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    Re: 8 string tenor guitar

    CGDA in viola is alto viola. GDAE in viola is tenor viola. I happen play an 18” tenor viola. Then if you tune a small cello to GDAE it’s generally called tenor violin
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    Re: Need suppliers in Europe

    I mark out rounding up or down like professor Chris suggests. I mark with a sharp nail and hold another nail on inside of the rule or right at the other end of the measuring lines this helps me to...
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    Re: Tusk Nut or What

    You can also get buzzing if the string is sitting or pivoting on the back side of the nut. Which will also affect the intonation of the instrument.
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    Re: 1:18 Gear Ratio Tuners.

    I’m based in Ireland. I get Der Jung tuners from their Europe dealer:Magic Guitar Parts based in Germany. Der Jung is likely to have a dealer in North America.
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    Re: Eastwood Astrojet SG Tenor Guitar

    The pick guard is a bit different to mine. Nice guitar.
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    Re: Ideal scale length

    When I received the carbon tenor I returned my 23” Harley Benton tenor to CGDA and it seemed fine with the regular D’Addario tenor guitar strings, but I rarely play it. Maybe I should try it with a...
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    Re: Ideal scale length

    These are my go-to instruments. Both GDAE 211385 The tenor guitar is all carbon fiber. I believe that you could make a cracking CGDA tenor guitar with fan-frets. It’s just a matter of getting the...
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    Re: Ideal scale length

    I have a 1918 (Vega) 17 fret (short scale) tenor banjo. My understanding is that all tenor banjos at that time were 17 frets. I also have a 1927 (B&D) 19 fret 23” scale tenor banjo. My understanding...
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    Re: Fan fret tenor guitars (2022 thread)

    The optimum position for the perpendicular fret likely changes person to person. One thing is for sure is that it changes depending upon what style you are playing. If I’m playing Irish traditional...
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    Re: Fan fret tenor guitars (2022 thread)

    Here’s the first of a batch of fan-fret tenor banjos as promised. The angle of the nut is almost square. It actually becomes square at the 3rd fret. As Explorer has explained above fan-frets aren’t a...
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    Re: Fan fret tenor guitars (2022 thread)

    I’ve put some thought into what you’ve said. In the next batch of fanned frets that l make I will have two with the nut in the ‘square’ position & an angled bridge. This should facilitate those...
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    Re: Fan fret tenor guitars (2022 thread)

    I’m not an expert by any means. All the instruments that I’ve made in the last 3 years have had fan frets. There’s a batch of 8 fan fretted banjos coming through the workshop now. What I can say for...
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    Thank you Barry for this post I received my copy of ‘A Thousand Mornings Of Music’ today. I’m looking forward to reading it over the Christmas break.
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    Re: Fan fret tenor guitars (2022 thread)

    I think for left arm reach it’s all about discipline, keeping the left arm tucked well under the fiddle. Lots of trad players seem to lack some of those points & still play great music but I still...
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    Re: Fan fret tenor guitars (2022 thread)

    I don’t think that I have any different a technique than usual. I obviously play Irish trad on it with a strong trad style. I took lessons from a well respected fiddle teacher from a Gaelic speaking...
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    I’d like to echo mxr’s advice there are some good workshops in China, & also in Eastern Europe. I have bought some nice, good value fiddles from the yita music store. They have on line auction store...
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    Re: Fan fret tenor guitars (2022 thread)

    Oh yes, I forgot to mention that I use a baroque style cello bow.
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    Re: Fan fret tenor guitars (2022 thread)

    There was a long history of trial & error plus thousands of euro to get a working tenor violin. I ended up getting this one off 18” built to viola proportions. It has a 405mm stop & uses standard...
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    Re: Fan fret tenor guitars (2022 thread)

    I have even angled the bridge on my tenor violin to enrich the tone on its bottom ‘G’ string. I suppose that makes it a multi-scale instrument even though it is only by about a 10mm differential....
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    Re: Fan fret tenor guitars (2022 thread)

    Yes I can understand how that can happen. It is important to get the angle of the frets right to match the ergonomics of the way the player's wrist moves up & down the fretboard. This is particularly...
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    Re: Fan fret tenor guitars (2022 thread)

    204053 I’m trying to get the tenor guitar photo onto the thread but it doesn’t seem to want to work.
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    Re: Fan fret tenor guitars (2022 thread)

    I make fan fretted tenor banjos, so I got a custom built fan fretted tenor guitar in carbon fibre. The scale lengths are 23” (E) to 24” (G). The ergonomics are such that it has a comparable stretch...
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    Re: playing tenor and mandolin

    I just take them all as they come. It’s surprising your brain just switches to what ever you are playing just like jumping into your partner’s car. Being a cheapskate I just use the 1 pick for...
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    One more vote for the Harley Benton. My first tenor & that’s where my username came from. The only thing I found substandard about it was the tuners, I put a quality set of tuners onto it & it served...
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    Re: Tenor Guitar vs Tenor Banjo

    There is going to be a tenor banjo treat on TG4 (Irish) television this Sunday at 21:30. A local Mullingar player 10 yr old Eoiffe Dunleavy will be making her television debut.
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