As I go further down the tenor guitar rabbit hole, I knew I would have to make one in this tuning, gdae. It’s an octave lower than a mandolin and lower then the original designer imagined. But, I knew I could sort out the bracing and the string gauges to make it work. My tenor guitar is based on an old Regal, with 21.5” scale, a floating bridge, tailpiece and steel strings. It’s a little bigger than a baritone uke. The curly Maple is from a violin maker, the Spruce is a drift log from British Columbia, the Mahogany was salvaged from a Tacoma boat shop and the Texas Ebony is from a retired banjo maker. I’m looking forward to making more of these!

“Hey guys, just wanted to let you know I received my tenor guitar yesterday after work and it is gorgeous! It sounds amazing in this tuning and it looks great, plays even better! Thank you so much for trying out something new!
- C. F. ”