Very cool. Thanks for the link to Al Carruth's video there. The photo of this more elaborate Carruth harp guitar is very striking, as well:
With the way that instrument curves around itself it reminds me of some of those pieces of furniture made from redwood driftwood. You can imagine it in a stand in a room furnished like this:
I'd be
afraid to own and play a guitar like that, for the simple reason that I can see where I'd be engrossed in playing some tune, when all of a sudden
Gandalf would show up and drag me off on some perilous quest to Mordor....
Wade Hampton "No, No, I'm
COMFORTABLE Here In The Shire!" Miller