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Comment by Ben on May 5, 2010 at 2:52pm

Hey Leroy, I'm not up on my ukes so could you tell me why this falls into the tenor guitar category instead of the baritone uke category? I know that Chicago tuning on a tenor is Dgbe. But isn't that baritone uke too? It looked like this had nylon strings on it. Is there a difference between tenor guitar and baritone uke scale lengths?

Comment by Leroy Beal on May 5, 2010 at 12:32pm

I built this a few years ago. It's not technically a CBG, but has the appeal. I made it from a western red cedar dog eared fence board I bought at my local hardware store. It has a 23" scale and is tuned DGBE (top 4 strings of a standard guitar). It has the tone of a fine classical guitar.

Here are some more photos and short explanations.

http://www.leroybeal.net/ukuleles/ukebuildingprojects/elcb/index.html

I love Tenor guitars. Here is another link to one I made.

http://www.leroybeal.net/guitars/acoustic/tenor/index.html

Comment by colin mcgrath on March 23, 2010 at 10:17am

hey ben are those packages at any music store or specialty stores?

Comment by Ben on March 23, 2010 at 8:40am

I'm using the La Bella Tenor Guitar strings and like them. They have a nice bright/jangly sound. They are: C - .027, G - .020, D - .013, and A - .009

Comment by Mark Stowe on March 23, 2010 at 7:39am

What gauge (size) of strings are y'all using when you make a tenor CBG

Comment by Ben on March 16, 2010 at 11:03am

Hey Vince,
I've got to disagree with you on that last comment. I may be a young guy myself but I know that Tenor Guitars were invented to give the Tenor Banjo player a cross over instrument. At the time, Banjo was king but the guitar was becoming more and more popular. The Tenor guitar gave these banjo players a "second life" in guitar music. Since the Banjo was tuned CGDA (like a viola) the Guitar was tuned that way too. That's at least how I understand it to have happened on the West side of the Atlantic. I am not sure, but I think that in Europe the tradition tends to be more towards the GDAE tuning. I may be mistaken there though. Out of curiosity, how old are these older folks you're talking about and what's their background? I would love to know more about it.

Comment by Vince Stark on March 11, 2010 at 12:13pm

Most of the older folks who played 4 string tenor guitars tuned them to, GDAE. This is the same as mandolin or fiddle.

Comment by Barry Evan Russ on March 10, 2010 at 3:16pm

Wow! great group. My next build is going to be a wooden salad bowl tenor guitar, and this group is rich is information. Thanks all.

Comment by Perfesser Blue on February 7, 2010 at 1:07pm

tenor scales typically run from 22 to 23 inches.
viola tuning is standard.
another tuning that makes old mountain tunes so easy is GDGD.

Comment by Fiddler on January 19, 2010 at 2:10am

It is tuned CGDA, have you another way of tuning for4 strings

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