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I’ll bite: 1920-1930s. (I know they brought back the Venetian shape for mandolins in the 1950s or 60s, but I don’t think they did tenors that way again, or at least not with pearloid.)
CGDA would be nice (it’s what it was built for). I’d use light strings, 32, 20, 14, 9? Jake Wildwood has a page where he talks about the best gauges for various string lengths on wine guitars. I can’t remember, is this a 21” or a 23” scale?
I don’t have much experience with the pearloid stuff - you might have better luck with that question in the builders forum?
Cool guitar Though! I’ve always liked that shape.
I don't know what is going on with the pickguard but I would concentrate on getting the cracks fixed and the thing strung up and playable first. Unless the cellulid is about to explode, I would not worry about it. It has aged naturally.
Jim
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19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
One last question: are those nylon strings on it now?
Venetian! I was blanking out on the term & it was driving me crazy.
Light plain strings (all unwound) at the moment. I have a D'Addario EJ66 set I'm planning to use (80/20 bronze, 10-14-22w-32). That shouldn't stress it too much. The scale is 23".
I second the recommendation by Mr. Garber to attend to the back cracks and leave the pearloid pickguard as is. In fact, I kinda' like the patina. Very cool guitar. It's a design that appeals to me and is very different.
All unwound strings? How does it sound?
[note to self] Burst not thy brother's bubble ~ unk
Hang on, didn't you people get the memo? We were just going to view this message not answer it. You had one job.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
I like the old banjo headstock.
1924 Gibson A Snakehead
2005 National RM-1
2007 Hester A5
2009 Passernig A5
2015 Black A2-z
2010 Black GBOM
2017 Poe Scout
2014 Smart F-Style Mandola
2018 Vessel TM5
2019 Hogan F5
Oh I duno, but it looks "old-kay" to me....
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