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Post by nkforster on Jun 5, 2015 6:09:50 GMT
Tom who plays on the video loved the tenor, he sat and played this one all afternoon, he hardly put it down! In-between playing and cups of tea he made a really nice comment - "It's louder than a lot of tenor banjos." That's the idea! The last time I made a tenor was when I worked for Sobell - we only made one the whole time I was there, and to be honest I can't remember much about it. But they seem to be back in favour just now, may well be thanks to Seth Lakeman, who knows? Anyway, this one is based on my guitar bouzouki model and is tuned GDAE/GDAD which I believe gets called "Irish tuning." Low G is the same as my guitar bouzouki so it made sense to use the same size body - wide enough to get bass, shallow enough to project. The top is spruce, the back and sides Osage orange, the neck is mahogany. This one even has an ebony fretboard (which is quite posh for a Session King) but that because there was a spare bouzouki fretboard hanging about that was already slotted and had it's radius. Like all Session Kings it has a totally flat top, a relic finish and for one of my instruments it's quite fancy in the decoration department - in that it has dots on the fretboard! Talk about bling. Mind they are clay dots. So, here you go, enjoy the video and keep an eye on my YouTube channel as I've got a few more vids coming up from the same session. By the way, Ian Stephenson did the sound engineering and Seth Tinsley shot the video, both do a great job. Nigel www.nkforsterguitars.com/blog/loudest-tenor-guita/
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Post by mandovark on Jun 5, 2015 6:29:53 GMT
This sounds great. It must be the fullest-sounding tenor I've heard - hearing it strummed, you'd hardly know it wasn't a six-string.
Have you tried it in CGDA tuning?
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Post by nkforster on Jun 5, 2015 7:59:00 GMT
This sounds great. It must be the fullest-sounding tenor I've heard - hearing it strummed, you'd hardly know it wasn't a six-string. Have you tried it in CGDA tuning? The CGDA tuning is nice but it's just not as useful for playing with others if you play traditional/folkie/Celtic music. But you could certainly use that tuning if you changed your string gauges. As for sound - aye, there is no reason why a tenor should sound light or thin. There are quite a few tenors around now but often weak sounding - too small in the body and too heavy in the top.
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Post by mandovark on Jun 5, 2015 8:53:40 GMT
Yes, I can see that GDAE probably makes more sense for folk sessions. I like CGDA (or CGDG) because I've tended to use tenors more for song accompaniment than anything else - it's a nice alternative to the bouzouki/octave mandolin sound and tuning.
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Post by Martin on Jun 5, 2015 9:59:42 GMT
Sounds superb, Nigel
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2015 10:07:39 GMT
Nigel, I am curious as to the use of the open piano. Was this mic'ed up? I know that some producers (I think Jonny Marr used to do this) mic'ed up pianos in the same room as a recording session so as to capture the reverb like ambience of the sympathetically vibrating strings. Its a nice effect.
Nice sounding tenor btw. Why do you think most tenors seem to be very small body sizes?
Robbie
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Post by nkforster on Jun 6, 2015 5:46:12 GMT
Nigel, I am curious as to the use of the open piano. Was this mic'ed up? I know that some producers (I think Jonny Marr used to do this) mic'ed up pianos in the same room as a recording session so as to capture the reverb like ambience of the sympathetically vibrating strings. Its a nice effect. Nice sounding tenor btw. Why do you think most tenors seem to be very small body sizes? Robbie Ian didn't seem concerned about the effect of the piano, he was more interested in how it would look in the shot. And he's super fussy about sound. I'll ask him, but usually he than starts talking very technically about how the room is set up and I drift off in a Homer Simpson like manner....recording is his arena. I've no idea why makers make such small tenors. Seems odd. n
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Post by nkforster on Jun 9, 2015 6:20:43 GMT
More!
Please listen through your good speakers - the sound is great!
n
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Post by ocarolan on Jun 9, 2015 8:15:57 GMT
Yup, great sound, great picture, great music - all it needs is for them to look like they are enjoying it! I certainly enjoyed it! Thanks Nige. Keith
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Post by marcus on Jun 9, 2015 8:22:42 GMT
Woo-hooooooo.... it certainly made me smile (and kick up my heels)
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