Clyde, I have a baritone uke tuned like a mando, but I did something a bit different. I used standard baritone uke strings, with two modifications. First, I...
This is quite a noob question, but this is my first tenor guitar... I am about to make a bulk purchase of strings for an Irish tuned tenor. I'll need to get a...
Hi, Scott; I don't know of any strings in that range (.014) that are wound. I'm not sure you'd want a wound string for an E anyway... I even went to a plain...
Also, Scott; I think your style of playing, and the set-up of your guitar will determine which strings last and which are the first to go. I know guys who...
jim Dwyer is a great musician in the Pacific Northwest, performing regurly with The Salty Dogs. I stopped in to his new small leather shop that overlooks the...
I have recently acquired (and verified) a 1927 National tenor guitar that I am told is a Triolian. It has a teardrop steel body with a round chrome Dobro style...
Thanks, Chuck. Now that I think about it, I realize that on my mandolin and on six-string guitars, the first two are usually non-wound, anyway. DUH!!! Leaves...
I agree that we should have our own festival at some point. There are several professional TG players on this list & there are a few "big name" players out...
Hi from, Mike. I do not think that re plating it will take a way from the value ?? But it also we not add to it. Vintage buyers like things as they are. While...
A good bet would be to hold a forum, workshop, or even dedicated stage, at Northwest Folklife in Seatttle. It's a huge festival held in Seattle City Center...
I think this might tend to change the tone. I have that model with the Hawaii finish and I love the roughhouse sound it gives. I has every dent in it it...
A guitar collector and radio show host is willing to let us use his room located on the Columbia River in Astoria, Oregon. The room holds 50, and we would have...
Any TG players planning to attend the NAMM show in Nashville next month? I may be there at one of the booths playing TG and would like to jam with other TG...
This seems to be taking on a life of it's own. Let's carry on and see what happens. Ayear ahaed semms reasonable. I'm going to try to contact Ani DiFranco and...
Hello. Recently picked up a Gold Tone TG-18, but after immediately snapping the a-string, I decided to ease up on its replacement. I've settled on Ab Db Ab F,...
Howdy Folks! Lynda Kay here just letting anybody who's interested know that I am selling my One-of-A-Kind circa 1935 Gibson Tenor Guitar. I've played and...
Chuck, For three reasons, I was wary about buying this. First of all, the description sounded mistaken, so I checked into it, and it's all true. And Elderly...
Anyone who wants an eight-stringer should look at ebay right now where there's an eight string tenor, National, in yellow. Pricey but tasty. Grahame...
Darryl; I assume the mod you mention is the splice (?)... it looks like the headstock was added by cutting the neck half-way down, and putting the 4-string...
Sounds good to me.KH ... Sounds good to me. KH On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 12:14 PM, djandersen39 < djandersen39@... > wrote: A good bet would be to hold a...
Astoria sounds good to me. Been meaning to get out to the coast.Ken H ... Astoria sounds good to me. Been meaning to get out to the coast. Ken H On Mon, Jun 1,...
I would be up to anything happening in the Pacific Northwest . . . however Seattle would be a premo location . . . should this turn into an annual, regional...
I'm pretty sure they have electricity now in Astoria & Portland has an international airport. Seattle is OK, but it might be good to start in a smaller...
EVERYBODY, Not to diminish the idea of a TG Festival/Workshop ... but let us NOT forget the sole core reason for Memorial Day: Honoring & Remembering Those...