When I first discovered these types of guitars, I thought, “That can’t sound decent, it’s a kind of toy!”
Countless hours later, in case you were thinking the same, I would just like to show you that these are serious instruments:)

This one has been sold already and is going to Vienna.

I have called it “The Distressor” because of the finish which is kind of “distressed” and the thing I was aiming for on this one.

Here are the final photos and 2-3 rough sound demos – I just plugged it into an amp and set up a couple of mics; yeah rough and ready, lots of mistakes, but this is how it is:)

1. Frets:18
2. Scale length:25″ (635mm)
3. Weight: approx. 1,2Kg
4. One piece carved oak neck and head – made from an old crucifix from the cementry
5. Frettboard: Ash
6. Frets: medium
7. Pickup Bill Lawrence, 87 (OBL)

The tuning is open G on the first two (GDGB) and open Gm on the third one (GDGB^b). These are one takes!

Distorted just messing around:

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Clean, so you can hear that the frets work (no slide):

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Here a rough little ditty (a Tom Waits mess up:)

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And here are some photos for you: