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[McAllister]

Does anyone here play tenor guitar?

As a long time bassist & ukulele player (what can I tell you, 4 strings speak to me) I'm interested but know little about them.

Thanks.

[Les Ismore]

Traditionaly they are tuned in 5ths like a mandolin but lower, CGDA. they were built so that people who played the tenor banjo could play the guitar without having to learn a new tuning. (back in the early part of the 20th century)
But you can tune them any way you like. If you are used to 4ths you could tune them that way, (like guitar but without the top strings) or like the high strings of a guitar.
If you want to learn to play in 5ths, it's a bit of a stretch for some things on your fingers on this large an instrument.
Lot's of people experiment with different tunings. Have fun!

[ratite]

This is very cool,just got mine today.Hell,it's a plastic guitar but it's got some good tones.In an interview Warren Ellis says it's a very stringy sound  and that's a pretty good summation.
http://www.myrareguitars.com/warren-ellis-signature-tenor-gu itar-from-eastwood

[Sarusan]

Chris Still's first solo record has a lot of tenor guitar on it.

[Spindrift]

That lovely Neko Case plays one quite a bit. See the Blacklisted and Fox Confessor records.

[d gauss]

two words:  tiny grimes.

all on tenor guitar.  he's my absolute fave.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93EIw41FOFo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h4aOiUsDjo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjZRgly-m48

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciQGjvDhX0E

[faganking]

Ry Cooder is an aficionado of the tenor guitar.

[Mikes]

I have a 6-string Danelectro with two lipstick PU's tuned a 4th (sometimes 5th) below standard guitar tuning.  I guess there are 4-string models as well.

Mine was cheap and sounds great on every track I used it on.  Best via Vibro Champ, Princeton or Deluxe Reverb.   Never digged the Kustom (solid state) amps some folks recommend for bariton.

[faganking]

Mikes wrote on Tue, 30 November 2010 10:22

I have a 6-string Danelectro with two lipstick PU's tuned a 4th (sometimes 5th) below standard guitar tuning.  I guess there are 4-string models as well. Mine was cheap and sounds great on every track I used it on.  Best via Vibro Champ, Princeton or Deluxe Reverb.   Never digged the Kustom (solid state) amps some folks recommend for bariton.

Baritone guitar.

[maarvold]

faganking wrote on Tue, 30 November 2010 09:06

Mikes wrote on Tue, 30 November 2010 10:22 I have a 6-string Danelectro with two lipstick PU's tuned a 4th (sometimes 5th) below standard guitar tuning. Baritone guitar.

That's what I've heard the guitar described above called as well.  

[MagnetoSound]

The baritone guitars that I've seen have had a longer neck with a further five frets at the bottom. In other words, a standard guitar from the fifth fret up, but the open E chord is really a B.


Danelectro made one of those, is that what you are describing?

[MagnetoSound]

Just occurred to me - what is a standard classical guitar, if not tenor?

[d gauss]

[faganking]

I have three Baritone guitars. One is a 12 string.

Here is the Joe Veillette 12 string Baritone.

[faganking]

Chandler Baritone