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    Most Popular Tenor tuning

    Between the traditional CGDA, Irish GDAE and Chicago DGBE which is the most popular tuning used by one tenor guitar owners?

    Trying to determine which tuning is most sellable as I have a 2009 Aria...
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    Re: Ibanez AVT1 tenor guitar

    Typo error correction: …..and capo at the second fret for DAEB
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    Ibanez AVT1 tenor guitar

    Recently within the last week, I purchased an Ibanez AVT1 tenor guitar to be added to my collection as I don't like taking my Gibson TL1 tenor lute out of the house.

    I must say I was pleased with...
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    Re: Gibson instrument S/N 77587

    It appears to be a TL1, tenor lute, made in the 1923(?) - 1925 time period. Most likely, but not for sure, in 1925. Very few (89), were manufactured according to a Gibson executive (vice-president)...
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    Gibson instrument S/N 77587

    Forum members:

    Does anyone know anything about a Gibson instrument, serial number 77587? Mandolin Archives currently has no active information/record in its database.

    Believed to have been...
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    Re: GELAS mandolin ???

    Thank you Bruce. My friend will find this information most useful.
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    GELAS mandolin ???

    A gentleman who plays in our Monday night Irish kitchen session here on Cape Cod has a vintage Gelas style mandolin in all original condition which he believes was made in France.

    Is there any...
  8. Re: Adding a tenor guitar to the collection..

    An option I use on my Aria NA tenor guitar is a capo at the second fret for DAEB tuning. Especially for fiddle tunes in the key of D. I also capo at the second fret for CGDA and at the four fret for...
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    Re: Gibson TL1 tenor lute string gauge

    The instrument sounds fine with a set of D'addario J631 .012-.036 Irish banjo strings tuned to GDAE. Along with a set of new German tuners from Smakula Instruments to keep them in tune. Not a lot...
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    Re: Gold Tone TG18 tenor guitar

    Having owned a Blueridge, two Harmonys and made several home-made tenor from childern half size guitars, I now own an Aria NA tenor. If you can find a used Aria, I would inclined to go that route. ...
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    Re: changing an Ibanez PFT2 MT to GDAE

    I would think all you to do is to determine the correct string gauge and recut the nut slots for the slightly heavier strings. Be aware that once you recut the nut there may no going back. I might...
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    Gibson TL1 tenor lute string gauge

    I have 1923/24 Gibson TL1 tenor lute that I want start playing it again now that I found a set of replacement tuners for it. I would like to tune the four string instrument to GDAE. I have various...
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    Johnson/Savannah 120 NA tuners

    Someone recently gave me a Savannah 120 NA with a binding tuner problem. I am of the opinion the tuners are borderline junk. I am hoping a set of $60.00 Grovers will fix the problem.

    Before I do...
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    Re: Celtic star octave mandolin

    IMHO, buy a used Trinity College. In the long run, you will be ahead of the game. There is no comparison, especially if you want to sell it later.
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    OM usage

    Do you find the incorporation or usage of your OM mostly for Irish/Celtic music? Or do you use it in other genres such as Old Time and Bluegrass in place of a mandolin?

    When you use it in other...
  16. Allen tail piece on a TC octave mandolin

    Will an Allen brass mandolin tail piece work well on a TC octave mandolin? Or is the string spacing too narrow? Please advise.
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    Re: Why did you start playing a cbom?

    The first session I attempted to play at already had two guitar players. I was told a third basher would not be welcome. However, the session leader suggested that I buy a mandolin or OM and he...
  18. Re: Threatening to play mandola in public

    My suggestion for what it is worth, is to attend the local session without an instrument and get the lay of the land first. Talk to the session leader and other musicians there. NOT all Irish...
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    Re: Baby Taylor "Restring"

    The string change works quite well. The Baby Taylor handles the new voicing with ease and clarity.
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    Re: Baby Taylor "Restring"

    The reason for the space is to maintain the feel of a tenor guitar.
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    Baby Taylor "Restring"

    I have a Baby Taylor BT2 that doesn't get much use. Thinking about putting on a set of J66's, removing the 5th A string and tuning the 6th guitar string from E to F up a half step.

    Leaving the...
  22. Re: Gibson History, serial numbers, FON's and such

    Not to belabor a point, but based upon the latest information about the going-ons at Gibson in 1923; that what I was told by Julius Bellson forty years ago is TRUE. Namely, that my instrument WAS...
  23. Re: Irish tenor banjo - Open back or Resonator?

    The majority of tenor banjos I have come across near where I live are 17 fret instruments but may be a regional thing.

    I had Trinity College mandola tuned CDGA for a while. However, that lead to...
  24. Re: Irish tenor banjo - Open back or Resonator?

    Thank you all for responding to both of my inquiries pertaining to tenor banjos.

    I am looking for an instrument with GDAE tuning that I will fit in between my Kentucky KM 172 oval hole mandolin...
  25. Irish tenor banjo - Open back or Resonator?

    My next question concerning a 17 fret Irish tenor banjo is the banjo style.

    For playing solely traditional Irish music, which type would you choose, Open Back or Resonator? My only music interest...
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