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    Re: Plectrum guitar string gauges.

    Hi there: Yes, a tone ring equipped banjo is loud enough to cut through almost any other instrument for sure. To me, there is nothing more clear and powerful than a Silver Bell. Yet they can be...
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    Re: Plectrum guitar string gauges.

    Hi Andy: Your gauge list looks right to me except for "Heavy." I think a big 042 fourth string pulled up to C would put too much tension on the neck...be careful! BTW, I wish all us plectrum...
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    Re: Tenor Guitar Gallery & Sightings

    It's a Gibson L-7 plectrum archtop, played by Eddie Condon.
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    Re: Plectrum guitar string gauges.

    I'm an old Your Fathers Mustache banjoist and I love playing my Vega Advanced C-66 plectrum guitar. It's an archtop and has a 27" scale with a big 17" body. Deeper tone than any 4-string guitar I've...
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    Re: Tenor Guitar Gathering

    This old Your Fathers Mustache banjoist would love to attend such an event...with my Vega plectrum [CGBD] guitar. (It's an Advanced C-66 archtop with a 27" scale and has the deepest tone of any...
  6. Re: Difference between a tenor guitar and a plectrum guitar

    David: Succinctly stated and exactly correct. Well done! J.L.Myers ['39 Vega Advanced C-66 plectrum guitar, '25 B&D #2 plectrum banjo]
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    Re: Tenor Guitar Gallery & Sightings

    TENOR-PLECTRUM GUITAR COMPARISON PHOTO. My late 1930s Vega Advanced C-66P next to a 60s Harmony Monterey tenor. (I added the pickup/pickguard unit. I play it through a Fender Jazz King amp.) Plectrum...
  8. Re: Difference between a tenor guitar and a plectrum guitar

    Vega plectrum and Harmony tenor comparison photo. Plectrum has 26" scale, tenor is 23" 186720
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    A few pix of my ca, 1939 Vega Advanced C-66 plectrum guitar.180900180901180901180902
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    Re: Tenor Guitar Gallery & Sightings

    Great shot of Eddie Condon with his Gibson PLECTRUM archtop. Note the longer scale and more frets. Like Eddie, I'm a plectrum banjoist who didn't want to learn a new tuning...I play a Vega C-66...
  11. Re: Anyone ever play a Martin archtop tenor guitar?

    A beautiful instrument! I'm a plectrum [formerly tenor] banjoist and have always loved tenor guitars. I own a very rare bird: a ca. 1939 Vega archtop PLECTRUM guitar. It's an Advanced C-66 model, and...
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