the Butternut

very cool. Is it fully playable then?

-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability

Very much so…it has a great acoustic sound and awesome when plugged into my amp.

-- R.S.Bretz, Pa.

It is beautiful! I am sure it sounds great as well. I would love to hear it played, but . . .

-- Paul - The sweetest sound in my shop, next to Mozart, is what a hand plane makes slicing a ribbon.

Another great one Randy! I’ve not had much building time here lately due to elderly/sickly parents but I’ve got a CB Dobro on the bench and hope to finish it in a couple of weeks or so.

-- Dennis, WV

These look so good. You seem to have your own style. Congratulations.

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-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau

I notice that it’s fretted unusually. Is it tuned to a certain major/minor scale or mode?

-- Brian in Arlington, TX - Laziness is the foundation of efficiency.

It`s fretted like a mountain dulcimer, they call instruments like this dulcimer strummers. Their held like a guitar with the strings set up reversed.

-- R.S.Bretz, Pa.

Stupendous! I would love to hear how it sounds! Great work God bless!

-- Brian M. Sharpe - http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheCarpentersHands

Exceptional skills you have. A truly fine example of wood worked artistry.

-- Use it up, Wear it out --------------- Make it do, Or do without!

I like the neck, well the whole instrument. I wonder if a walnut limb could be used for the neck. I have never made anything like this. And I can’t play anyway
LOL

Randy

-- That was not wormy wood when I started working on it.

As cool as it gets

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/