I've got a decent vintage Martin O-18T and it's a blast to play. More of a player (repaired top crack and side wall crack) than a serious collector instrument.
I am barely finding the time to play the mandos right now so I'm considering letting the tenor go to a better home. Let me know if you're interested. Don On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Linda <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> > > <mailto:taterbugmando%[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]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> > > > > <mailto:taterbugmando%[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]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> > > <mailto:taterbugmando%[email protected]<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]<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]<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. 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