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- A companion video to the "My Guitars" video, talking about my Chisholm tenor guitar.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
CGDA tuning - .009-.032 gauge strings Elixir Phosphor Bronze Nanoweb
22.5" scale length
1 1/4" bone nut
English walnut back & sides
Sitka spruce face
Mahogany neck - v-profile
Ebony fretboard with carbon fibre brace (no truss rod)
Gold tone art deco tuners
"Egyptian" style bridge
www.willflyguitar.com/chisholm... - เพลง
You can also tune it GDAE (like a Mandolin but an Octave down) w/ John Pearse #450 Strings & it gives the instrument a much deeper & mellower sound that's appropriate for jazz, plus it cuts down the chance of the highest string breaking.
Lovely sounding instrument and lovely playing, as usual.
I never heard of a tenor guitar before. So I learned today something . . . thank you, very interesting story!
Thank you My Fly. Aged 71 I first saw one of your tenor guitar videos. I now own four including a converted Fender electric Fourcaster.. Love them all.
Cheers
Frank Elliot
Australia.
Ah - an addict! :-)
+Will Fly I should also explain that I play nothing else. It's four strings for me. Old arthritic fingers and limited dexterity.
Lovely video and exploration of the instrument. I started playing the tenor guitar early this year February or so and have been having such a great time with it. I even went to The Tenor Guitar Gathering in Astoria Oregon earlier this year. What a hoot! I agree, different instruments have different music in them. I have a couple old National tenors which are amazing! I love the sound of them and I also have a 58 Martin T-017 which is my living room sweetheart. I am really excited, I just got a 1949 gibson tenor TG-50 archtop. I want to put P-90 on it and start gigging with it. I am playing everything from Blood Sweat And Tears, to Stevie Wonder to Fats Waller and Jerome Kern. So many fine songs to play. All the Best!
That sounds great, Chad - what a great collection of instruments! If ever you get the urge, post something on YT about them. Cheers, Will. :-)
Hey Will your video of "nearer my god to thee" is absolutely fantastic. Thank you.
That's very kind of you - thanks! :-)
I did indeed enjoy the video and found it quite insightful. Haha I was just starting to find info about the Blueridge BR40T which I saw a used listing for and the body size looked nice. I didn't even notice that it was a 4 string, and wasn't sure what a tenor was. Your video has answered all the possible questions I can think of and I find it very appealing. Thanks
Cheers Gary - glad you found it useful. If you get one - have fun! :-)
Absolutely beautiful instrument : what wood !!! I love the soft satin finish, very natural and warm. And the sound is incredible ! I love how you speak about it, with passion and knowledge. Thanks for sharing ! (Ukulele player in awe ^^).
Thank you Bernardine! :-)
That sounds beautiful
Many thanks, John. :-)
lovely tone, including chords.
Thanks! :-)
What a lovely guitar you've got, sir! I thought that the tenor was virtually the same as the baritone ukulele, but now I know the differences.
Thank you - the tenor is a beautiful instrument to play. :-)
"The instrument plays us"... Well put. I've always believed that. Since I've had the argument with others, I can't disagree with the counterpoint that great music comes from thinking outside the box as cliche as that sounds, but i think people can generally agree with your statement. Certain instruments sort of pull music from you sometimes dragging you in directions you weren't prepared to go. Great video, great tenor guitar!
Thanks Steve!::-)
I've played baritone ukulele for the past 2 years and now I'm considering getting a tenor guitar. It's a perfect instrument for me as I'm fond of the 4-string instruments (I'm predominantly a bass player but want an instrument to quench my thirst of playing jazz solos :) )
The tenor is a great instrument, and the CGDA tuning is particularly good for jazz. :-)
The body shape is very like a late 1920s Gibson like some of those early Nick Lucas Special guitars which was also made as a tenor guitar.. Great instrument.
Well spotted! That's exactly what I based it on.
Ian, there was one a while back on ebay- for about £1200 in the USA. It had a couple of cracks but was otherwise in very good order with its original case. I thought about it- shipping cost and 25% VAT and customs- and it went! Never mind!
I second your hypothesis that the instruments play US. That's why I have so many of them.
I had the idea of buying a Blueridge tenor guitar, because 'she' was playing ME in the mandolin shop. But then I fell in love with a Blueridge parlor guitar, which played me even better and which is harder to get. I got the best one of the last two available in our country. It will take a couple of months until new ones will arrive due to the new CITES regulations which require a lot of paperwork from two governments.
