robert tetter, incarcerated since the mid 1980s on several sex and obscenity charges, was a general contractor. in prison, he uses his construction and electrical skills to build homemade guitars. okay. the guitar is made out of boat kits. this is 2 1/2 boat kits makes this one. model boat kits are an approved hobby item for inmates in general population. tetter combined his with scrap transistor radio parts. all of these are stood up together, glued together to make this neck like this. the inside of the guitar is all wood. we have one radio. the tone control. have three controls down here, the set of batteries. then we break it down further. we pull this apart. this comes completely out. this is the pickup. dowel sticks is used for the tuning keys. it has a mike built into the top of it here and then a mike plug in the top of it and additional plugs in the tail end.
this is 2 1/2 boat kits makes this one. all of these are stood up together, glued together to make this neck like this. and down inside of it, we have one radio. the tone control, three controls down here, the set of batteries. and this one back here is the mike mixer. then we use magnets here in the corner to hold the lid on it. tedder always includes one other element on his guitars. it s for his muse. everything i do i dedicate to my wife. the blue heart is because we have been separated for 23 years now. she is still with me. she is sticking with me through this. i always put a blue heart on every letter i mail to her, every card i send to her. i put a blue heart on the case and the guitar. it s just our symbol, being separated so long.
we have one radio. the tone control. have three controls down here, the set of batteries. then we break it down further. we pull this apart. this comes completely out. this is the pickup. dowel sticks is used for the tuning keys. it has a mike built into the top of it here and then a mike plug in the top of it and additional plugs in the tail end. ooh, baby, the boogie-woogie do no more with headphones, tetter can play in the crowded dorm and not disturb his neighbors. and the boogie, woogie baby after success with the first, tetter crafted another guitar for his friend, jerome berrard, who is serving life without parole for a drug-related double murder. i paid the prison equivalent
one radio. the tone control, three controls down here, the set of batteries. and this one back here is the mike mixer. then we use magnets here in the corner to hold the lid on it. tedder always includes one other element on his guitars. it s for his muse. everything i do i dedicate to my wife. the blue heart is because we have been separated for 23 years now. she is still with me. she is sticking with me through this. i always put a blue heart on every letter i mail to her, every card i send to her. i put a blue heart on the case and the guitar. it s just our symbol, being separated so long.
that s all you play blues, country. no rock and roll. i don t mess with the hard rock stuff. while robert tedder passes time playing music, that s not what amazed our crew. it s that tedder builds his own guitars out of one of the few recreational resources allowed inmates. model boat kits. this is 2 1/2 boat kits makes this one. all of these are stood up together, glued together to make this neck like this. and down inside of it, we have one radio. the tone control, three controls down here, the set of batteries. and this one back here is the mike mixer. then we use magnets here in the corner to hold the lid on it. tedder always includes one other element on his guitars. it s for his muse. everything i do i dedicate to my wife. the blue heart is because we have been separated for 23 years