David,<br><br>Thanks for that - yes, you're right - the colours are pure 1950s/60s. These older Gretschs do have some unusual colours - this one reminds me of...
Mark,<br><br>Thank you for that - yes, I am very lucky - the price seemed rather surprisingly good as well for something this unusual. However, I really do ...
Hey gang - Here is another tenor listed as a uke. This one looks pretty interesting. <a href=http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=515606555...
Hi- i have recently joined the club. I'm glad to see there's a forum for thenor guitar players. It's an instrument that deserves more celebrity. I came to the...
Hi Sam,<br><br>Welcome to the club! It sounds like with the fifth string you've several more notes to choose from. Tenor guitar is traditionally a four string...
Tiny Moore used to play great moving bass lines and 3 string chords on his 5 string mandolin. Unfortunately there's not too much of that on record. I heard him...
Sam, I also have some short scale (electric) guitars that I tune with a low F(and 5 strings): it's actually my preferred tuning. You might want to try Ted's ...
THanks for the warm welcome. I 've heard that before about Jamie Masefield playing some really nice tenor. It's too bad there isn't any recorded examples. I ...
Sam, you have to use your pinky instead of your 3rd finger for a lot of stuff on tenor. If you try to stretch your 3rd finger that far you could hurt yourself....
As I'm sure you've discovered the 5ths tuning is less than helpful for Joe Pass type stuff. If, for instance you want a root in the bass and the melody is, ...
Phil (suthoau),<br><br>A warm welcome to you and it's very nice to see another Aussie member of this forum - actually we're ex-Poms but we've been here for ...
A little while ago we were talking about ragtime music played on banjos and I came across this recording "Those Ragtime Banjos" on the Folkways label from the...
I recently purchased a small (10" lower bout, 21" scale)Regal tenor guitar. It is a flat top, with a floating bridge--but it arrived with a replacement bridge...
Hi Scott,<br><br>Perhaps you could commission Joel of Earnest Instruments to make you one! Better than using a banjo bridge AND you get the chance to work with...
Scott,<br><br>I fully endorse Ted's recommendation and comments about Joel - I have one of his guitars and he is building me another - but to be fair I should...
I have a little Harmony tenor guitar, circa 1960s?, that is in fairly good shape except for a few dings and a finish crack on the lower side. I paid $200 for...
Martin,<br><br>I think I agree with you about banjo bridges on tenor guitars. I've seen that before and I don't think it is very effective because they are...
Was there a tenor version of the 1920s Gibson L-4 archtop? I love the way those old L-series guitars look, with their round lower bouts. I have never seen a ...
With regard to the recent stimulating and informative debate about Eddie Freeman et al, there were several statements to the effect that "of course, all ...
HI,<br><br>I definately agree with your subject line and post. I think that having someone in history who actually thought long and hard about his set-up and...
I don't know if anybody here's going to be interested, but I put up a couple of my home recorded tenor songs at:<br><a href=http://teenrocketscience.iuma.com/...
I haven't tried Eddie Freeman tuning, but I looked up your postings and did an aha! when I saw that all four strings were wound. I'm sure that the various...
You are correct in your thinking Howard.<br>The plain strings (Of good makes) are made of Swedish Steel. That is not to say that it is from Sweden but that is...
Hi Steven. No is the answer. I meant to ask if they had been in touch?<br>I am finding the packardbell address is only passing 50% of incoming E's Try this...
