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| Posted: Thu Oct 29th, 2009 02:59 pm |
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Ron L Approved
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I bought plans to build a Gibson L-00 guitar. I then played a 1947 Martin D-18 tenor guitar that was great. I started to do more research on tenor guitars and discovered Gibson made a TG-00 (or L-00T) which as best as I can tell had the exact body and bracing as the L-00 but with a 4 string neck and I think a shorter scale length. Has anyone ever played a Gibson TG-00 and if so, how was the tone. I'm thinking of building the L-00 as a tenor but I don't want to spend the time and effort if they didn't sound great.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 29th, 2009 04:42 pm |
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Will Approved 
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I think this fellow on YouTube is playing a Gibson tenor guitar:
____________________ Will http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/297/ Loose Change & Friends http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/245/ http://loosechangeandfriends.com The Earth Tones http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/337/ A Bunch Of Coconuts http://abunchofcoconuts.com |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 18th, 2010 09:06 pm |
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Blueridge now is selling a model BR40T tenor guitar with a solid spruce top, laminated mahogany back and sides, and glossy finish. The body style is 0 sized, and sells for $371 at Elderly Instruments: http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/BR40T.htm 
____________________ Will http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/297/ Loose Change & Friends http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/245/ http://loosechangeandfriends.com The Earth Tones http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/337/ A Bunch Of Coconuts http://abunchofcoconuts.com |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 19th, 2010 03:47 pm |
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Ron, I've never seen a D-18 tenor. It must look strange with that large body and 4 strings. Most of Martin's tenors are built on smaller body sizes. Trust Will to know when a new product comes out. That Blueridge looks like it has a rosewood or ebony nut. I've never seen a Blueridge with one of those. It does look like good value though.
____________________ Jim http://www.myspace.com/jimyates http://www.myspace.com/mapleleafchampionjugband |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 19th, 2010 06:36 pm |
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Will Approved
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Here are some other models of affordable new tenor guitars: Gold Tone now offers 3 models of tenor guitars, 2 with fairly large "mini-jumbo" (roughly 000 sized) style wooden bodies, and a resophonic tenor with a longer scale neck and a steel body. The TG -18 has a solid spruce top and (probably laminated) mahogany back and sides, satin finish, and retails for $639. It has a 23" scale length and is tuned to CGDA. Here's a sound clip: http://www.goldtone.com/media-player/fho-player.asp?InstID=99 http://www.goldtone.com/products/details/w/instrument/99/TG-18-Tenor-Guitar  Elderly Instruments sells this tenor guitar at a lower price of $479: http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/TG18.htm The less-expensive Gold Tone model TG-10 is identical in design and dimensions to the TG-18 except that it has a laminated spruce top, and retails for $319: http://www.goldtone.com/products/details/w/instrument/402/TG-10-Tenor-Guitar Amazon.com sells the TG-10 for the lower price of $224: http://www.amazon.com/Gold-Tone-TG-10-Guitar-Natural/dp/B002RARBUS The Gold Tone model MBT is a resophonic (National-style, biscuit-cone), steel-bodied tenor guitar, with a 25" scale length (technically, that might make it a plectrum guitar), so it is not possible to tune it up to CGDA (the strings will keep breaking). It retails for $959: http://www.goldtone.com/products/details/w/instrument/382/MBT-Metal-Body-Tenor -1351_med.jpg) Amazon.com sells the Gold Tone MBT for the lower price of $719: http://www.amazon.com/Gold-Tone-MBT-Guitar-Rosewood/dp/B002RARBO4 The Gold Tone MBT comes pre-tuned DGBE, but it is possible to re-tune it to octave mandolin tuning GDAE, using 4 out of a standard set of guitar strings. Take the low A string and tune it down to G for the 1st (lowest) string slot. Use the standard D string in the second lowest string slot. Tune the B string down to A in the 3rd (second highest) string slot. Leave the high E string in the 4th string slot. This tuning will give you fifths tuning, with a much richer bass than DGBE tuning, and you can still get traditional CGDA tenor tuning with a capo at the 5th fret. Aria makes a solid spruce top (laminated mahogany back and sides) model AF-Tenor guitar, selling at Musician's Friend for $699. It appears to be similar to the Gold Tone in having the rounded mini-jumbo body style, and a 23" scale length. http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Aria-Tenor-Acoustic-Guitar?sku=620622  Amazon.com also sells a tobacco sunburst version of the Aria tenor for $699: http://www.amazon.com/Aria-AF-Tenor-Tenor-Acoustic-Guitar/dp/B002AMVBYU  Musician's Friend sells the Martin LXM tenor guitar, which has the small "Little Martin" sized body and a 22" scale, and is made entirely of high pressure laminate. http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Martin-X-Series-LXM-Tenor-Little-Martin-4String-Acoustic-Guitar-with-Gig-Bag?sku=516999  There is an unusual teardrop-shape tenor guitar sold by Lark In The Morning. The teardrop shape is significantly smaller than the standard guitar body, so it is expected to have a lower bass response. However, if you are more interested in an octave mandolin sound (with 4 strings instead of 4 pairs of strings), this might interest you. It sells for $330: http://larkinthemorning.com/products/gui149  Lark In The Morning no longer carries the tenor guitar with the regular guitar body; I bought the long-scale version of it in 2003, and I tune it to GDAE. What a great instrument that was (it sold for $450). Mike Soares, proprietor of Soares'y Guitars, specializes in tenor guitars and 4-string and 8-string instruments. His factory in Portugal hand-makes these guitars in small batches, and they must be custom ordered by e-mailing him at soaresyguitars@hotmail.com He has a web site with a large number of models and sizes of instruments, but there are no prices listed, and no provision for on-line ordering. Some of the "baby" tenors may be considered steel-string versions of baritone ukes. I tried to order an 8-string version, but he had sold out for the year. http://www.soaresyguitars.com/  Last edited on Fri Feb 19th, 2010 06:43 pm by Will ____________________ Will http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/297/ Loose Change & Friends http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/245/ http://loosechangeandfriends.com The Earth Tones http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/337/ A Bunch Of Coconuts http://abunchofcoconuts.com |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 19th, 2010 07:06 pm |
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Jim Yates wrote: Ron, I've never seen a D-18 tenor. It must look strange with that large body and 4 strings. Most of Martin's tenors are built on smaller body sizes. I own a large (000) body, long-scale (25.5") tenor/plectrum guitar that I bought from Lark In The Morning in 2003. Due to the long neck, it could not be tuned to CGDA, but I had it tuned to DGBE and for the past 2 years, to GDAE, which sounds much better than DGBE, at least on this instrument. What a great sounding and great looking (full abalone trim, solid spruce top, rosewood back and sides, gold-plated tuners)  Last edited on Fri Feb 19th, 2010 07:09 pm by Will ____________________ Will http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/297/ Loose Change & Friends http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/245/ http://loosechangeandfriends.com The Earth Tones http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/337/ A Bunch Of Coconuts http://abunchofcoconuts.com |
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