Electric tenor guitar



 



Body is made from golden teak and mahogany that came from foot stands from a snooker hall - filled with the mojo of misspent youth.. 

Bolt on neck is makore with rose wood fingerboard. Medium frets (2.2mm). Position markers made from old string ball ends. Bone nut 


23” scale, tuned cgda 

Hard tail strat style bridge, string through or top load. 

Alnico strat strat pickups in neck and bridge. Bridge is over Wound (Donliss), Fleor pickup in neck. 

Wired with bass and high cut tone controls and master volume. Series switch for a more humbucker/fatter tone. 

Finished with shellac, effectively french polished. Body is tinted to a gold/aqua tone. 

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