So far I have been pretty conservative about what woods I would use for a tenor guitar. When I work on a new design I like to limit the materials a bit so that the feedback process is more controlled. This allows me to learn faster as I stay focused on a handful of woods. After three years, this is my first step towards a wider tonewood spectrum, with an amazing Redwood top and Walnut back and sides. It really is something else, cheerful, dusty, resonant and responsive. It seems to play louder when I pick softer, which is the opposite of Spruce. The Redwood is an old sinker log from my friend Ben Bonham. The Walnut is a local tree that I milled. The neck is Mahogany and Walnut cabinet maker’s scraps. The Pistachio fretboard is from California orchards.