No kidding. DGBE on a tenor body. Other than that unusual departure, the build is my "Wahoo Tenor" model, which has premium features including a slotted head stock with Rubner tuners, radiused fret board, EVO gold fret wire, glossy lacquer finish and side sound port. The top is Adirondack spruce and the Honduras mahogany neck is finished with epoxy rubbed to satin for durability and playability.
The owner has a reason for wanting it strung up in this tuning and the request really did seem to pass the "straight face" test so I gave it a whirl. It helps that my tenor body is on the roomy side and that the scale is 18". For a combination like this, the right strings are the key. I settled on Thomastik-Infeld CF35 and CF30 for the basses and Savarez 543R (.032) and 542R (.027) for the trebles. The result is surprisingly pleasing. The strings are nicely balanced with plenty of volume but without objectionable boominess at the bottom. I spent some time switching back and forth with my personal 18" tenor, which is also a "Wahoo Tenor" and very similarly built out of Brazilian rosewood and Adirondack spruce. The Amazon RW is deeper, of course, but retains much of the character of its Brazilian RW sister. It probably wouldn't be mistaken for a baritone, but does tend in that direction and certainly wouldn't be mistaken for a low G tenor.
The owner has a reason for wanting it strung up in this tuning and the request really did seem to pass the "straight face" test so I gave it a whirl. It helps that my tenor body is on the roomy side and that the scale is 18". For a combination like this, the right strings are the key. I settled on Thomastik-Infeld CF35 and CF30 for the basses and Savarez 543R (.032) and 542R (.027) for the trebles. The result is surprisingly pleasing. The strings are nicely balanced with plenty of volume but without objectionable boominess at the bottom. I spent some time switching back and forth with my personal 18" tenor, which is also a "Wahoo Tenor" and very similarly built out of Brazilian rosewood and Adirondack spruce. The Amazon RW is deeper, of course, but retains much of the character of its Brazilian RW sister. It probably wouldn't be mistaken for a baritone, but does tend in that direction and certainly wouldn't be mistaken for a low G tenor.
