We seem to have had a big influx of new members recently which is brilliant and I'd love to take the opportunity to welcome all of them to TGR. <br><br>I'm ...
Steve,<br><br>Thanks for the welcome and yes I was delighted to discover the Tenor Guitar Registry on the four string banjo forum.<br><br>I've played old-time...
It's great that you found the TGR site eventually, although we will have to try to find a way to forgive you for tuning your tenor like a plectrum banjo - just...
Here is Part 1 of the list of Gibson serial numbers I had - it originated in the Gruhn/Carter book 'Guide to Vintage Instruments:<br><br>Gibson Serial ...
Members might like to know that I've posted a photo over on Ukulele Madness of an instrument which is a sort of baritone ukulele with a high bottom ...
Steve Caddick is a new member who is the leader of a band in the Rhode Island area. He joined after seeing Steve Pyott's posting in the banjo forum.<br><br>If...
Steve,<br><br>One of these days I'll figure out how to relate to instruments tuned to fifths. In the meantime I'd like to find a 4 string plectrum guitar, but ...
Hey Joel!<br><br>Tell me more about your Veronica model! What are the measurements? I agree with your statements regarding nasally sounding archtops that are ...
I took on board what you guys (those that bothered to comment) said about an electric tenor.<br>As I am not really an electric sort of guy. I have collaborated...
Veronica measures 13+" across the lower bout and the body is about 17" long. Scale length is 23". The body is similar to an ES125 3/4 size but is about 3" deep...
David,<br><br>I know you could build anybody anything, including a light plane for Joe Brown, the famous British singer and guitarist, and, going by the...
Joel,<br><br>Tenorcaster in plectrum scale length - that's got to be an oxymoron, surely? Shouldn't it be a Plectrocaster?<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Steve...
Finally managed to post a photo! The magazine it came from was a thinly veiled publicity vehicle for Clifford Essex and Sons of London. Presumably they were ...
Martin,<br><br>I believe that is a 'tenor lute' maded by Lyon and Healy - possibly their version of a tenor guitar. Gruhn and Carter state that Lyon and Healy...
Martin,<br><br>I've added that photo of the Lyon and Healy tenor lute from the dulcimer web site to your album for easier comparison of the two instruments....
Steve,<br> Thanks for the additional posting. I reckon it is a Lyon and Healy. I think they bought out Washburn. I've played a L&H like this, can't recall the ...
David,<br><br>TGR is a challenge, period! I just finished reading all the previous messages, whew! What an interesting collection of information. My interest...
Hi All,<br><br>This brings back memories of reading Eddie Condon's biography "We Called It Music" where he discusses his work with the Mound City Blue Blowers...
Howard,<br><br>First of all, I've got no problems with the tenor banjo - it's a beautiful sounding instrument to me (I'm not a gentleman!) and I love the sound...
Martin,<br><br><br>Lyon and Healy didn't buy out Washburn - according to Gruhn and Carter, Washburn was Lyon's middle name and that's how it came to be used as...
Steve, et al, I fingerpick on the tenor guitar a lot, using a 2-fingers-and-thumb technique, similar to what a Scruggs style 5-string banjoist would use, but ...
To make a short story long...I should also mention to the new members that I am not a banjo player, although I have the utmost respect for that whole tradition...
The ragtime era predates tenor banjos by about two decades. The instrument used by the great ragtime banjoists Vess Ossman and Fred Van Eps to play ragtime ...
Joel, I think you may be right about tenor guitarists needing longer fingers...I was also referring to those who have expressed an interest in a 21" scale ...
Steve,<br> You're quite right about Lyon and Healy/Washburn. My mistake. The 'standard' ukulele is the soprano-scale length about 13.5".Concert model is same...
The difference between a Banjo and a Trampolene is that you should take your boots off to jump on a Trampolene.<br>Okay that's a bit extreme but I am not a...
Joel,<br><br>Yes - of course, you are dead right about the classic ragtime period and the five stringed finger picked instruments used by banjoists like Ossman...
