Alder & Main "The Phoenix" Tele

Local guitar-builder Alder & Main was born just a few blocks down the road from Telluride Music Co. 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. Here's the scoop from Jamie: "Rising from the sawdust, this Tele was nearly scrapped. Originally intended to be the "Super Keef," this guitar was just too heavy. So we routed out underneath the pickguard. Still too heavy. So we planed a quarter inch off the back, hollowed out one side and recapped the back with an Ash top. Er, back. I lost interest in saving it, but my wife took o