Bales Guitars

11/20/2025

Our latest electric mandolin featuring 100+ year old redwood top. Available on reverb.com.

2025 Terry Bales electric mandolin, 4 string. 100+ year old reclaimed Redwood top, wild cherry body with tone chambers, curly maple neck & rosewood fretboard. 13/7/8" scale length with 24 frets, and abalone inlays. Has a dual-rail humbucking pickup that rocks! 1 volume & 1 tone control, ...

04/18/2025

Our latest e-mando for sale, really nice old wood on this one!

For sale: 2024 Bales 4 string electric mandolin. Tone chambered ribbon mahogany body, with an incredible quilted maple top that is reclaimed 100+ year old wood from southern Oregon. Rock maple neck with rosewood fretboard, 24 frets, 13 7/8" scale length. 10 coats of hand-rubbed nitrocellulose lac...

04/18/2025

For sale: 2024 Bales 4 string electric mandolin. Tone chambered ribbon mahogany body, with an incredible quilted maple top that is reclaimed 100+ year old wood from southern Oregon. Rock maple neck with rosewood fretboard, 24 frets, 13 7/8" scale length. 10 coats of hand-rubbed nitrocellulose lac...

07/24/2024

A cool song wrote by Jude Bales and recorded at Audioloft Studio. Had so much fun in the studio there, & we had some help on background vocals from our kids!
Jude Bales - vocals, harmonica, Fender Rhodes.
Terry Bales - acoustic & electric guitar.
Becky Strohmeier - background vocal.
Vincent Bales - background vocal.
Stewart Limbrunner - clarinet.
A very timeless song.

https://open.spotify.com/track/4tWaYvckdBe8GgyBeuh15S?si=aeca2ad559f54d2c

DreamingEye · DreamingEye · Song · 2024

07/16/2024

Another great song written by Jude Bales, recorded at Audioloft Studio. Jude Bales - vocals & Fender Rhodes. Terry Bales - acoustic & electric guitar, bass. Brad Edwards - Roland Juno.

DreamingEye · DreamingEye · Song · 2024

06/19/2024

One of our early songs wrote by Jude Bales & recorded at Audioloft Studio, Macks Creek Mo, 2007. Some great lead guitar by Brad Edwards, & recorded by Brad as well. So many good times at Audioloft. Will be posting more songs soon.
Jude Bales - vocals, Fender Rhodes keyboard.
Terry Bales - acoustic & electric guitar.
Brad Edwards - electric guitar.

https://open.spotify.com/track/74uaOGd8VbbDvU5H0WRKvd?si=a66e3598c64744eb

DreamingEye · Song · 2024

08/24/2023

2023 Bales 6 string Lap Steel guitar. Totally handmade one at a time in our small shop in the Missouri Ozarks. This is probably the coolest lap steel we've made. It has a curly cherry wood body with hollow neck chamber, a ziricote fretboard with maple fret markers & abalone inlays. High gloss...

07/09/2023

For sale: 2023 Bales 6 string lapsteel guitar. Totally handmade in our small shop in the Missouri Ozarks. Has an African Mahogany body, Bubinga fretboard, open hole position markers and hollow neck for tone! 8 coats of hand-rubbed nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Has a Golden Age P-90 pickup, G...

10/11/2021