Identifying a TG-0 Tenor Guitar
I got what looks like a Gibson TG-0 tenor guitar. Comparing to all the pictures I could find on line anyway.
Is there any specific identifying characteristic I one could identify it to be sure, and to perhaps figure out the date. Between when and when were they made.
Its a beautiful mahogany, not unscathed, with a great tone.
Pictures coming.
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Yea its a real hard dirty job.Originally Posted by pheffernan
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I believe that there are two very different versions. The smaller body was made from 1927-1933 and looks like the first one below.
The second iteration was based on the LG-0 body and was made from 1960-1974.
Jim
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Mine is the first body, and looks almost identical, except for the heat stock, which has only "The Gibson". And white binding.
Like the one shown here.
From here.
I do have that little white peg on the bridge between the 2nd and 3rd strings. What is that?
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Pictures as soon as I get home.
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It's just hole to carry a spare bridge pin - I have one in a 1928 TG1 I'm currently restoring. Great guitars, so resonant and unbelievably light.I do have that little white peg on the bridge between the 2nd and 3rd strings. What is that?
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Very light, very beautiful sound, and kind of a cool vibe, with those Grover banjo tuners.
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That is the cooler tenor, IMHO.
Jim
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Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
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I had one of those years ago, it was a very nice tenor guitar. Lovely tone, H braced if I recall correctly. I have owned one of the later ones also...meh. I flipped it rather quickly.
Charley
A bunch of stuff with four strings
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Just an update FWIW.
The tenor fits perfectly in TKL's parlor guitar case. Like they were made for each other.
I tried TKL's single o guitar case and the tenor fit, but the tuners rested on the bottom, which I thought could be a problem. The parlor guitar case is of a similar size, but the angle at which the tenor is held keeps the headstock and tuners suspended in space free of contact with the sides or bottom of the case.
The case is a gazillion times heavier than the instrument. I am not used to guitar sized cases. But I feel better about the protection of the instrument.
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