Carl Kress

I just discovered Carl Kress one of the pioneers of electric guitar. He tuned his guitar in fifths, F#CGDAE coming from the tenor banjo/guitar world. Check out the duets he recorded with George Barnes, another electric pioneer. If you go to Spotify search for "Guitars Anyone?".

Bob,
Thanks for bringing up one of the early greats. Kress did tune his guitar in 5ths but early in his career the tuning was Bb-F-C-G-D-A. Later on when he was playing with George Barnes he changed it to Bb-F-D-G-A-D. The only guitarist i know of who is still active who uses this type of tuning is Marty Grosz who tunes Bb-F-C-G-B-D.
Thanks again,
Ryk

Check out recordings of Carl Kress and Dick McDonough, like this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6l6e-uAyio

One of my favorite Carl Kress tunes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sLTwlTsc64

I can't get this Kress piece ("Love Song") out of my head. I think it's in the Mel Bay book Masters of the Plectrum Guitar, but my copy is gone missing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REvSHiqxd_8