I heard its possible to get a good sounding low tuning on the tenor by stringing it with cello strings? Has anyone done this? Cello strings are pretty...
... I have posted the picture of the Tenor in an album called 'Help Identify Tenor' There is a front and back photo of the guitar, along with pictures of a...
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stevep21 sent you this eBay item: VEGA TENOR ELECTRIC GUITAR 1940'S GIBSON CASE RARE (#7318923852)Nice one Steve but I'm a bit skint right now. I wonder how...
Mike Soares has told me this is true & I have been coinsidering converting my Soares'y tenor partly because the neck is so much fatter than my other tenors. I...
Thanks, Steve - it's the old story! Cheers, Steve ... Re: [Tenor Guitar Registry] stevep21 sent you this eBay it Thanks, Steve - it's the old story! Cheers,...
I have a "wallhanger" half-size cello made by Kay that plays a bit down in the first position only...the neck looks good at the body, so perhaps the...
Can someone advise me why poplar is not used much as a neck wood anymore? I have been told that it used to be much more "popular". What were the pro's and...
Hi, I'm no luthier, but I would imagine that poplar would be a bit on the soft side for such a stress area as the neck of a guitar, and would be prone to...
as a woodworker i can tell you poplar is definitely to soft but most guitars have adjustable truss rods to allow for strength and adjustability but i wouldnt...
Hi, Steve- You have a fantastic collection of tenor guitars pictured at your site. I've attached a picture of the custom Earnest elec. tenor Joel made for me....
As I recently began to use Dorothy Parker poems as musical in- spiration, I thought I had seen it all....guns aren't lawful...noooses give...gas smells...
Gary Mandell, owner of Boulevard Music Store in Culver City, California has given me a date for the world's first tenor guitar workshop. It will be held on ...
Mark, Congratulations on all your great efforts to get this thing going. I am sure you will get a good response. All the best with it - I just wish I could...
I'll be there for sure. Looking forward to it. Walter Sereth ... From: Mark Josephs To: tenorguitarregistry@yahoogroups.com Sent: 5/5/2005 11:08:19 PM ...
Hi All, I have lofty ambitions of converting a 6 stringer that I have into a tenor Tuned either:- gG dD a e or cC gG d a I am thinking that I would be able to...
Hi All, I have lofty ambitions of converting a 6 stringer that I have into a tenor Tuned either:- gG dD a e or cC gG d a I am thinking that I would be able to...
I think you'd play it safer all the way around if you went with the gG dD a e idea. That way you could use standard guitar strings (optionally, not required)...
BG, If you tuned your proposed conversion to gGdDAE, you wouldn't need to capo it anywhere. The following suggested gauges are based on some experimentation...
Wow, Loads of great information regarding my query, many thanks to you all. I'm particularly taken with the EFS suggestion as provided by Steve. I think that...
Thanks for the kind words about the collection, Mike, and your Earnest electric tenor looks a real beauty with its three pick ups. Joel has clearly surpassed...
In case you're not familiar with this guy's web site, check it out. This link is for his 6-string to 8-sting octave mandolin conversion, but he has a zillion...
Hi all! I got a Harmony tenor more off ebay more than a year ago, but the bridge was coming off. Last week, I finally got out the old glue pot, found the hide...
Hi everyone, just wanted to pass along that I recently found a successful case for the 0-18T. You may have had the trouble I did with all the "parlor guitar"...
The chat interface inside yahoo groups apparently won't accomodate either of the two operating systems I have access to (ME and XP). Is this really right and...
