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I will be starting my tenor lute build in a week or two. I will start a new thread for the build. I plan to post here on “Tenor Guitar” rather than the build tab. (I seems heavy into F-5...

Just heard about this week long event happening down in Ennis from May 20-24th, some great instructors lined up, including Marla Fibish for mandolin and Angelina Carberry for tenor banjo. The...

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Hi everyone,

It looks like I joined back in 2016 but never posted.

I recently discovered the baroque mandolino and it’s fascinating music, so I have been lurking around here recently. I don’t...

I bought a second hand Fletcher Tenortone from a cafe member here about 12 years ago. I'd been wanting one for ages as I'd read about them here on a cafe thread and then had gotten the chance to meet...

Yes they are probably tenor banjo players like the talented Dick Glasgow

https://youtu.be/zhKwkKr7Kxw?si=nUpLoG1HI815Wh42

Only my personal opinion but I think a 23” inch scale is more suitable for GDAE and 21” scale is just perfect for CGDA.

You get two for one in this video

https://youtu.be/aSDTqPu9gUU?si=zKOOD3YyqPLMnrc0

It's a staple in our Finnish-American band. Also one of the tunes my wife usually sings.

We like it in A minor for the vocal versions. Some accordion players prefer it in G minor.

Here's my...

This is a popular Finnish waltz composed in 1931 by Viljo Vesterinen.
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Kala is now offering a Solid Mahogany Top Tobacco Burst Tenor Guitar - $279.

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Specs:
TOP: Solid Mahogany
BACK & SIDES: Mahogany
BINDING: Cream
NECK: Mahogany...

I've shown this around a lot of places, but I don't think it has been posted here.

This is my giant ball vise for carving arched plates. It has several different fittings so I use it for...

As a side note, I always save all of the offcuts until the build is finished; you never know what is waiting to destroy all the hard work. Torrified spruce vs hungry router bit: a bit of creative...

Back to a bit of mandolin nerdiness. Here are a few in progress photos of the F5, uncleaned burn marks and all. It is one of my internal open scroll models. I did a big workshop at the Guild of...

Okay tenor guitar people. Here is a one to think about. I just restrung my KayKraft style tenor to octave mandolin tuning. It sounded muffled and kind of just not responsive. I was about to go back...

'Been a busy year and we have not made any recent updates. The L5 is finished. Here is a quick look at the fanned fret fingerboard for the baritone guitar. I'll get more photos of the F5 up this...

Lost in Croatia asked: "I think that I will use mahogany for the neck and maple for the fingerboard. What think you?" Mahogany is a good choice for neck as is maple for fingerboards. I was lucky...

Much like you I slot by hand - but I don't mark out: I tape/glue a printed paper template to the board, then place the board in a home made mitre box so the saw doesn't wander as I'm cutting. Then...

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Tenor harp guitar in progress. American white sycamore back and sides. Spruce top. Rosewood fingerboard and bridge.

My daughter had an Oscar Schmidt OG-1 guitar from when she started playing. Very cheap guitar but always sounded good. This guitar has a scale length of 23 inches and a 1.5 inch nut. She has moved on...

I haven't posted on here for a few years... Long-term depression got in the way, coupled with a Covid related heart attack 18 months ago... just the usual stuff that happens in life... no sympathy...

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If you’ve watched my tenor guitar videos you will be familiar with English musician Tom Kimber. Tom and I came up with a...

There should be a few of these heading out to their new owners before the year ends.

Here is the first - A Session King with numerous upgrades which will be heading out to Canada.
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Ha! Have you ever known me to make copies of the same old same old baby $#!t brown 10,000,000 already done instruments? ;)

The North Carolina Arts council is very encouraging of individual...

Persimmon binding on the L5: