I've been asked to round up some luthiers who build tenor guitars to show thier work at the 4th Annual Tenor Guitar Gathering in Astoria OR this spring. The dates are May 30, 31 & June 1, 2. from 11...
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I've been asked to round up some luthiers who build tenor guitars to show thier work at the 4th Annual Tenor Guitar Gathering in Astoria OR this spring. The dates are May 30, 31 & June 1, 2. from 11...
I usually use a smaller body designed for tenors oe octave mandolins but for custom orders where the customer wants a Tele/Les Paul/335 shape I shrink the standard size by about 10 - 12 %. I really...
The first section of Graham McDonald's book "the Mandolin Project" has a very good section on the history of the mandolin going back to it predecessors the citole & the gittern.
He has been working...
I use GDGD for slide and AEAE for pipe tunes on the tenor usually tuned GDAE and DGDB on the one usually tuned CGDA
oops, the website is http://www.spidermurphys.net
Spider Murphy will be holding a Tenor guitar/ tenor banjo workshop on Sept. 9 at 2pm. Tickets are $15. The workshop is at Newberg Music Center, 514 E. First, Newberg, OR 97132. You can call the...
I have used them in several Irish-style bouzoukis. The soundhole needs to either be wider than usual, modified to fit the pickup or have some sort of a mounting bracket fabricated to fit the pickup...
Planning to be there! This is my all time favorite music camp.
It looks like there is a bit of Fred Carlson influence in the body shape. Its similar to his "Dreadnautilus".
Thanks! It will be tight but I should be able to make it this year, then drive to Santa Fe for Zoukfest the next weekend.
Will there be a tenor Guitar Gathering in Astoria this year? If so when? I've had conflicts the last two years but would really like to come to one.
I usually use a 22 1/8 stringlength on both electric & acoustic OMs. I feel that length gives a solid fundimental sound with enough upper partials to add some zing & shimmer. I have made some...
Newberg Music in Newberg just to the south west of Portland in wine country has some on hand. A Herb Taylor & a Graham MacDonald as well as more common brands.
If your basic tuning is G'DAe you can do G'DBd for open G or A'DAd, F#DAd, for D as well as the ones mentioned.
If the basic tuning is CGda use DGdb for G, DF#da for D
If your basic tuning is G'DAe you can do G'DBd for open G or A'DAd, F#DAd, for D as well as the ones mentioned.
If the basic tuning is CGda use DGdb for G, DF#da for D
I have built a couple using the same body and string length as my regular tenor guitar but I call them "guitar bodied octave mandolins". They are a bit louder plus that little bit of chorus that...
I really like the EMG active Tele neck pickup for e-mando thingies & I often combine it with the EMG Afterburner.
Stop by & say hello, I'll have some big mando-thingies
I'm looking for a source for Herdim 3 point picks to sell in my store. The distributer that I used to get them from no longer carries them. These are made in Germany & have 3 points of different...
Great I will be getting some of those soon!
Most burl wood is pretty fragile when you get it thin enough to bend. You might try laminating it to a substrata like plain maple & bend that. I would also be leery of it's strength as a back. I've...
Hi John,
Yep, wild horses & high gas prices can't keep me away!
I use the stick (yes it's like a b%n*j# pearch pole) only on guitars that I'm trying to make in the 1930's style. On the OMs & zouks I don't use it just the bolts & threaded inserts. Darryl is right...