$12.50 Harmony In The House....

[Spruce]

Had this thing kicking around for years, and after falling in love with a friend's Gibson TG-1, decided to get this thing going so I could use it on a recording...
First of all, the pricetag:



Full monte:



Plain Jane:



The reason why it was 12.50:



Nice checking:





Peghead:



Anyway, this thing sounds great, even with the duct tape quick fix...
Not as nice as the TG-1 (which is one of the most amazing instruments I've heard lately), but very usable on tape...

Gotta love a 12.50 tenor...

[pglasse]

Great find there!

The bones of it look a lot like a tenor guitar that a friend found for me and extensively modified, years back. I've never known what brand mine started as...could be the same....

When I get a moment I'll upload some photos and tell the story. Mine's currently strung up as a 4-string octave mandolin and, like your description, sounds really great.

Enjoy your new friend!

[mrmando]

Heck, Spider Murphy was pickin' one of these last time I saw him and it sounded fine.

[Charles E.]

I had a couple of these many moons ago and thought they sounded fine, untill I got a Gibson TG-1 and then a Martin O-18T. But, for $ 12.50 you cant go wrong. You can not ignore the mojo of this tenor, duct tape and all. I think these have that funky, elusive tone you here on old jug band and blues recordings where great players were playing economy instruments.

[Pete Martin]

I saw one of these with a Montgomery Wards label years ago.

You an borrow my old Gibson sometime if you want

[Jim Garber]

Wow, Bruce. Original duct tape has got to be worth something right there. I love the cheapies that are playable.

[little george]

Now, if you´re going to remove the tape, you´d better do it with propper x-ray protective clothing:

http://www.nature.com/news/2008/0123...2008.1185.html

[Pete Martin]

Played the Gibson all day yesterday at Folklife side by side Brads. They are both wonderful tenors. Will post some pics