I built this tenor with the melodic players of traditional Irish tunes in mind. It is tuned like a violin, but an octave lower, and uses heavier strings to make flatpicking easier. This small guitar has well-defined bass and sounds pretty cool with wide-open chords as a backup or accompaniment instrument, too. A friend of mine thinks it would be a nice alternative to the typical bouzouki sound for Irish music.
Amber’s parents came up with the perfect name for this lightly shaded, barely-a-sunburst finish: the tea-burst.
The body is finished with a French polish and water-borne varnish sandwich, and the neck is sugar maple with an oil finish. The sugar maple and Adirondack spruce top were supplied by Old Standard in Callaway County.
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Serial Number | 11 |
| Completed | August 2012 |
| Size | Tenor |
| Top | Adirondack spruce |
| Sides & Back | Sugar maple |
| Binding & Accent Wood | Honduran rosewood |
| Fretboard | Ebony |
| Bridge | Rosewood |
| Scale Length | 22.875″ |
| Nut Width | 1.25″ |