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Post by nkforster on Dec 13, 2015 19:52:59 GMT
It's interesting - people tell me tenors are back in fashion...and a few months back I made one. To keep the price down I made a Session King tenor and we video'd it over at Ian Stephenson's house. Since then I've had loads of enquiries but not so many orders. My guess is the tenor guitar is not many peoples "first" instrument, more often a second or third. So, my question is - who's got one, and what you got? nigel www.nkforsterguitars.com/instruments/the-session-king/
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Post by jackorion on Dec 14, 2015 9:18:04 GMT
I've got two. One's a Martin 1932 5-17t: I bought this from Martin Barre of Jethro Tull - he was selling it in the shop I work in but then needed some money quickly to pay for a really expensive old Gibson Mandolin and I made him a silly offer as, even though I don't really play the tenor guitar, I'd fallen in love with this instrument which sounds fantastic, and he accepted. And the other is a Blueridge which I picked up cheap with the intention of using it for gigs but I haven't used it too much yet. I really like noodling around on my tenors and quite often tune them to CGCE or CGCF which means I can play some fo the open D/dadgad songs I play on my six string on it with partial chords - it's good fun, I'm hoping to use it to do some overdubs etc when I do some recording in the new year. Here's me playing the Martin in open C with a capo on the 2nd: benmorganbrown.bandcamp.com/track/never-been-found-tenor-guitar-version
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Post by minorkey on Dec 14, 2015 9:37:14 GMT
These confuse me. They look like either a large ukulele or an acoustic bass!
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Post by alig on Dec 14, 2015 10:06:03 GMT
I've got two. One's a Martin 1932 5-17t: I bought this from Martin Barre of Jethro Tull - he was selling it in the shop I work in but then needed some money quickly to pay for a really expensive old Gibson Mandolin and I made him a silly offer as, even though I don't really play the tenor guitar, I'd fallen in love with this instrument which sounds fantastic, and he accepted. And the other is a Blueridge which I picked up cheap with the intention of using it for gigs but I haven't used it too much yet. I really like noodling around on my tenors and quite often tune them to CGCE or CGCF which means I can play some fo the open D/dadgad songs I play on my six string on it with partial chords - it's good fun, I'm hoping to use it to do some overdubs etc when I do some recording in the new year. Here's me playing the Martin in open C with a capo on the 2nd: benmorganbrown.bandcamp.com/track/never-been-found-tenor-guitar-versionThat Martin sounds just lovely. Never really considered a tenor. Maybe later......... Alasdair.
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Post by scorpiodog on Dec 14, 2015 11:23:28 GMT
These confuse me. They look like either a large ukulele or an acoustic bass! Totally different, Larry. They have steel strings, they're tuned in fifths (like a mandolin) not fourths (like a uke or guitar), and they can have a sort of shrill barky sound that cuts through when played with other instruments. I've bought one this year, a Paul Brett Viaten. Bought it because I didn't know whether I'd get on with a tenor guitar and it was relatively cheap. I haven't played it a lot, but I do find it fun. So the jury's still out on whether I'll upgrade to a better one. Actually, I do have better things to spend my money on at the moment (tax, for example!) so I'll certainly not be upgrading this year.
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Post by mandovark on Dec 14, 2015 12:17:36 GMT
I have a cheap Ashbury tenor. It's decent quality for the money, but still very much a budget instrument. I don't play it very much, mostly because of the difference in quality with my better instruments. I am tempted to upgrade to a better one somewhere down the line.
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Post by andrewjw on Dec 14, 2015 12:29:40 GMT
These confuse me. They look like either a large ukulele or an acoustic bass! Totally different, Larry. They have steel strings, they're tuned in fifths (like a mandolin) not fourths (like a uke or guitar), and they can have a sort of shrill barky sound that cuts through when played with other instruments. I've bought one this year, a Paul Brett Viaten. Bought it because I didn't know whether I'd get on with a tenor guitar and it was relatively cheap. I haven't played it a lot, but I do find it fun. So the jury's still out on whether I'll upgrade to a better one. Actually, I do have better things to spend my money on at the moment (tax, for example!) so I'll certainly not be upgrading this year. I fancy a PB Viaten too....going to wait for the version with built in electrics to come out. Having owned his 12er guitar for a while I'm sure the quality will be fine for what I want to do with it...
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Post by scorpiodog on Dec 14, 2015 12:38:57 GMT
I fancy a PB Viaten too....going to wait for the version with built in electrics to come out. Having owned his 12er guitar for a while I'm sure the quality will be fine for what I want to do with it... It's great for the price. A bit brash, and not complex in tone. All fundamentals, very little in the way of harmonics. Uses the same body as the Viator travel guitar. I do like it, but I'm not very good at it yet. I can recommend it for value. It is ridiculously loud for its size. I think you'd find it hard to compare it to the warm lush tones of the Forster at the beginning of the thread.
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Post by andrewjw on Dec 14, 2015 13:13:29 GMT
I fancy a PB Viaten too....going to wait for the version with built in electrics to come out. Having owned his 12er guitar for a while I'm sure the quality will be fine for what I want to do with it... It's great for the price. A bit brash, and not complex in tone. All fundamentals, very little in the way of harmonics. Uses the same body as the Viator travel guitar. I do like it, but I'm not very good at it yet. I can recommend it for value. It is ridiculously loud for its size. I think you'd find it hard to compare it to the warm lush tones of the Forster at the beginning of the thread. Thanks for the info Paul...much as it would be lovely to own something with the beautiful tone of Nigel's instrument I think as a first foray into the world of tenor guitars something like the Viaten will suit me fine...particularly as I'll be using it amplified most of the time in a band setting.
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Post by leoroberts on Dec 14, 2015 18:00:37 GMT
This is the first song I wrote using my DeFaoite...
https%3A//soundcloud.com/leoroberts/inner-seth
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Post by andrewjw on Dec 14, 2015 19:04:20 GMT
This is the first song I wrote using my DeFaoite... https%3A//soundcloud.com/leoroberts/inner-sethFor me that is one of your best... Possibly the local connection helps but I can picture S.th stomping throughout...not easy to keep that rhythm going throughout either!
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Post by Wild Violet on Dec 14, 2015 20:08:13 GMT
Well now I want one...
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Post by scorpiodog on Dec 15, 2015 13:09:50 GMT
This is the first song I wrote using my DeFaoite... https%3A//soundcloud.com/leoroberts/inner-sethIt may come as a surprise to you, but I'm not Seth's number one fan. However, if he wrote songs as funny and listenable as this one, I could be converted. The Devon accent is brilliant, Leo, but the whiny nasalness needs work.
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Post by kmmando on Dec 15, 2015 14:05:26 GMT
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