Joel,<br><br>Thanks for the reply. I'm still waiting for that Selmer Maccaferri book but my luthier friend Doug who makes Maccaferri style guitars located a ...
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stevep48
May 2, 2000 12:44 am
When I was showing my little collection of tenor guitars recently at ther Guitar Fest in Brisbane, one keen young guy came up wanting to buy a jazz tenor ...
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stevep48
May 2, 2000 1:43 am
I managed to cull this little bit of information about Tiny Grimes from the Internet which confirms the four string guitar connection:<br><br>b. Lloyd Grimes, ...
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curlym_99
May 2, 2000 2:34 am
Steve, Tiny grimes was an excellent tenor guitarist, one of the best. He played in guitar tuning, mostly electric. There's some excellent recordings of him...
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stevep48
May 2, 2000 6:50 am
Joel,<br><br>Thanks for the information. After I posted the message, I did notice that there were quite a few re-issues of his work on CD including the kilted ...
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cosmic_uke
May 3, 2000 11:22 pm
Hey group - Check out the June issue of Acoustic Guitar Magazine. In the "Jump Street" section they cover jazz guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel and his use of a...
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mistermetzoo
May 6, 2000 12:09 am
Hey Phil! Thanks for the tip! I bought the issue today and now I want to buy Kurt Rosenwinkel's CD where some cuts feature a four string ...
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cosmic_uke
May 6, 2000 3:26 am
Hey Group - Check out a new group out of Austin called Shorty Long. <a href=http://www.shortylong.com target=new>http://www.shortylong.com</a><br><br>The core...
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stevep48
May 8, 2000 7:55 am
Cosmic Uke,<br><br>Big thanks for the tip from me as well. I looked up the site and downloaded the MP3s. They are fabulous - I just love that style of music....
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tedg_98053
May 10, 2000 4:25 pm
Hi All,<br><br>I'm new to the group and am excited to be apart of it.<br><br>My name is Ted and I have spent the last two years researching the life and guitar...
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tedg_98053
May 10, 2000 4:26 pm
Sorry, it wouldn't let me post the entire message because it was too long....<br><br>To do this he needed a different method of string and came up with the...
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stevep48
May 10, 2000 11:39 pm
Ted,<br><br>This is just to thank you for taking the trouble to contact me privately about the EFS and to place such a large posting which was in effect a ...
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curlym_99
May 11, 2000 2:55 am
Ted, Thanks for the info. Is there any EF stuff on LP or CD. I'm intrigued by your thoughts on EF's tuning. My impression from reading the Selmer book was that...
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bob_devellis
May 11, 2000 2:52 pm
Although I've never heard of Eddie Freeman, I think this thread is quite interesting. For those of you who are playing around with different string gauges, I...
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bob_devellis
May 11, 2000 3:00 pm
Follow-up:<br><br>Actually, there are a couple of sites with string calculators in my bookmarks and I inadvertently pulled the one I use less. I usually use...
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tedg_98053
May 11, 2000 4:02 pm
Hi Joel,<br><br>Thanks for your messege. The problem with Eddie's Melody Maker articles (which was the source of the information in the Selmer book) is that he...
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tedg_98053
May 11, 2000 4:13 pm
Hi Again!<br><br>I have Eddie's entire discography and it will be listed on the web site. The problem, of course, is that he is very difficult to hear! All of...
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curlym_99
May 11, 2000 6:16 pm
No, I'm not going to solve this one today, BUT just for yuks I tried restringing the D and A strings on my trusty old Stella with a .036 and a .024 (which is...
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tedg_98053
May 11, 2000 7:05 pm
You're the man! <br><br>Were you using wound guitar strings for the bottom two and then the wound banjo .036 and .024 for the D and A? If so than that's what I...
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tedg_98053
May 11, 2000 11:51 pm
Hi!<br><br>Has anyone every come across some high end Gibson archtop tenors? Like the L7's used by Condon or even the D'Angelico's? I know that Mandolin ...
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stevep48
May 11, 2000 11:52 pm
Ted,<br><br>Following on from this posting. I know you have already indicated that the G string should be a regular wound guitar A string (.036) and the D...
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stevep48
May 12, 2000 12:26 am
As we have been talking Maccaferri tenor guitars so much, I have now finally added the photo of my Doug Foster Maccaferri style tenor guitar which was made in...
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tedg_98053
May 12, 2000 12:26 am
You're not being thick at all! In fact, you caught my blunder. The guages, from low to high should be as follows:<br>C - .46 (or higher) guitar string, usually...
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stevep48
May 12, 2000 12:31 am
Ted,<br><br>Many thanks for the clarification. It makes much more sense to me now. Am I correct in assuming this would apply to both normal tenor length neck ...
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stevep48
May 12, 2000 2:17 am
I have just been sent a JPEG taken of my tenor guitar display at the Brisbane International Guitar Festival (BIGFest) held two weeks ago, by the organiser so I...
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curlym_99
May 12, 2000 3:52 am
Ted, I just want to clarify that didn't use your tuning. The gauges I tried are:<br><br>C- .036<br>G- .024<br>D- .036 (I would probably use about a .032 ...
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tedg_98053
May 12, 2000 3:36 pm
Now I see what you're saying - my mistake. You're playing with a re-entry tuning and you're following the same path Freeman did. In the Melody Maker articles, ...
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tedg_98053
May 12, 2000 3:41 pm
Hi Steve,<br><br>Thanks for posting the photo. What a neat looking guitar!<br><br>As for the longer scale. I think that you could do it if you were able to ...
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mistermetzoo
May 13, 2000 3:02 am
Steve, Thanks for posting the pic of you and your wife and Mom at Bigfest. Your collection is truly amazing. Earnest Instruments was the first link I set up ...
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stevep48
May 13, 2000 7:57 am
Ted,<br><br>Can you please explain the meaning of the term 're-entry tuning' - this is the second time I have seen reference to it in the Maccaferri...
