The name was inspired by the shape of the body, which is strongly reminiscent of a butternut squash. There are four guitars at the moment, two with Rosewood and two with Mahogany back and sides.

The neck-body transition is at 12th fret, just like the original steel string guitars of the early 20th century. The sound requirements were taken into account with the shape of the body which allows for a more subdued bass. As 12-fret guitars are making somewhat of renaissance of late, with a scale length of 630 mm and a relatively small body, this western guitar represents a current trend.

Butternought is available Mahogany back and sides, both with Spruce top. For the Mahogany Butternought, we used Ebony for fretboard, bridge and other details instead of Rosewood. So frequent travelers can easily cross the border without the harassment of Rosewood registration.

The "oldtimey" sound as known from  Robert Johnson, Big Bill Broonzy or Blind Lemon Jefferson is determined by  pronounced lower mids. PT Butternought graciously and generously responds to the efforts of the guitarist and rewards him/her with a warm, homogeneous sound.