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Well, yes, You are right. In the deep positions only simple chord patterns are possible. But these are as easy or even easier than normal guitar chords.

GDAE on 25" scale is entirely possible. A while ago i showed two instruments - an SG conversion with standard Gibson scale tuned that way for a friend and a 5 string archtop tuned CGDAE (i'll show an...

My friend with the Tenor SG seems to like that too ;-)

Pretty guitars!

The "Explorer-Bird" looks as if it has the neck width of a 6 string?

What are You planning? A 15" or 16" Archtop?

Every Luthier making custom guitars should be able to do the work. Check who is relatively near to You and whose work You find attractive. Alternatively it should be easy to modify an existing kit or...

David, are You doubling the C or what is in the 6th position?

(I am going to convert a string into a guitar synth in quint tuning and am a bit unsure wether to use a low F [string from heavy...

Yes - these are the same gauge ratios i am using.
Only shorter scale - thicker strings for same tension and one step of gauges larger. In other words: the tension of the blueridge set corresponds...

The bass side of guitar stringing might be a bit lighter that the treble side. You might try out if a .48 or so would fit. Alternatively You might widen the hole a bit (drilling...). Or install...

I installed 11-17-28-42 on my full scale SG (24.75") - the tensions are more balanced. As string construction may have a significant effect on its tension i interpolated from the D'Addario tension...

Your prices are absolutely reasonable, and the instruments look great.

Why then by a factory made guitar?

Another option for a nice and relatively cheap rock tenor might be the Les Paul Junior...

First of all: A happy new Year!

And i built a tenor SG a few months ago. Definitely not for folk music. For Rock'n Roll something like my full scale SG in GDAE tuning is really great, mainly...

Seriously: i would give a shape resembling a more wellknown guitar greater chances, maybe something Gibsonish. Regarding the typical more folk oriented clientele of tenor guitars, a scaled down...

Hi Bernie,

that's an Archtop. These guitars usually have F-holes or some more modern shapes in the same positions.

On first sight, maybe. But i doubt ... and i am a Guitar player. The most interesting chord patterns do require at least the A string, and without the overtones of the low E a guitar will sound...

I find it easier to think of it more like a tenor banjo and start from its chord patterns. These are more or less identical but take account of the larger scale length of a tenor guitar, especially...

Well, parallel bracing with beautifully worked out braces and a rather thin top. Really promising.
It would be really interesting to hear sound samples (if it is only half as good as his archtop...

What a beauty!
I hope it will sound as beautiful as it looks.

BTW: X bracing or parallel bracing?

Hi, thanks for the info



Banana is talking about "real" Tenor guitars, and the A string actually corresponds to the 5th fret of the E string of my two conversions, doesn't it? So the low G of...

Really pretty. Does the bracing really need to be that heavy?

Hi David,



If that's already my nick name...

FCGDAE might be an option on my other guitars as soon as i can play in the 5ths tuning. But in a band context the F string might probably as...

Well, here it is: it was actually a restauration of an old german archtop guitar by Josef sandner ("Isana"). I own it for several decades and struggled a lot with its problems - bass bars cut by the...

What about the string tension? Ukes have a pretty low one, haven't they?

The question might sound crazy - but what about using violin or viola strings on quint tuned ukes (violin on soprano)?

AFAIK Thomastik makes a violin E with a synthetic core - so the bridge...

Indeed a really pretty guitar. I actually noticed it when i was planning the conversion.