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I also am primarily a tenor player, have guitars strung both CGDA (smaller bodied, shorter scale) and GDAE (the bigger boys). When playing with others I almost always prefer GDAE,,, For couch picking...

What a great outcome for a terrific little tenor... You made really good choices, I think.

Great observation/question dc!

I used to play a lot in irish sessions and noticed that I could more quickly join and enhance the "feel" of a tune by deploying my foot on the 1 and 3 for some...

Great seeing my old Vega in such good company!!

I love mine. They are light and can be slightly "tubby" in GDAE tuning, but with 12-20-20-42 phosphor-bronze strings it sounds pretty good. It'll never dominate a jam, but I love playing with a few...

My 1930 TG-O is similar body shape but all mahogany. As Djweiss said, mine has less cutting power than my Martin 0-18T. It's wonderful, however, and the one you posted about looks super sweet. Would...

I bought a hard case that fits mine perfectly. It's heavy-ish, but solid. I think it was a Golden Gate C-1511.

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What a beauty!! I've got a sibling Oriole Tenor, same in most respects except mine has the smaller pick guard. Mine's been modified to X bracing, sounds super. Stiffer and punchier overall compared...

I asked the folks at Stew Mac if they'd be willing to sell me four of the vintage oval waverly tuners... got a fast and friendly reply, and they quoted exactly 2/3rds of the price of a full set of...

After quite a bit of experimenting on various 23" scale length tenors in GDAE I've landed on 42, 30, 20(wound), 12. This suits most of my tenors fine, especially the Martin 0-18T. I went a bit...

There is a Kalamazoo KTG-11 for sale on the Reverb website that just dropped in asking price. I've got no interest or relationship to this guitar, but my buddy has one of these that is so freakin'...

This is lovely...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vwIPFgSaJp4

That sounds like a good plan. Mine came to me almost as "clean" as the Bernunzio example, still plays easily without a neck set, needed re-fret, came with good original HSC.

I think djweiss's...

I've got the sibling to that Beverly... if it's anything like mine it's a sweetheart.

I use Verne's "sneak up on it" gradual method too. I usually leave it in CGDG and play for a while along the way, which is a nice side benefit.

I started out as a late learner on 6 string in my mid 40's, in order to play music with my wife who was learning irish tunes on fiddle. I then fell in with a bad crowd who gathered weekly to drink...

Thanks Gang. I'm not going to alter the guitar, so no worries. Even with only 4 strings and a flat top the bridge is pretty well tight to the top under tension... certainly cannot lift it! And the...

Here's a new idea just pitched to me... I have an 30's Epiphone Beverly Tenor which has a flat top and floating adjustable bridge. Yes, it's really a flat top. A luthier recently did work on it and...

Can vouch for all the characterizations of Jake at Antebellum... he's a gem, a VERY busy gem.The email gets away from him sometimes but he's my go-to guy for aforementioned functional repairs on...

Hey Handy... that's a terrific recording of Rock the Cradle Joe. Just terrific.

To Michael, I can't help with the Portland part either, but here in VT the Old-Time and trad scene is very...

That's a pretty Tenor!

I for one love the look of the Sipo... much more like the mahogany on the original 17s than Sapele to my eye. I'd be very interested to hear reviews of the sonic qualities.

Seonachan,

Sorry I didn't make it yesterday... I actually was on my way with a pile of tenors in the car, but was running late (like 3pm) and ran into a road closure on I-91 southbound that ate...

Hey Seonachan,

I'm still hoping to come down, though probably can't get there till later in the afternoon at best. Is there a timeframe you're hoping to aim at?