A few years back, I was lucky to see Yo-Yo-Ma at the Kennedy Center, playing the Sonata Opus 8 by Kodaly live, which is a rare piece to get played live...one...
In my youth, the "old guys" used Mercury Dimes so that's what I used. If a jam came along, you could just reach in your pocket for some change. If you ...
Folks, I bought a Soares acoustic tenor several months ago. It's the one with the scroll on the body that makes it look a little like an f-style mandolin (I...
... I don't think you are the first to notice that Soares'ys often need some adjustment when first received. I don't know whether it's the shipping or...
... You may want to experiment with a wound 2nd (A) string, .018w to .020w. I use .044w, .030w, .020w, .013p on a 22" (560 mm) scale length. It seems that...
I'll echo that! I usually use 44w 32w 20w 12p, but I've found that different instruments have different points of perfection and slight ajustments in the...
greetings from a new orleans refuge... seems like house etc is gone... did manage to grab two guitars on way out my gibson j-60 and my 1920's gibson tenor,,,,,...
Fred, We can send emergency shipments of tenor guitars from Australia to New Orleans, if required! All joking aside, we are getting huge coverage of the...
Hi Guy, I know the question isn't new, but I am looking to tune down to GDAE tuning. Do you I need to replace the strings and if so, what guages. Perhaps...
Hi, My "guitar guy" put the following gauges on my Eddie Freeman Special (NOT "re-entrant tuning -- just GDAE) -- 12, 17, 32 and 42. Cheers, Walter Sereth ...
... tuning. ... somene ... would ... There is a file called 'TenorTunings.txt' at the Yahoo sites, under 'files', which is a reasonable starting point for...
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I found this information about Martin Coletti guitars http://www.vintageguitar.com/bulletin_boards/details.asp?forumID=21&topicID=11325 Cheers, Steve -- Steven...
Hi everyone! Due to me being both injured and broke (bad week LOL!) Im going to sell a few of my tenor guitars and banjo's off. In the banjo dept. I have 3, a...
Hi Tom, you will find more than one, for sure, in the small adds on the Mandolin Cafe site at http://www.mandolincafe.net/cgi- bin/ikonboard.cgi All the...
Hi! Sorry to hear about your predicament. I might be interested in the 50's Silvertone. Where do you live? Can you email me a picture? Thanks! Mark Josephs ......
Again forgive me for bothering you,Mark, but could you tell me on a key board which "CGDA" I am to use? Does it spread over two octives? That is from the "C"...
Hello, all I went to a garage sale that advertised "musical instruments" last week, and came away with a '50s (?) Harmony tenor guitar that I just fell in love...
[Tenor Guitar Registry] Re: New member greetingsOnce it starts, it becomes exponential ... From: Steven Pyott To: tenorguitarregistry@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Hello there fellows of the four strings. Just became a member and look forward to your comments. I plan to start building some tenor electrics fairly soon. Do...