flat back body makes it easier to transport than a bowl-bodied lute. While the ebony tuning pegs retain that folk look. It has a rosewood body with a unfinished spruce soundboard and a center rosette. It measures 38 inches overall. The scale length is 25 3/8 inches; the Ebony nut width is 2 inches. It has a Classical neck with 3 nylon strings and 3 wound nickeled nylon strings. Includes an extra string set and zippered nylon case.