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Oak dining chair tenor guitar #2015-075

Body is made from one of our old oak dining chairs...finished with Hammered Steel enamel paint. Pick guard made from 1/8" plywood. Lipstick pickup with volume & tone, maple & rosewood bolt on neck with 24 frets on a 22.875" scale. Fret markers are brass pickup ferrules. Dual action truss rod. Strings are GHS Boomers, and it is tuned GDAE.

I made a matching stand for it too.

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Comment by Harrison Withers on January 28, 2015 at 12:40pm: Very nice!

Comment by Rob (Uker) Porras on January 22, 2015 at 9:23am: That looks great!!!

Comment by AGP # on January 22, 2015 at 9:20am: Another! fine looking build 'Farmer Ted'

Comment by Gary W aka Rev. Bluejeans on January 22, 2015 at 8:59am: Nice one, Ted!

Comment by colin mcgrath on January 22, 2015 at 5:43am: Nice shape.

Comment by Uncle John on January 22, 2015 at 2:31am: Looks great. I am impressed by the hammered paint finish.

Comment by Vick Griffin on January 21, 2015 at 3:35pm: Man that's nice.

Comment by Reeds Taylor on January 21, 2015 at 3:00pm: Nice one....

Comment by the anonymous pick on January 21, 2015 at 2:16pm: sa - weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

Comment by Jim Morris on January 21, 2015 at 2:14pm: Real nice. It looks like it would be uncomfortable to sit on though! Yeah, I like the stands too.

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