Todd wrote a book to help tenor guitar or mandolin students to learn how to expand their knowledge of the GDAE fretboard. Tenor Guitar Method GDAE Tuning published by Mel Bay. Check it out! https://www.melbay.com/Products/31166...
Jun 16, 2025
Kelp Dwellers Play Topanga Days 2025
We had a great time playing at Topanga Days this year. We have been honing our live arrangements as a trio and relished the experience. Thanks to the Topanga Community house and Tom Mitchell for having us play. Photo by…
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Apr 10, 2021
Kelp Dwellers Rehearsing New Music
Gayle has been generously hosting outdoor Kelp Dwellers' jams in the sunshine of his front porch in Topanga! It's so fun and therapeutic to just let the tunes float on the breeze, not too loud so the neighbors don't complain,…
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Jan 16, 2021
Electric Tenor Guitars
Here are the tenor guitars that are the harmonic foundation of the Kelp Dwellers music. Eastwood Mandocello, Fender Tenor Tele, Eastwood Classic Tenor, and Eastwood Astrojet Tenor. They are tuned GDAE, and are really octave mandolins. This helps give the…
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