Soundboard: White spruce pine
Fingerboard: Jacaranda
Type of wood: Cedar
Sound hole: Rounded
Strings: Nylon
Bridge: Jacaranda and bone frets
Tuning pegs: Metallic material
General Features: ARTEC (FS4) Equalizer System
General Features:
Tuning: (B-F #-D-A)

Approx. Size of the Venezuelan Cuatro:
Length: 75 cm (29.53")
Width: 24 cm (9.44")

The cuatro is smaller in size than a guitar. Cuatro means four in Spanish, although the current instruments may have more than four strings. The cuatro is particularly designed for strumming: the fingerboard finishes flush with the top of the instrument, and the upper half of the sound board is completely covered by a scratch plate made from hardwood.