The OM steel string cutaway guitar pictured below was made for Wellington musician and songwriter, Piripi Whaanga. The instrument features extensive top and rosette inlay designed with Piripi, featuring Tu Tangata brandishing his tewha tewha astride a Taniwha. Tu Tangata is a Maori phrase meaning to stand up for yourself. The design is a contempory take on traditional Maori design, and it is constructed in ebony, rewa rewa, dyed maple and paua.
The guitar's top is sitka spruce with rosewood back and sides. The headstock is veneered with Tasmanian blackwood, and the body bound with rewa rewa. The multiple radiused fretboard is ebony and the neck laminated from mahogany and tawa, with a truss rod accessible through the sound hole.