Vintage tenor guitars in the UK

[derbex]

It does look like a bedpan on a stick Even more than the original National version.

[fox]

Not a vintage guitar but an expensive one! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/382076580567?ul_noapp=true

[derbex]

Amazon UK sometimes have them at £499 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00BQY4S..._GxzozbEZ6F2H7,

Checkout the different prices on the BR60T : https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-li...&condition=new

[fox]

Oooooo...this one is interesting .... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/162566062928?ul_noapp=true

[derbex]

Oi -that's on my watch list! What do you think about the top, solid or ply?

Also is it just me or is the headset a bit akilter?

[fox]

I don't know about the top but if I had to guess I would say ply, yes the headstock does look a little askew.
I think it would be more collectable than playable, I am not interested in bidding myself but if I was I would be contacting the owner for more info.
PS There is a BR60 on there too.

[derbex]

I don't know about the top but if I had to guess I would say ply, yes the headstock does look a little askew.
I think it would be more collectable than playable, I am not interested in bidding myself but if I was I would be contacting the owner for more info.
PS There is a BR60 on there too.

That's on the watch list too Mind you so is an ancient cittern.

[Lord of the Badgers]

I know it's not a UK one, but anyone notice that a Gibson TG50 got relisted recently? German seller. Overpriced?

I see Jon Press' Martin is still up for sale. It's a lovely, if a bit careworn, as you might expect. He did do a cool job on restoring it (I know cause I looked at it in the flesh)

[derbex]

Gibson TG-00 Currently at £13.50

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1941-Gibso...wAAOSwRXRZXo3H

The cittern was valued at £60-£80, before the auctioneer could say 'I am asking £60' it had hit £1000, and finally went for £1300 (plus 30% commission)

[fox]

Well I hope you bought that 1941 Gibson L-00 Tenor at £650 it was a bargain!

[derbex]

I was tempted, but was a bit suspicious of the bridge, there was a cut out in the pick guard that I didn't see on any of the others I looked at. I was surprised it went south of a grand though, if I lived near enough to go and play it, it might have been a different story.

[fox]

You are a fussy chap, I might have something for you... what would you really like?

[derbex]

Now there's a question, I'll have a ponder, but the basic requirements are 14 frets to the body and decent volume. I would add good tone, but I'll have to think what 'good tone' is for a new (to me) tenor.

My Ashbury has got a good tone, but it's quite 6 string like, I think I'd be looking for something a bit different, and I would be looking to play in CGDA mainly.

There are a couple of interesting, newish, tenors on ebay uk at the moment that might tick the box.

[derbex]

BTW sent you a PM.

[fox]

Not exactly giving this one away.... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/401411458318?ul_noapp=true

[Cornfield]

Not exactly giving this one away.... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/401411458318?ul_noapp=true

The add says its a 1919. I don't think that anyone made tenor guitars till the late 20's. I believe that the seller is checking his serial number against a list of Vega banjos and mandolins.


From Wikipedia:
"The earliest origins of the tenor guitar are not clear, but it seems unlikely that a true four-stringed guitar-shaped tenor guitar appeared before the late 1920s. Gibson built the tenor lute TL-4 in 1924, which had a lute-like pear-shaped body, four strings and a tenor banjo neck. It is possible that similar instruments were made by other makers such as Lyon and Healy and banjo makers, such as Bacon. In the same period, banjo makers, such as Paramount, built transitional round banjo-like wood-bodied instruments with four strings and tenor banjo necks called tenor harps. From 1927 onwards, the very first true wood-bodied acoustic tenor guitars appeared as production instruments made by both Gibson and Martin."

[fox]

Long neck....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/332482349458?ul_noapp=true

[fox]

Not cheap ..... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/132475655279?ul_noapp=true

[derbex]

Not sure if it's the same one, but there was one of these going for north of ten grand not so long ago.

[derbex]

Have you seen John Alvey Turner's Tenor Page? http://www.johnalveyturner.co.uk/page87.html

[Grommet]

Some pretty ones there for sure Jeremy. The Chanticleer reso looks pretty cool. The Grammer tenor in Fox's post above would likely be an awesome player!

Scott

[Lord of the Badgers]

The add says its a 1919. I don't think that anyone made tenor guitars till the late 20's. I believe that the seller is checking his serial number against a list of Vega banjos and mandolins.


From Wikipedia:
"The earliest origins of the tenor guitar are not clear, but it seems unlikely that a true four-stringed guitar-shaped tenor guitar appeared before the late 1920s. Gibson built the tenor lute TL-4 in 1924, which had a lute-like pear-shaped body, four strings and a tenor banjo neck. It is possible that similar instruments were made by other makers such as Lyon and Healy and banjo makers, such as Bacon. In the same period, banjo makers, such as Paramount, built transitional round banjo-like wood-bodied instruments with four strings and tenor banjo necks called tenor harps. From 1927 onwards, the very first true wood-bodied acoustic tenor guitars appeared as production instruments made by both Gibson and Martin."

I actually know the owner of this tenor pretty well - he's a jolly good brass player & we almost put him on our new album. Did you have a better idea of what it should be worth? PM me if you do. Not wishing to break rules. Seller is a lovely bloke, and he did offer it to me, but I had no idea what to pay, gulped when i saw the price!! I'm not in the market, as I'm having to thin out my own herd...

[fox]

Ambitious price....... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/323060968...&ul_noapp=true

[bbcee]

"Dare them to buy", as we used to say in the flea markets!

I wonder if the bridge pickup is a later add-on? Clean work, if so.

[dwmand]

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