A couple of years ago I came to the conclusion that the 6-string guitar, a descendant of the lute, is severely limited as a rhythm instrument. I researched all the various 4-string, guitar-like instruments, and working with luthier Tony Pasqualoni, we came up with the design of The Quad Guitar.

The Quad Guitar is usually tuned like a “Chicago style” tenor guitar (DGBE), and therefore, it can be played immediately by anyone who plays a regular guitar. Like the 4-string Venezuelan cuatro or the African cavaquinho, the Quad Guitar allows the guitarist to strum with wild abandon.