It's a tenor!

61fury · Post by **61fury** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:16 am

Only knock off Mustang shape I can find and it's a tenor.

Anyone use one? What do they do? Is it like a light bass? It's an Airline.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:38 am

old.

http://shortscale.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36716

61fury · Post by **61fury** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:18 am

Ok then. Thanks for the link.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 4:49 pm

Fender should retro engineer one of these do they can work out the secret technology of cutting pickguards to fit their Mustang Pawn....

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:05 pm

Dave wrote:Fender should retro engineer one of these do they can work out the secret technology of cutting pickguards to fit their Mustang Pawn....

Actual LOLs, but very true!

crazydave911 · Post by **crazydave911** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 6:36 pm

61fury wrote: Anyone use one? What do they do?

I play a tenor, but not one of these. Mine's an 8-string and I built it myself

. It's a mid-range voice that fits nicely in the mix and doesn't walk over the other instruments, mostly with Celtic, Irish and folk tunes. You could use it in rock I suppose, but it would take better skilz than I possess. I built mine acoustic-electric for a reason, and it does not sound good overdriven (which a blade pup can easily do). To each his own. Mine's a 23" scale BTW,

Cheers

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 6:43 pm

crazydave911 wrote:
61fury wrote: Anyone use one? What do they do?
I play a tenor, but not one of these. Mine's an 8-string and I built it myself . It's a mid-range voice that fits nicely in the mix and doesn't walk over the other instruments, mostly with Celtic, Irish and folk tunes. You could use it in rock I suppose, but it would take better skilz than I possess. I built mine acoustic-electric for a reason, and it does not sound good overdriven (which a blade pup can easily do). To each his own. Mine's a 23" scale BTW,

Cheers

WoW! that looks awesome, good work

crazydave911 · Post by **crazydave911** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 8:40 pm

gaybear wrote:
crazydave911 wrote:
61fury wrote: Anyone use one? What do they do?
I play a tenor, but not one of these. Mine's an 8-string and I built it myself . It's a mid-range voice that fits nicely in the mix and doesn't walk over the other instruments, mostly with Celtic, Irish and folk tunes. You could use it in rock I suppose, but it would take better skilz than I possess. I built mine acoustic-electric for a reason, and it does not sound good overdriven (which a blade pup can easily do). To each his own. Mine's a 23" scale BTW,

Cheers

WoW! that looks awesome, good work

Many thanks

. She was my entry in the TDPRI 2011 Build Challenge, and no, I didn't come close to winning

. There are some crazy awesome builders over there

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 9:42 pm

61fury wrote:Anyone use one? What do they do? Is it like a light bass?

They filled a role more akin to banjo, slightly higher than standard guitar, tuned differently (usually CGDA).
They had a brief period of popularity in the early-mid 1900s, but, aren't so common these days. A few people do use them, though, mostly in the singer/songwriter, folk and bluegrass areas.

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