I'm a tenor fan too....And of course Uncle Tater was the one who gave me the tenor bug. I used to have a little mahogony Gibson flat top,but it didn't cut it. Now I'm playing a 30's Orpheum arch top. Fun stuff. -Paul Priest Custer,KY
--- On Tue, 3/9/10, Mark Seale <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Mark Seale <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Tenor guitars > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 6:25 PM > 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]. > > 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. > > > > -- 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.
