Rare and beautiful luthier-made lute guitar, or "wandervogel"

Description

Rare and beautiful luthier-made bass lute guitar, Made by master luthier Günter Penzel in Markneukirchen, Germany in 1993.
Also known as a Gitarrenlaute, Deutsche Laute, Wandervogellaute, or lutar.
The
German bass lute
or theorbized
guitar lute is a special design of the
guitar
lute or "German lute".
Its neck is extended beyond the peg box
and has a second, laterally offset peg box with a larger scale.
It is also called a swan neck
after its curved connection
.
One of the original reasons to theorb a guitar lute may have been the orientation towards the lute instruments of the baroque period,
when attempts were made to do justice to musical orientations by expanding the bass register and
thus, in addition to the actual baroque lute, instruments such as the theorbo,
arciliuto and chitarrone.
The German bass lute has a sound volume that is far superior to that of a conventional guitar lute.
Their volume and sonority also make them suitable for "unplugged" performances in front of larger audiences.
It is in perfect condition, including the beautiful rose at the center.