I am sure you are correct Tom, on the "bent" aspect. It is what is called today a stressed top. The top being a little thinner than a normal flat-top guitar is...
David,<br><br>Very nice to hear from you again. Is that stressed technique you described similar to what you use for the Selmer/Maccaferri construction that...
Hi Steve. Yes it is based on that system. I have not handled one of these Martin Arch tops but I had heard about them. I wonder if Martin did not have the ...
David,<br><br>Thanks for the confirmation. That is fascinating because it was just a very wild guess on my part. My friend Doug who also makes Maccaferris,...
I'd just like to welcome you to TGR and compliment you on your beautiful 1928 National Style#1 tricone tenor which you posted in the Photos section. I have one...
One more small but significant idea that was conveyed to me by a local music shop-<br><br>He said by all means pack the case in a cardboard box with extra ...
Hi folks-<br>I don't usually post (although I enjoy the messages), but I was planning to put a guitar on ebay and thought I would give you guys an opportunity...
Steve,<br><br>My brother-in-law does the engraving for National Guitars, and he's never been able to come up with an easy way to copy the engraved patterns....
I finally got around to posting pictures of my three tenor guitars:<br><br>- '37ish Gibson made Kalamazoo, with an L-00 size body, ladder bracing and ...
Hello all, I'm new here and am amazed at the amount of info, and quite jealous of some of your incredible instruments in the photo section.<br><br>I have a ...
Sam,<br><br>Don't apologise for advertising tenor guitars here, as far as I am concerned. I consider that it is all part of the service for tenor guitar ...
Michael,<br><br>In a way I am greatly relieved to hear what you have said because I was thinking it ought to be relatively simple and then it didn't seem to...
Michael,<br><br>By the way, I should have also added that I am very impressed with your very close connection with someone so intimately involved in preserving...
"Mark Josephs, was INSTRUMENTAL in interesting Acoustic Guitar magazine to do an article on this topic." <br> <br>Hey, Aussies have a sense of humour!...
There is a nice tenor guitar mention in November's AG Magazine. The article is about Duncan Sheik who sometimes plays a Martin tenor and includes notation and...
I talked to Don Young at National a few days ago and he said he has no plans to build tenors. He says the market is too small and the cost of tooling up is too...
As I play the tenor guitar sometimes I find it useful to record myself. I find that it helps me to improve, when I hear my mistakes. I use a laptop as a ...
Thanks for that, Michael. We can only live in hope! I reckon if they started to make and market them, they could quite possibly stimulate the market. But, hey,...
Thanks everyone, for your advice. <br><br>I built a box (more like a shipping crate) but I am going to take the nice little handle off! If the box makes it to...
I forgot to say that I checked out a car like the one we are supposed to rent to see if the box will fit. It will but it is real close. Thanks!<br><br>There is...
The late Slam Stewart used to buy a seat for his upright bass on plane flights after seeing his bass in the baggage truck with its neck flopping about, held on...
Hi Mark,<br>I'm on vacation and will be here through the middle of next week. I'm meeting Ted on Monday (I think he's gone for the weekend to a <br>Djangofest,...
There's a good looking pear-shaped tricone tenor on ebay.co.uk item number 1472379918<br>BTW I've had a lot of trouble logging on to the club today and...
Martin,<br><br>That National is an absolute beauty - it is the best one I have ever seen from the photograph, I think. I never normally check the UK eBay ...
