I would like to help organize the 1st Annual Tenor Guitar Gathering in the Los Angeles area, Sunday afternoon May 1st. I am planning to approach a small music...
Well the Soary's Florentine tenor got a serious breaking in at Tan Hill last night. (2CV event - see their web page) and I reckon, once sorted, will be fine...
Hey Mark!!! You know I would be there...in fact I suggest such a convention about 3 years ago when there were less than 100 members on the registry. I don't...
This sounds like a good thing. If at all possible I will drop down from San Francisco to see. Ken H ... Gathering in Los Angeles ... Gathering in the Los ... ...
Some one told me once that you're not meant to actually glue the archtop bridge to the top for some reason, but you can, once you get the spot right, put a...
I Just need something to stop it slipping maybe some slight roughening on the wood where the bridge sits. someone else has said a pencil mark will do the spot...
... If I had to hazard a guess, it'd be that the benefit of having a movable bridge is that you can move it (if, for instance, the neck shifts, etc., which...
Hello all, in my humble opinion there is a point in not glueing the bridge of an archtop. One day you want to change strings and cannot find your usual brand...
Mhh yes rosin would probably give a little friction I might even try and get the bridge to fit better to the soundboard by putting some glasspaper right dside...
daregalus wrote: ... I can't give you the physics behind it, but on a violin (and I assume it's the same with an archtop guitar) gluing the bridge to the top...
... and get ... glasspaper right ... right. I ... I think this, moving bridge problem, may exhibit itself a little more with balalaikas since they only have 3...
Thanks folks you have given me some food for thought. Yes I can see daylight under parts of the bridge so bedding it in with a fine sandpaper and then...
Please be careful. I remember once back in the 50's I tried to glue the bridge on my Harmony Archtop. My eyesight wasn't all that good and I had to get down...
this talk of putting rosin under the feet of the bridge strikes me as wrong. the feet must fit completly front to back and side to side without a gap. a...
steve PEPPER wrote: ... Is that one of the Soares'y guitars? If so: how is it? I've been thinking of buying one myself for a while but has been unsure of their...
I bought a Soares'y archtop with cut away body because it looked cool & was inexpensive. Fortunately I have a friend who runs a guitar shop. He did a lot of...
WOW! One member from Los Angeles, another from Phoenix and another from San Fransisco are considering attending the First Annual Southern California Tenor...
Frank Yes it is one of Mikes Guitars it is a Florentine 4 string bought for $150 on ebay. It's like anything you pays your money........ Yes it may take a...
Maybe a little late, but this is what I do with sliding bridges: Having a graphical background I use Rubber cement adhesive. Using professional rubber cement,...
Here's my suggestion for a "famous tenor guitar player", Neko Case. I saw her at ACL fest & she is great. Ken H ... another ... Annual Southern ... FOUR...
I bought some new strings for the Florentine Tenor (Martin Extra Light Bronze, Mike admits them to being Cheep), a guitar strap (fix it on while you are...
Hi from, Mike. On an Archtop Guitar it is best not to glue it. Sometimes the bridges slip because it has saw dust under it. Or need to be refitted. We do fit...
... So with some tinkering it'll be a good pub guitar at a nice price? That's *exactly* what I was looking for! Thanks to both of you! Now I'll just have to...
