{"product_id":"b4-estevao-soros-bandolim-1985","title":"(B1) Estevão Soros Bandolim, 1985","description":"\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eAnyone familiar with Brazilian instruments will recognize the name \"Soros\", a company which factory-produced many fretted instruments starting in the 1960's and well into the 1980's.  The brand is generally respected for having provided decent quality instruments for the mass market, and many such instruments are available today in Brazil at very accessible prices. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eThis bandolim, a much rarer find, was built by the founder and namesake of that company himself, Estevão Soros. It bears the label of Oswaldo Boaretto Jr, the son of Soros Co. co-founder Oswaldo Boaretto.\u003cspan\u003e Boaretto Jr. put that label inside the instrument at the request of the instrument's most recent owner after having verified that it was, in fact, built by his father's partner.  To make clear this point, he wrote in pen on his own label, \"Estevão Soros, 1985.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eIt is in very good condition, given its age, with only a few very small scratches and dings on the back and rear of the headstock. We refretted it, leveled the fingerboard and set it up, so it is good as new... maybe better. It came to us without a case, so we got it a new one. Very resonant and easy to play, this unique bandolim is going to be someone's signature piece. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eTop: Spruce\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eBack \u0026amp; sides: Brazilian Rosewood\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eNeck: Cedro Rosa (Cedar)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eFingerboard: Ebony\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eNut: bone+zero fret\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eBridge: bone\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eScale length: 350mm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eNut width: 30mm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eBody depth: 58mm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eWidest body width: 300mm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eFinish: Glossy (PU)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eTuners:  Schaller\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003ePickup: no\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eCase: new hard case\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eStrings: Dinâmico São Paulo \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003eRecent Work: new frets, level fingerboard, setup \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Choro Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48853108424948,"sku":"Bando_Soros_1985","price":2000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/6964\/4020\/files\/20260713_134550.jpg?v=1783969942","url":"https:\/\/shop.chorocamp.com\/products\/b4-estevao-soros-bandolim-1985","provider":"Choro Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}