I just placed an order for a custom National Tenor guitar!
Specs will be maple neck w/ebony fretboard bound in cream binding
Mother of Pearl block inlays
Single cone
German Silver body
Waverly gold engraved tuners with real Pearl buttons.
I just placed an order for a custom National Tenor guitar!
Specs will be maple neck w/ebony fretboard bound in cream binding
Mother of Pearl block inlays
Single cone
German Silver body
Waverly gold engraved tuners with real Pearl buttons.
Waterloo WL-M
Blues Mando Social Group - member
That’s an exciting order! Elderly used to have a new National tenor on their website, but this is the closest link I can find:
https://reverb.com/item/4889780-nati...nrp-steel-case
1924 Gibson A Snakehead
2005 National RM-1
2007 Hester A5
2009 Passernig A5
2015 Black A2-z
2010 Black GBOM
2017 Poe Scout
2014 Smart F-Style Mandola
2018 Vessel TM5
2019 Hogan F5
Waterloo WL-M
Blues Mando Social Group - member
1924 Gibson A Snakehead
2005 National RM-1
2007 Hester A5
2009 Passernig A5
2015 Black A2-z
2010 Black GBOM
2017 Poe Scout
2014 Smart F-Style Mandola
2018 Vessel TM5
2019 Hogan F5
I’m not terribly sure what the sets look like at that scale. I might try to order a custom set from cafe regular Martin at emando.com:
http://emando.com/shop/strings8va.htm
1924 Gibson A Snakehead
2005 National RM-1
2007 Hester A5
2009 Passernig A5
2015 Black A2-z
2010 Black GBOM
2017 Poe Scout
2014 Smart F-Style Mandola
2018 Vessel TM5
2019 Hogan F5
Do you think gypsy jazz strings with have enough tension to drive the cone on the National?
Waterloo WL-M
Blues Mando Social Group - member
I’m no expert, but with my National RM-1, I find that it takes less string tension to drive the resonator than it does the wood top of an archtop mandolin.
1924 Gibson A Snakehead
2005 National RM-1
2007 Hester A5
2009 Passernig A5
2015 Black A2-z
2010 Black GBOM
2017 Poe Scout
2014 Smart F-Style Mandola
2018 Vessel TM5
2019 Hogan F5
What are gypsy jazz strings?
Here’s a question I have about 23” scale and fifths tuning.
How will closed fingering scales and more advanced chords (7ths, 9ths, Sus…) translate to the longer scale?
Waterloo WL-M
Blues Mando Social Group - member
The standard stings for GDAE on a 23” scale 12 20 30 45 should be available as singles with loop ends?
Quick note: ball end strings can be easily converted to loop end. Use a set of needle-nose pliers to un-twist the end a bit and the ball-end falls out. That way you can use whatever strings you wish.
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