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I was there. Most of my memories don’t involve the music, which was ok, but not great. First was the heat amd walking up the hill from town in it with thousands of people. The night before the...

Lovely guitar and tune. Congratulations.

I have two Herb Taylor archtop tenors, #174 and #205. 21.5” scale, tuned GDAE. I love them, they are powerful, and cut through other instruments quite well. Great sound, wonderful necks, and you can...

Mine are Herb Taylor archtop tenors. I love his archtops, they have a unique, beautiful, powerful tone, and play great. His neck attachment is smart. I took the neck off just to see how to do it,...

I lived about a block away from where that was. I often stopped there and tried to imagine what it looked like. That area is completely different now, but was a nice place to live. The trailhead to...

I think that’s a ridiculous argument. It’s all about what tone and feel you prefer.

I kind of wish I didn’t sell my Fletcher tenor guitar. My Herb Taylor archtops are better guitars in every way, but the Fletcher had it’s charms. It was such a pretty instrument.

That is already selling for an excellent price. If it was me and you tried to haggle down an already great deal I’d just say I’ll sell it to someone else and move on.

http://www.earnestinstruments.com/selma-acoustic-tenor-guitar/

Wow Jill, this is a forever mandolin. I just listened to the two tunes you put on Utube and it sounds as good as it looks. It sounds fantastic! Great playing too!

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a top as stunning as that! Amazing!

I love tenor guitars. They are going to be easier on you hands than an OM. I play fiddle tunes on my Herb Taylor archtop and love how they sound on it. Tuned GDAE, same as an OM. Mine are #205 and...

I think you should pick a builder you like, tell him what you want and let him make most of these decisions. You need to play a fan fret guitar to see what you think. I personally couldn’t play...

Sell em if you don’t use them. I consider possessions to be boat anchors, they weight you down, so the less the better.

If the Ibanez body is a lot smaller than the Blueridge I’d be cautious about buying it to tune down to GDAE. It may not handle it well, particularly the G string. i had a Kala that I thought sounded...

Anyone else going to the tenor guitar gathering in Astoria, Oregon tomorrow, June 8th? I’ll be there about 10 am, and will be in Gerry Carthy’s Irish trad class at one. I’ll be bringing one of my...

DWC’s post. Second paragraph, second sentence. Beginner violin catagory. The fiddles I mentioned are potential lifetime fiddles.

I’ll go if it’s in the NW. Portland claims it has the most craft breweries of any city. I don’t know if that’s true, but there sure is a lot of them.

If fiddle tunes are a goal it makes so much more sense to tune it to octave mandolin tuning, GDAE.

It would be tempting for me to have “The Bruce” on my headstock. B2 also works well since my last name also starts with the letter B.

Thanks,
bruce

I had a couple of very nice vintage concertinas, but I grew to prefer my Morse Albion. It is incredibly light and feels very agile and responsive in hand. I slightly prefer the tone of concertina...

And I'm extremely enamored with concertinas...

You can then join the endless debates of Anglo vs English vs Duet concertinas. The fingering systems for each type are unique and so different...

Ages ago I played guitar and flute. Somewhere along the way I also played recorder quite a bit.
After a long break I bought an English concertina, and then a flute/whistle. Played them for quite...

Too bad we can’t hear those bands play. Can’t we send someone back in time to make high quality recordings of them, and many others? Looks to me like the guy in the bottom picture is playing a harp...

Looks like the terz guitar needs to be revived for old time. I love the sound of them. Anyone own and play one or play with someone who does? What was commonly played on them in an old time setting?...