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Bad intonation can have several causes. Is the sharpness and "bending" effect most acute at the first few frets? If so, the first thing I would check is the nut slots. If they are too high, that will...

Check this thread for lots of advice on gauges. I used a John Pearse set, and it sounds and feels very good.

I got one yesterday from Elderly - for the price I'm very impressed. I got it as a cheap tenor that I could leave at my folks' house without having to worry much about humidification and other...

I play in FCGD, and I know a few others on here do. This tuning is only 1/2 step lower, so there's no reason why it wouldn't work with the right combination of guitar & strings.

No problems, other than tuning issues caused by the tremolo, which are not relevant to a Tele.

Made a trip to Jake Wildwood's yesterday, primarily to have him put together this 5-stringer from old Squier parts. He drilled new holes in the bridge, removed a saddle and a tuner, slotted the nut,...

Made a visit to Jake Wildwood yesterday for some other work, and brought the Tele - he fixed up the wiring and it sounds much better now.

They'd both be Tops with Arch.

The latest tenor from the Eastwood custom shop is up here. Airline "Jetsons Tenor", modeled after their Jetsons Jr 6-string. The picture shows one pickup in the bridge position but the description...

If you can find one of these (they're not common), it's a great fit for my Zither tenor guitar, which has the same overall dimensions as your guitar. Really generous padding, good quality, zipper...

Different tastes, different ears, and variable conditions of vintage Martins notwithstanding, I don't think it's really a comparison. I've A/B'd both in a store and owned both at the same time. The...

I have an Eastwood mandocello, and a couple of their tenors (including the oddly named "tenor baritone", which is basically a 4-string mandocello). Eastwood's QC is not the best, so sometimes you'll...

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Picking up this Trevor Healy "Healer" tomorrow. Pretty stoked to say the least!

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There's a Les Paul style Heritage tenor up on ebay. Appears to be a one-off. Anyone have any experience with that brand? NFI and I'm not bidding in any case, but thought folks might be interested.
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See Jake Wildwood's museum page for a long list of instruments organized alphabetically by maker, with plenty of vintage tenors in the bunch. Most of the links will have sound clips in addition to...

Hi and welcome to the rabbit hole - glad you could join us! I give you my opinions as someone who mostly plays GDAE and adjacent tunings (FCGD, GDAD).

When you ask what kind of guitar is better...

I'm fortunate to live just up the road from Trevor Healy, a great luthier who makes the occasional tenor; I've posted his 4-string creations before in this thread. Here's his latest: a 00-size,...

I think the real scarcity of the tenors combined with their unique features (size & scale) make them retain their value better than a 6-string that has tons of direct competitors in its class. It's a...

There was one on Reverb that just sold. Did you buy it? I had a similar model (T/Sme) that was fantastic all around but ultimately not for me, though I have enough regret that I was watching this...

You could also go with a tenor guitar in octave mandolin tuning.

The Halifax, Nova Scotia library network was just given 150 musical instruments to lend out to patrons, and Joel Plaskett was on hand for the opening ceremony, where he donated one of his tenor...

That's a ukulele.

Keep in mind the CGDAAE you got by retuning your guitar gave you mandocello-to-octave mandolin range. That low C is not going to sound very robust no matter what gauge you put on it (that's baritone...

Yes, the 5-17T fits perfectly in the Oahu case.