2023 Alder & Main Leslie #4

Local guitar-builder Alder & Main was born just a few blocks down the road from the shop in Telluride, Colorado. In their condo's parking garage, husband-and-wife duo Jamie and Christianna Catchpole began experimenting with fine tone woods and exploring their own intriguing guitar designs. Now relocated to a proper wood shop in nearby Norwood, Colorado, Alder & Main have honed their craft. Using the finest materials and components available, each Alder & Main guitar is built by hand with the utmost care and attention to detail, right here in the San Juan Mountains of Southern Colorado. The "Leslie" body features a comfortable, smallish-size semi-hollow body with a single cutaway. Leslie #4 was constructed from an Ash body and a Spalted Maple top. A precisely-cut Alder leaf serves as a sound port/f-hole on the bass side. This Leslie is a naturally resonant instrument, and that woody character translates nicely into its amplified sound. It features a Maple neck with a Maple