This is one of the “three tenors” made as a bit of a sound experiment. There is a more detailed write-up in the blog.
This instrument uses my standard bracing and is the brightest of the three tenors. Very good volume and sustain. The redwood on the top is from a very slow-growing tree, with very fine grain lines. I had the wood dated via dendrochronology and the wood for this top grew some time between 979-1734 AD. Curly Hawaiian koa back and sides, black, white, brown fancy purfling, asymmetric rosette in pink abalone pearl, curly koa headplate, Alaskan yellow cedar neck, quilted sapele binding, side sound port, casuarina fingerboard with a 10 inch radius, casuarina bridge, black Corian nut, bone saddle. Currently is is strung low-G but can easily be changed to high-G because I use a zero-fret, so no need to cut nut slot depths. $1025
