I built a replica of an instrument rumored to have washed up on the shores of Bermuda (shipwreck capitol of the world) on October 23rd, 1926. The original disappeared just a few days after it was discovered and photographs, although reportedly taken, have never been found. Some suspect it was a coverup perpetrated by members of the Smithsonian Institution.
I was able to recreate this odd chordophone based on the stories of the local inhabitants, descendants of the villagers who found it while combing the beaches for salvage after the devastating hurricane of the day prior. None of those I interviewed had seen the instrument firsthand but all descriptions were quite similar.
Local legend has it that this tenor guitar was built from the detritus and debris of the shipwrecks of the Bermuda Triangle and was owned by Annabeth Jones, an aspiring singer/songwriter of sea shanties, brother of Davy Jones, whom himself gained fame by opening a chain of gyms for the denizens of the deep. No doubt you'll have heard of Davy Jones' Locker-room.
But few know of the joint venture between he and his sister, a pub located just a few miles off the east coast of Bermuda, called the Jones' Family Taproom and Tapas. Annabeth would play her shanties there, much to the displeasure of it's patrons, all accounts saying that she was a dreadful guitarist and an even worse singer. Rumor has it that the hurricane that swept away her instrument was called forth by Poseidon himself after he'd dropped into the taproom for a pint and was heard to mumble "... can't hear myself think over the wailing of this banshee..."

#58, Annabeth, 24" scale tenor guitar, steampunk-shipwreck theme. Lacewood fretboard and ghosted Lucky 13 humbucker from MGB. Maple neck by Hummingbird Guitars. Resonator plate and single coil from Blues Plate. 4-way rotary switch for neck, both parallel, both series, bridge.

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Comment by Korrigan on August 29, 2022 at 11:37pm

Oops, typo, I meant A D F# B, not open D.

Comment by Uncle John on August 29, 2022 at 12:59am

Yup. handy and easy tunings.  That open D is a good one.

Comment by Korrigan on August 29, 2022 at 12:06am

Thanks UJ!  I do a lot of traveling for work so I get to visit a lot of antique stores. You'd be surprised how many guitar parts you can find in antique stores. lol

This one is tuned A D F# D (same intervals as DGBE). I have 4 tenors each tuned to the same intervals but different notes (CFAD, DGBE and GCEA). That allows me to easily play in different keys simply by changing instruments. Less chord shapes to remember that way.

I also have one tuned in 5ths (GDAE) which sounds amazing with open drones but I need more practice with it.

Comment by Uncle John on August 28, 2022 at 11:44am

Wow, Karl.  Cooler and better and more amazing with each pic.  How did you ever assemble all those cool parts?   This is fantastic and I love tenors.  They are so easy and natural to play for me ( in DGBE or GDGB).

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