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I am now the owner of this mandolin made by Fred Elchuk of Winnipeg in 1936.

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In doing online research I found one of his mandolins in this thread:
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Tenor guitars are typically 23" scale and they are tuned the same as a mandola - CGDA - and I've used even heavier gauges than what fox has provided.

The Regent listed on reverb that I see, just says the listing ended and not sold. I think it is very much dependent on condition, since the ones I've seen posted to not typically look in great shape.

There are Zenith and Olympic tenors as well. Check out this registry with photos. http://wiedler.ch/nyepireg/database.html

I'm not in the UK, but noticed this one. It is also a bit pricey. http://www.ccmusicshop.co.uk/product/slingerland-songster-archtop-1940s-sunburst-tenor-guitar/

Thanks for this thread. I play an old Gibson A-1 as my main mandolin. I've been playing it for over 12 years. I had bought a Collings MT. Loved the tone, never played it - couldn't get used to...

For my archtop cittern, I had an extra 12-string tailpiece laying around. I bought individual mini-guitar tuners. My luthier plugged the tuner holes and put an ebony faceplate on it. He reshaped the...

The archtop seems easier to convert to me, because of the tailpiece and bridge. You can put a mandolin or 12-string tailpiece on - or just leave the original and feed two strings through one hole....

The not so good movie Heartbreakers with Gene Hackman and Jeniffer Love Hewitt has Sigourney Weaver singing Back in the USSR in a Russian restaurant with a balalaika ensemble with mandolins. Rocky...

I'm a singer songwriter and if you happen to sing and play mandolin solo, I find the old Gibson A mandolins nice for that. Another nice instrument for solo is the mandola. It's got the sound of a...

I often play Stevie Ray's versin of Buddy Guy's Mary Had a Little Lamb with the band. I used to also do Sam Bush's version of Crossroads and Sailin' Shoes.
On my CD, I did a cover of Cream's...

I just released my new CD, Soul's Engines, and it happens to have an all acoustic version of "Soulshine" on it.
I decided to play Hawaiian Weissenborn slide guitar on it, so I let Rich Zimmerman of...

If you can find a tenor archtop guitar, the conversion is fairly simple. I found a set of mandolin tuners that just fit the existing 4 holes on the peghead and I drilled out the additional four. You...

I had a photoshoot for the new CD and brought my toys in...

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Terry Bales Electric Mandola. I have the matching mandolin as well.

Bob Tyler has a great cover of "Chicken A La Blues " by
Cousin Joe Pleasant.

www.theotherbob.com

Thanks. I guess the answer is still no...
Does anyone know if Waverly Guitar tuners for solid headstocks would fit? Even if I had to drill screwholes?

I know I've asked this before and there are posts out there on how to resurrect your old Gibson tuners, but those solutions have not worked for me. They are hard to get the mandolin in tune and they...

Well, I just went with the suggestions here and bought the Tr-2 unpolished. I have an endpin jack. Will my luthier have to rout or drill out the tailpiece hole bigger?

I'm trying to decide on a replacement tailpiece. Allen alone has six styles. Is it all a matter of cosmetics or are some easier to change strings than others. I've been beating up this Gibson A-1 for...

I was flipping through cable and saw "Heartbreakers" with Sigourney Weaver, Gene Hackman and Jennifer Love Hewitt. There's a scene where they're in a Russian restaurant and there's a mando player and...

Slide mando!

I've had my 1917 A-1 for about 8 years and it's still my main mandolin despite the purchases of several other non-Gibson and other vintage Gibson A's. I just let go my A-4 and a couple copy...

Charlie Provenza's Giant Tarantella CD is fantastic.

Giant Tarantella

I've been noticing over time that I'm having a harder time getting my Gibson A-1 to lock into tune and then stay in tune. #Are there any suggestions to maintenancing tuners? #This has been my main...