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    Anyone know what to call the pear-shaped Tenor guitar being played here?

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    It looks to be a "Washburn" tenor guitar, made by Lyon and Healy, circa 1925. Great video!
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    Quote Originally Posted by mando.player View Post
    Nice! Karin Bergquist's tenor guitar is a c. 1932 Epiphone Beverly - flat top with f-holes.

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    A post of a L&H mandolin for sale by Trevor at Tamco prompted me to look up Bill Yohey (ace country fiddler, mandolin, banjo and it turns out a tenor guitar player of note)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Garber View Post
    That is a plectrum guitar, longer neck and different tuning, more like a 5 string scale without the fifth string.

    From Wikipedia:

    Plectrum guitars played a similar role for plectrum banjo players in this period as the tenor guitar, but they were less common. One of the best known plectrum guitarists from the Jazz Age was Eddie Condon, who started out on banjo in the 1920s and then switched to a Gibson L7 plectrum guitar in the 1930s and stayed with it all his musical life up to the 1960s.
    Was thumbing through Eddie's Scrapbook of Jazz and noticed one pic of him with this cutaway plec guitar:

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    All of the other pics in the book are of him with the Gibson.

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    Diana Jones again.........

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    I didn't know Brian played Tenor.
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    This video is from last years Gathering of Tenors in Astoria Oregon.
    That's coming up again in a few weeks. If your in the area it's a lot of fun
    and work shops also. [the work shops are fun too]
    Brian's 'River of the West' mandolin camp is just upstream and is the same weekend.
    So, I'm not sure where I'll be. Wanted to do both. But……
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    I was there, he killed....

    Not sure if its true, but after the show someone told me that Brian borrowed that blueridge from someone at the gathering right before he went on.... If true, he was performing on an unfamiliar instrument - Making the evident virtuosity of his set even more impressive...

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    When supplying pickups, I always encourage photos / videos etc. and here`s one that arrived in my inbox that I think is too nice not to share.
    Made by UK luthier Jim Claridge, this tenor features Sapele construction with centre block like a 335. The wrap around bridge is modified from a bass guitar unit.....
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    This was posted in the mandolin forum, but it belongs here:




    And I haven't seen this posted yet either:


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    Great stuff! That lady peeping through the window kind of creeped me out though.
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    Martin tenor on the Today Show yesterday. Birdy plays Tee Shirt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Charles E. View Post
    Great stuff! That lady peeping through the window kind of creeped me out though.
    According to the description, it's from a movie called Son of Ingagi, "the first science fiction-horror film to feature an all-black cast." Looks like good bad movie fun.

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    Lovely tones in this G tuning
    Its long since sold, no interest implied ...
    http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=...4310F9FC577410

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    Quote Originally Posted by kmmando View Post
    Lovely tones in this G tuning
    Its long since sold, no interest implied ...
    http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=...4310F9FC577410
    I don't see any video. Your link seems to go to a generic Bing video search page.
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    This thread needs some Violao Tenor in it..



    ..and another one with a modern (Dynamico!) twist:



    I can't tell - are they playing in an airport queue or something? I guess that would qualify as a sighting..
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    Karin's got an Epiphone Beverly, probably from the 1930's. I just found one just like it (without the pickguard) in an online auction - serial number dated mine to 1933. Photo to follow. I've been listening to OTR for many years but didn't know she played TG - great band! Thanks Mr. Mando for the original post!

    Quote Originally Posted by mrmando View Post
    Here's Karin Bergquist of Over the Rhine in a publicity shot for the band's latest album. Couldn't find any performance shots with this instrument, but it looks stage-ready.
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    Here's mine. Flat spruce top and mahogany sides & arched-back were refinished to darker stain and it only has one of the original 2-on-a-plate tuners. Other two tuners were replaced with individual Grover open back geared tuners. Otherwise, I think it's all original. I worked with a local mando-luthier to reglue the ends of the X bracing near the bottoms of the sound holes. Nice action and straight & narrow (9/8" at the nut) neck make it fun to play. Currently in CGDA but may switch to GDBE for a try.

    Quote Originally Posted by jfonner View Post
    Karin's got an Epiphone Beverly, probably from the 1930's. I just found one just like it (without the pickguard) in an online auction - serial number dated mine to 1933. Photo to follow. I've been listening to OTR for many years but didn't know she played TG - great band! Thanks Mr. Mando for the original post!
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    Confessions of Robert Crumb, with his wife Aline Crumb on tenor guitar. (roughly 50 seconds in)


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    Ever wonder why vintage tenor guitars are so rare? Here's the guy to blame!
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=010aaw1Ajo0
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    Charlie Daniels plays a Republic Highway 49 tenor resonator guitar. http://republicguitars.com/artists/

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    Wouldn't want charlie to 'Kabonnng' me with that.
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