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pinefd · 01-25-2008, 10:22 PM

By now, you’re probably all familiar with my Less Tall guitars; and if not, below are some links to some previous threads in which these little guitars are highlighted.

The latest chapter in the Less Tall saga began this past November. I was debating what project I wanted to take on next, and was thinking I’d like to make something bigger and fully functional/playable this time, but still not full-size. Then, out of the blue, I was contacted by Matte Henderson, a great guitarist who, as luck would have it, lives just 20 minutes from me. He had heard of my work, and was looking for someone to build him a Les Paul style octave guitar, for use on-stage, and in the studio. The timing was perfect, and so was the project. Thus was born the Less Tall Octave guitar.

In two months time, we went from concept, to (almost) playable guitar. I say almost, because I’m still waiting for some hardware, including the pickup. Otherwise, the construction is completed on the prototype except for the MOP headstock logo, which just arrived today, and which I’ll be installing next week. The guitar features a Honduras mahogany back and neck (long tenon, of course), figured maple cap and Brazilian rosewood fingerboard (with modified Buzzy inlays).

And, for those of you who may not be familiar with what an octave guitar is, it’s a smallish guitar with a short fret scale (in my case approx. 14 ¾ inches) and a normal width fingerboard, that’s tuned one full octave higher than a normal guitar.

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pinefd V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,346 Thanks: 2 Thanked 28 Times in 6 Posts	Less Tall Octave Guitar! By now, you’re probably all familiar with my Less Tall guitars; and if not, below are some links to some previous threads in which these little guitars are highlighted. The latest chapter in the Less Tall saga began this past November. I was debating what project I wanted to take on next, and was thinking I’d like to make something bigger and fully functional/playable this time, but still not full-size. Then, out of the blue, I was contacted by Matte Henderson, a great guitarist who, as luck would have it, lives just 20 minutes from me. He had heard of my work, and was looking for someone to build him a Les Paul style octave guitar, for use on-stage, and in the studio. The timing was perfect, and so was the project. Thus was born the Less Tall Octave guitar. In two months time, we went from concept, to (almost) playable guitar. I say almost, because I’m still waiting for some hardware, including the pickup. Otherwise, the construction is completed on the prototype except for the MOP headstock logo, which just arrived today, and which I’ll be installing next week. The guitar features a Honduras mahogany back and neck (long tenon, of course), figured maple cap and Brazilian rosewood fingerboard (with modified Buzzy inlays). And, for those of you who may not be familiar with what an octave guitar is, it’s a smallish guitar with a short fret scale (in my case approx. 14 ¾ inches) and a normal width fingerboard, that’s tuned one full octave higher than a normal guitar.