I snapped some digi-pix yesterday and have posted them in an album named 'Regal Tenor" Now I have some more questions, guys, and I think I REALLY need help! ...
Nico, the liner notes for "Stringology" makes no mention of DM being a tenor player, but does mention Carl Kress having started on tenor, but switching to the...
Mike,that looks like a pretty nice one, and there have been a few similar ones sold on Ebay recently.It's so hard to put a "value" on these, I think Gibsons...
Mike, a quick look on Ebay...a beat up one with issues got $100, another in great shape got $381, and one got up to $405, reserve not met, it was in great...
... Thanks for the reply... Might be -- the top is spruce the body looks to be rosewood, but I am no expert. I was not so much intersted in actual "what can i...
David and Nico, Tom Molyneaux (and others here at TGR, particularly Ted Gottsegen, who wrote the Carl Kress bio on the best jazz site on the Internet - ...
Steve, et al, Kress's 6 string tuning was actually totally in fifths, with the "high" A string tuned one octave down, so low to high was Bb F C G D A. A220...
That should have read: "Kress's 6 string tuning was actually totally in fifths, BUT with the 'high' A string tuned one octave down...", so it's not technically...
Yes, Tom - I noticed that serious mistake in your explanation and was quite shocked by it but I didn't want to say anything so I am glad you've mentioned it!...
I understand from Marty Grosz that the Karl Kress tuning is Bb, F, C, G, B, D. (Bb being the low string) This tuning is unique in that you have plectrum tuning...
This is StringJazz #1042 recorded August 2002 This is one worth getting! Well recorded, you hear the tenor guitar, he takes solos, he's the rhythm guitar, and...
Kress was a tenor player, I'd be surprised if he used plectrum tuning on top, but you never know. I have an LP that specifically lists his tuning as I stated...
I've been busy as well as sick and haven't had time to get in on this thread, but THE ANSWER IS.... you're all correct. By the early 30s. Carl Kress had...
That is very interesting, but I want to make sure you really mean Bb F D G A D? Is that a typo? Or is that also a modified plectrum tuning? The LP I have...
Bb F D G A D is listed on the liner notes of the album "Guitars, Anyone?", with George Barnes. That tuning is also listed in Maurice Summerfield's "The Jazz...
... named 'Regal ... help! ... it sound way better ... My fingers are in ... cut! Will that pain stop? ... No pain no gain! That's the old cliche, but it...
Mike, you may be pleased to see that someone just agreed to pay $421 for a Harmony archtop that used to get $200 or less a few years ago. Another one with real...
... Thanks peter-- yeah i know about pain and I, too checked th string gauge today But BOY! I'l thinking maybe of adjust ng the action a bit... meantime I am...
... \ Real low-- And I even haggled to get it lower! but I bought it because it looked interesting--not for an investment. Mmeantime I just sent an e-mail to...
... tuned ... time of ... always ... played, and ... like ... about ... is no ... you ... The standard tuning is C G D A from low to high. I think this has ...
The Lp I have is called Fun on the Frets, and features McDonough, Tony Mottola and Dick Van Eps. It actually has a typo, leaving out the D! But it clearly...
Doug, Thanks very much for your interest in TGR. One of our most dedicated tenor guitar stalwarts, Tom Molyneaux ('tenorguitar') is an ex-bass player and we...
Ken, Thanks for the heads up. It's a beautiful and rare guitar but it's a real pity about its stated six string scale length, particularly as I understand...
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