I put in the hands of a talented mandolin player a tenor guitar he didn't want to put down. It was confusing to him at first, perhaps the much longer scale,...
Just joined and straight in with questions. I have played guitar and banjo for many years. The banjo is a long neck B&D (22 frets) and I have always tuned it...
Someone else can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that's "standard tuning" for a plectrum, not a tenor (both banjo and guitar). It, or something like it,...
Hi, plectrum guitar Oscar Smith, your disappointment with the tone of a homemade Levin tenor archtop is understandable. The body was made to resist the...
... Hi Oscar, both Mikael and Jay are correct. The body was not built as a dedicated 4 string should be so you will always struggle to get anything worth while...
Just to save us all a lot of work Oscar. Search the Archive with "EFS" and "Eddie Freeman" and make sure you cover the complete archive in the search and...
Hello, Has anyone in the TGR ever played a "Epiphone Mandobird IV" It's a small 4 string version of Epiphone's "Firebird 6 string-comes in 8 string too. It...
Thanks Guys The replies have already taught me more than I ever knew about this subject. I have been a player, and not very knowledgable about construction, ...
You've gotten some real good information. In the short term, put on heavier, bronze- wound strings. This is easy and will help a lot. A plectrum guitar, like a...
Nothing gets this group going like string gauges. Definitely get bronze wound strings. At 24.5" scale length, my recommendations for gauges would be slightly...
Let me confess, Steve, that I never performed the flattop operation, since I have the Levin tenor . But if we look inside many guitars from the thirties and...
Hi Oscar, I just wanna draw your attention to the stringtension calculator I posted a few days ago in the "files" section. ("strings.xls", see also my message...
Hi, Does anyone have info regarding the availability of a four-peg Maccaferri tailpiece for our tenor guitars? The Selmer Eddie Freeman model used the six-peg...
Hi from, Mike. I just received the new Woody & the Woodpeckers - CD - And all I can say is WOW. Wonderful in every way. I have lots of so-called pro CD's that...
Thanks, Mike, for the kind words about the CD! It was made for fun, for the band members personally, but also as a "promo" thing to get bar gigs for a band...
... last ... planning ... guess ... pleased ... If you haven't already heard David on tenor(s) I recomend having a listen to 'Indiana' in our files section. ...
Hi from, Mike. Sorry to know this. It is truly one of the best jazz style CD's that I have. It is sad to think that it will somehow fad a way and get lost in...
Hi... I'm one of your newer members and I wanted to Introduce myself. I've been playing around with four-string instruments for over 50 years. I had a lifetime...
Here's a question for the group. I figure it's impossible to string a tenor guitar with nylon strings to CGDA because you couldn't get a nylon string to...
I changed from nylon to metal strings on my baritone uke and went for the heaviest gauge possible. This started my quest for heavier guage strings on my tenor...
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I hope your Baritone Uke has the stings attached to a tail and not into a classical type bridge John. It will sure as hell pull it off in the end to say...
A Nylon classical guitar E string will not tune up to A it is true BUT get hold of one and go to a "Sea" fishing store. Show them the E string and say you want...
If you look on the Joel Eckhaus web site you'll find he converted a reqinto to a nylon string tenor for me to use for my samba/bosa nova playing. He calls it...
I was very aware of tensions on the bridge. It was trial and error, not a pack of strings off the shelf. and the biggest guage possible was within reason and a...
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Oct 11, 2004 10:55 pm
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Baritone Ukes are made for nylon strings. Should one put metal strings on it, watch for bent necks and bridges popping off. Tenor guitars would be reduced ...
Hi. Would you mind telling us what string sizes you used on your bari uke, and where you got them. I recently read about putting steel strings on a banjo-uke;...
Hi luapm3! A baritone uke can be tuned with an A top string, nop! It's enough to choose the right nylon or nylgut (artificial gut) string. For instance,...
Thanks for that, Chef. You sound like you have had an interesting entertainment career. I had the same feelings as you when I found this group of tenor...