But... eventually I WILL buy a tenor guitar after I earned and saved some money.
Meanwhile I play an old 1953 Gretsch New Yorker tenor banjo and two octave mandolins, which are tuned the same way.
I play a ukulele in gcea and I love the way you fool about and make anything up. with a guitar I am thinking of playing SONGS and not melodies. I think sometimes 4 strings is enough for me. though I have a guitar and ukulele.
I have done 3 ukulele gigs now. I get where you come from with 4 strings is melodious.
Hi.. nice instrument. Great video.
Just curious.. in the picture of your band from 1980... Is that John Copeland next to you? He is another youtuber who makes great videos like yours. Thanks .
Hi Steve - no, not John Copeland. :-)
I play a 3/4 6 string in open D and like you do more single string work than chords. However, open tunings give you chords in passing and there are also nice sympathetic tones.
I also play mandolin, so prefer the "viola" tuning of CGDA, but - yes - open tuning has good alternative possibilities. :-)
Those bending notes put my mind to gypsy jazz. If you have a rhythm player doing "le pompe", the lead could easily be done on the tenor guitar.
Just shared this over on my group, facebook.com/groups/tenorguitars/ (Tenor Guitar). BTW, I can really relate to what you are saying. I got my first tenor in 1975. Way before the Internet and nobody really knew what it was or how to tune it. It was handed to me tuned in EBEE. Sounded great to me and not being a "musician" just ended up leaving it tuned like this. Both of my tenors hanging on the wall are still tuned that way and I am still not a musician. But somehow after all these years I love playing my tenor guitar. But I will stray now and then. For example, I will listen to Estas Tonne on TH-cam and play his song, "Internal Flight." I'll just shut my eyes and find a similar "open tune" array that "matches" what he is playing. I am listing for that sweet spot and once I find it, I just play along in my own little way. But I can only muster about 30 minutes max before I wear out. "Internal Flight" over an hour long. BTW, if you haven't listened to it, when you're in the mood, check it out. Thank you for making this video. It really is quite fitting for my little Facebook group.
I think the normal tuning for my tenor banjo is GDAE, like an octave mandolin, because it fits into an octave mandolin case. But I see in another of Will's videos that you have to go one string DOWN from that and leave the E out of it. So you get C - GDA.
th-cam.com/video/Qz9xSQ5xdMU/w-d-xo.html
wow what a really nice tenor, ive wanted to play a tenor guitar ever since i heard Neko Case play one,maybe i would be good at it from being a banjo playing bison lol.
Hi Bison - if your banjo is tuned CGDA, you'll have no problem! :-)
Well I have my Banjo mainly tuned to gCGBD (which is the same as a plectrum banjo,just without the 5th sting),I've heard there are a variety of turning for tenors. Like the one you mentioned above. Also GDAE (like a mandolin,which I also play a bit),like a standard 5 string banjo(but without the 5th string)DGBD and CGBD.and Chicago tuning which is tuned like the top 4 strings of a 6 string guitar.and probably many more. But I'm sure if you've played any 4 string instrument before you'll get used to it in little or no time.
Hello! I play the violin, I would like to introduce myself to the world of the guitar as well. Do you think it's a good choice for this type of guitar? Thank you very much!
Hi Jose - as the tenor guitar is tuned in 5ths like a viola, I think it's an excellent addition to a violin player's repertoire. :-)
thanks! ;)
i agree totally with the notion that instruments play us. After having built a few acoustic guitars in ~25" scale lengths, and now a tenor-ish 5-stringer with a 21-23" multscale fingerboard, I'd say that they are all quite different in personality. The tenor-sized is a lot of fun.
I found an Ozark tenor in a skip believe it or not . It was in a hard case and undamaged . I dabbled with guitar and bass ,but this thing has been a revelation . I'm using open c tuning atm .sounds great ,tunes seem to arrive at your finger tips . Total convert .might be brave and try some other tunings . Thanks for the great videos 👌
Know where I can buy a nice tenor guitar?
I believe Ashbury do a reasonable model. :-)
Do you know the work of Sean Tyrell?
Hi Adam - no, I don't. I'll google the name and find out what I can. Thanks for the heads-up. :-)
He's an Irish Folk singer from County Clare, the reason i ask is because i believe he uses a tenor guitar or a similar instrument. Really worth a listen also great videos.
grossartig
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