Gibson Tenor Guitar????

[onewilyfool]

Looks like a cool little item.....tuned to the bottom of the regular guitar tuning....I could probably even play it....lol...

 

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/msg/1671817088.html

[TommyK]

These were all the rage when the guitar was trying to gain traction to overcome the then popularity of the banjo. Initially these were tune to a standard banjo tuning, cgbd'. This made it easy to segue to the Tenor guitar for Banjoists. Players whose' first instrument is guitar usually tune them the the high four strings DGbe. But it's your tenor, tune it as you wish.

 

These do look like a lot of fun to play. I wonder if frailing is allowed?

 

I think there is a fancier model called the TG1.

[davenumber2]

What's the nut width on these? Looks really thin. It'd be like playing a great big mandolin.

[jgwoods]

What's the nut width on these? Looks really thin. It'd be like playing a great big mandolin.

 

yep- a big mandolin. Actually I would play it tuned CGDA like a mandola/mandocello, or GDAE like a Mandolin/octave mandolin. The fingrerings I got, the reach is another matter.

[grampa]

A tenor is probably the only new acquisition I could justify because I don't have one now, I did for a while back in the 80's until I sold it to my little brother who was a pro, and I really, really want one. I tuned mine in the mandolin manner.

[gregory_james]

sweet little box. I had a really old stella tenor for a bit.

 

neko case is big into tenor guitars, here she is playing what appears to be

the same model as the one on craigslist:

 

she has a similar Martin 5-17T tenor guitar along with a few choice electric tenors.

 

yes, I'm slightly obsessed. she's the bee's knees. :)