Tenor-O

[mjmeehan]

I finished this a few weeks ago but fishing season got in the way of picture taking.
It's a tenor guitar, "O" sized body, tuned CDGA with a 23" scale.
Back and Sides are Black Walnut with a Sitka Spruce top. (Thanks RC Tonewoods)
Maple bindings (Thanks John Hall at Blues Creek for all you do)
and a Black Walnut neck (Thanks Chris at Hanalei Moon)
Fretboard and Bridge are ebony (Thanks to Waldron Guitars, who had a tenor bridge after I screwed up my first one!)

Anyway, here are the pics... It sounds great. I couldn't believe how much sound comes out of such a small body. It gets me excited to try it in a six string.

[mjmeehan]

A few more pics... For the finish I used Tru-Oil over Shellac. It's kind of a soft finish but it really does something for the wood. I power buffed it with medium compound and it shined up just like lacquer.
Any resemblance in the headstock design to that of Breedlove Guitars was purely subliminal, not intentional!

[johnnparchem]

Nice looking guitar. It looks like it would be a lot of fun to play. I like the sound out of an 0 sized body. Actually it is my favorite sized guitar. With an O sized guitar you will even get a big sound on the low E on a 6 string.

All and all very nice.

[Kevin Sjostrand]

Do you play that like a uke, or is it a bass?
Looks nice!

Kevin

[mjmeehan]

Thanks. Nothing fancy on this one. I went for understated.
The closest instrument I can compare it to is a tenor banjo. All the chord patterns are different from a guitar and I can play seven chords now! However, it can be tuned like the top four strings of a guitar or like a uke with the G dropped an octave. I'm going to try and stick it out in this tuning as it has a sweet sound that accompanies a six string well.

John, is your O six string a 12 or 14 fret? And does it make a whole lot of difference?