I love tenor guitar. Its used primarily as an accompaniment instrument in Texas fiddling and we have some great chord maestros hanging around these parts. I've got a great little Martin 5-21 from 1927 that just roars for such a tiny box.
M On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Oggy <[email protected]> wrote: > Any fans of tenor guitars in this group... besides me? > > I ordered a Gibson L-00 copy from David Sundberg last year (one of > Swedens top luthiers, very capable, even used to work for Bill > Collings)... and I've played it everyday since I received it in april. > The way I see it, it's the perfect cross-bread between the a guitar > and a mandolin. It's tuned GDAE, with quite high string pressure. I > can play it almost as a mandolin, but it sounds like a regular guitar > (almost...tenors do have a certain sound with regard to the tuning in > fifths, and of course it doesn't have the same bass response). > > Well, I do love playing regular guitars and mandolin (and mandola) > too, but sometimes my tenor just seems to suit the tune better. > > In a recent interview at the Mandolin Cafe, Lowell Lovinger said the > folIowing about tenor guitars: "I promote it everywhere, but so far it > seems that I'm the only one actually playing one on gigs and records. > I just don't understand why everybody doesn't jump on the bandwagon. I > guess there's just no accounting for taste." Hence I started thinking, > why doesn't more people play the tenor guitar? People seem to consider > it an oddball instrument, way down in the hierarchy... more like an > instrument to goof around with than to play with ambition. What do > y'all think? > > The most interesting thing about my own fascination for tenor guitars > is that Mr. Compton himself started it. I saw a video clip of him > playing a tenor guitar (he was playing with a bunch of great folks, > John Hartford, Norman Blake, Tut Taylor, Vassar... can't remember the > occasion), and his bluesy licks just struck a chord inside of me. The > video could be found on Taters old website. > > So Mike... do you have a tenor guitar? If so, do you play it a lot? If > not, why? > > BTW, I'll upload a picture of my Sundberg tenor guitar. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Taterbugmando" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
