We are approaching 900 members and we have been growing consistenly as a group. It is obvious that the tenor guitar, as an instrument, is alive and well and...
Thanks for the wonderful words, Mark, which are very welcome and appropriate. I'd also like to add Peter's name (peteput) to the list of TGR credits as he has...
I too would like to say thank you to all the good people that make this group what it is, a site that I look forward to getting to each and every day... The...
Happy New Year all. I am new to this group and to the tenor guitar. I play a mandolin, but think I would enjoy the tenor also. How does GDAE tuning work out? I...
Hi from, Mike. Mando tuning works very well on any short scale tenor. That is 23" or less. In fact If you let Mike know. He will gladly set it up with your...
Rich - You will have a ball playing tenor. I came to tenor through playing mandolin, then Mandola, which tunes the same as tenor guitar, banjo, and viola, and...
... There is a tune in our 'Files' area http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tenorguitarregistry/files/ called Alabama Jubilee in GDAE. Unfortunately it's a...
Hi gang. Jim here. I'm new to the group and as a newbie I'd like to admit I do not have a Tenor Guitar (yet). I play the baritone uke and I'm wondering if I...
Jim, You're not alone in this thinking. I was told that this is called Chicago tuning. I'm not sure if that is correct. I am newly into uke playing and have...
Hi Jim, I have been playing baritone uke and tenor guitar both tuned DGBE. When I purchased my tenor many years ago, I didn't know standard tenor guitar tuning...
Hi from, Mike. Yes. That will work fine. As a rule just use the # 2 3 4 & 5 Of a 6 string guitar set and you will be fine. In fact it is about 50% of players...
Jim: You'll find much discussion on this group concerning tuning. My dad and brother always played tenor with DGBE. I always thought, why bother as this is...
Hi Jim and welcome to the group, I once wrote I've been playing Tenors for over (hate to admit) 50 years in the D G B E tuning and have tried to learn the...
Thanks David, Good info. Now I'd like to investigate a mandola too. ... don't ... in ... guitar ... are ... It's a ... no ... instrument. ... guitar. I ... ...
Here's a capsule summary of Tenor Guitar tuning as I understand it, mainly from being in the group, but also through independent research: The tenor guitar was...
Hi i have this one for sale C G D A tuning: 6000,00$ with flight case GIBSON 1932. Collector. I'm in belgium ( Brussels ) but i project to visit NYC in few...
Hello Dr. Jim: I've been thinking lately of trying to tune my friend's tenor banjo and tenor guitar to GCEA, as he has always admired the higher pitch sound of...
Hallo, My name is Michael Preibisch and I am Artist- and Label Manager and founder of www.AllGuitarists.com <http://www.allguitarists.com/> . Our Guitar Portal...
Terry: I am not that scientific in my approach, what I did in the GCEA days (and even with CGDA) is to buy a set of extra light gauge of 6 string guitar...
I've uploaded 4 pics of my Kay tenor archtop to the Photos section. They're not great and I will replace them with better ones in the near future. Anybody ever...
Hi from, Mike. I do not see them. How did you list them or under what name? Hi from, Mike Soares. Of, Soares'y Guitars. 11 Whittier Ave. Younkers, New York. ...
While doing a search of messages for Kay I found a post where Mike was talking about Harmony and Kay setting up tenors for regular tuning instead of tenor...
Hi from, Mike. OK. I found them. If it has a bolt or screw to adjust the neck. It is 1939. If not Early 1940's. The body should be Mahogany as well as the...
Hi from, Mike. I would say it was set up and sold with A Tuning. Looks to be a 23" Scale? But the buyer could have changed it. Bottom line is this. If the...
Thanks for your reply and the info, Mike. It's a 23" scale with a non-bolted neck. The strings do sit very close to the body which is why I'm using the tiny...
Hi from, Mike. Sounds good. But you need to make a bridge that has a bigger foot. It need to be 1/2" wide or more and need to sit past the bracing under the...
let me preface this by saying that i know nothing and play *with* my instruments, which is satisfying to me, more than i play them for others. but i have some...
Sounds like you're having fun. I don't know what string pitches you're using, but a mandola is tenor guitar standard tuning with double courses. CC GG DD AA. ...
Hi from, Mike. Thank you. We like to think & say that they have a harp like tone. Yes. The glued on bridge with the pins did pull up on some of the early ones....
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