These tenor guitars continue to inspire and surprise me. They sound a little bit like a banjo, a guitar, a uke and a dulcimer. One part of me wants to make them more “normal” but the rest of me is embracing this strangeness. The starting point was an old Regal from the 1920’s, but we are on to something else now. The Redwood top was salvaged by Chris Riedl from a beach in Oregon. The Walnut back and sides are from a Parkdale, OR tree that I also got from Chris. The Mahogany neck is a scrap from a cabinet maker’s shop. The Pistachio fretboard and headplate are from California orchards.

It has four steel strings, tuned dgbd, with a floating bridge and a mandolin style brass tailpiece. Geared tuners, bone nut/saddle and a K&K pickup.