I been watching them on ebay for years... Every now and again a nice one comes up at at decent price.. linda
On Mar 10, 11:58 am, "Marcel Chaloupka" <[email protected]> wrote: > Justin > > Yep The Chinees guitar was a Goldtone I thought the Martin sounded better > albeit plastic. I think I'll be patient as maybe something else will float > in my direction > > Marcel, Gold Tone makes two different types of Tenor guitars, they even > have a sound clip for one of them! > > http://www.goldtone.com/products/w/c/82/Tenor-Guitars > > -Justin > > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Paul Priest <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] > <mailto: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] > > <mailto: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] > <mailto:taterbugmando%[email protected]> . > For more options, visit this group > athttp://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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. 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