Renaissance Guitar
My Ren Guitar.
I am very happy to have moved from my modified baritone ukulele to this guitar.
- luthier Joseph Mayes; it was a covid time project made out of wood on hand
- acquired at Timbre Folk & Baroque (Berkeley, CA)
- slight arch to the back
- 366mm body length
- 65mm body depth
- 544mm scale length
- 143 upper bout
- 175mm lower bout
- 7 tied-on frets, 5 wooden frets
- inside back has label with Joseph's signature and the date 4/22
Additional details from Joseph's email on 9/12/2024
- back and sides are cherry with holly spacers
- top is Engleman spruce
- fingerboard is bubinga.
- soundboard is sealed with egg-whites. It should feel naked. The fingerboard should never need any attention.
- the Stringing is:
