thanks guys. @ john tuned GDAe used strings 42/30/20/14 scale length is 650mm. if i did it again i would make the scale length closer to 560mm, as the chords are a stretch.
this is the latest creation. it was a full sized POS guitar, with some of the worst build qualities I have ever seen. (the bridge plate was 15mm thick!!!) resized it. made a new heel. recycled fretboard (needs to get dressed properly). new Tasmanian blackwood top (donated by a customer at work) thinned to about 3mm. now a 4 string tenor guitar tuned 'Irish' style e.g just like a mandolin. chords are too big a stretch compared to a mandolin. took an age to source strings. had to make up my own set. love it. also added a truss rod. don't think it worked. also reset the neck by cutting it of at the heel to the fret board then re-glued, so easy and worked really well. can post a link to the original idea if needed.
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thanks guys. @ john tuned GDAe used strings 42/30/20/14 scale length is 650mm. if i did it again i would make the scale length closer to 560mm, as the chords are a stretch.
"Well Done", looks great!, doing something similar with a recent $10 POS junk shop purchase :-)
How is she tuned?
VERY NICE!!! I love tenors. Beautiful and worth your struggles, I hope.
this is the latest creation. it was a full sized POS guitar, with some of the worst build qualities I have ever seen. (the bridge plate was 15mm thick!!!) resized it. made a new heel. recycled fretboard (needs to get dressed properly). new Tasmanian blackwood top (donated by a customer at work) thinned to about 3mm. now a 4 string tenor guitar tuned 'Irish' style e.g just like a mandolin. chords are too big a stretch compared to a mandolin. took an age to source strings. had to make up my own set. love it. also added a truss rod. don't think it worked. also reset the neck by cutting it of at the heel to the fret board then re-glued, so easy and worked really well. can post a link to the original idea if needed.