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I just pulled out the original collection yesterday; so excited to see you've made another! Thank you so much for the music!

I'm not sure that a standard set of light CGDA tenor strings would do the trick. That A string tends to be pretty tight...when I had my tenor tuned that way I could barely get it to A without...

Oh, I'm sorry that was unclear. "Standard" tenor guitar tuning is the CGDA of a mandola. I've actually grabbed some heavier strings and am playing in the same octave as a mandocello. (A new nut...

Hello, all,

I've been experimenting with mandocello tuning on my tenor guitar (which is actually working pretty well). I'm slowly shifting my brain down a fifth from where I was playing before,...

Hi Scott,

You can change mine to Alyx Hanson when you've got a minute.

Thanks!

An update on my little experiment: the intonation on the C string is pretty far off (the other three aren't perfect, but they're closer), but it's not as floppy as I was afraid it would be, and I am...

Hello, all! A couple of questions for the group:


What tunings have you all tried on your tenors?
Of those, what worked/didn't work/surprised you?
Has anyone tried tuning a tenor down to...

FWIW, I started with an octave mando that had a ~21.5" scale. It met a sad end over the winter when I got stuck outside waiting for a bus on a stupidly cold day. I wound up getting a Blueridge BR-40T...

All right, here's a follow-up question: for those of you who use 80/20 strings (which is what I've settled on for the time being), what do you prefer in terms of picks? I'm still experimenting, but...

I believe when I did this with my octave mando I went with the bass strings on the bass side and the trebles on the treble side. But I've seen it done both ways, and as I recall, opinions are pretty...

I started out at CGDA and have recently switched to GDAE, both because GDAE is what I'm used to (coming from mandolin/octave mandolin) and because I figure if I'm tuned down and capo at the 5th, I...

I wound up going with a Fishman GII, because realistically, that was a price range I could handle right now. I've got my eye on one of those Red-Eyes when it's time for an upgrade, though! Thanks...

What do folks prefer by way of string composition, and what sound are you going for? I've got 80/20 bronze strings on my tenor at the moment, but I'm contemplating some experimenting with PB, or...

Thanks for all the input! The Venue is unfortunately out of my price range. Thanks Tavy for mentioning the Fishman options: I'd forgotten to look at those.

So I just installed a K&K Twin Spot in my tenor guitar, and I know a lot of folks here have used the mandolin version. I've pretty much narrowed it down to either the K&K Pure Preamp or the LR Baggs...

Yeah, I'll take it in and have someone look at it sometime in the next couple of weeks. The setup is actually really nice otherwise (got it from Elderly; would expect nothing less): action's nice and...

Well, I gave a .009 a try, and was able to tune it to pitch without a problem. So the nut slot is probably just a hair small for the .010. But hey, I was planning to buy strings in bulk anyway, so...

Tried tuning it up again when I got home, and once again snapped it (at the nut) just above G# but not quite to A. The other three strings are tuned to the proper pitches for CGD. Thinking the top...

I'm pretty sure that's the string set that came on it; it's certianly the string gauges. The tuning peg moves fine until I get up around F#/G, and then it's like the tension is so high it doesn't...

It feels really, really taut to me, but I don't know if that's just my lack of experience with tenor guitars. It snapped up by the nut. It doesn't LOOK like there are any rough edges, but it's...

Hi Jim,

I am. It's definitely in the right octave -- if I tune it to the next A down, it's lower than the D. Part of my problem is probably that I'm coming from an octave mandolin, where the...

So my first tenor guitar arrived yesterday: a BR-40T. Love at first sight. She's a beauty, for sure. This is the first time in my life I've held a guitar and felt like I knew what I was doing...

I have learned to be wary of threads dealing with disabilities/neurological diversity, but I'm really impressed with what I've read of this one! I am reminded again that the Cafe is good people. :)
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Thanks for posting this; I started using your arrangement last night as a jumping-off point to work out an arrangement for my octave mandolin.

When I was a child I took several years of piano lessons; even after I stopped, it was Christmas tradition anytime I spent Christmas at my parents' house for me to sit down at the piano and plunk out...