Electric Gourds

My Electric Gourds are lap steel fretless variations on chromatic dulcimers. I built the first of these from a huge dipper gourd I found in the early 1990s at NC Farmer's Market in Raleigh, NC. The second was built from a huge hybrid gourd (the other half was used for an acoustic chromatic gourd). Electric gourds are utilized extensively on my recordings as well as at shows.

Much of this music is available on the various cds / mp3 / streaming service albums.

electric gourd #1, built 1990s and modified repeatedly since

electric gourd #2, built 2025;
decoupaged dragon is a cut-out from an old Tove Jansson LOTR calander

See Also

Find out about the other instruments I build and play, including the chromatic dulcimer, which is fretted version of this instrument.

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