I just noticed you say 265B40, with a baritone neck. You also say $1,104. The standard 365 is now on sale for $849 minus $180 discount through Aug. 31, which looks like a very good deal. I'd like more about the why of baritone neck and whether that explains the price you state.😄
I think the tenor guitar is so underrated. I'm also interested in an 8 string octave mandolin with guitar body but those are spendy. They play kinda like 12 strings but less muddy.
I've been told I can get one, for additional fee, set up for nylon strings and tuned to GCEA. I like the softer strings and uke chords. What do you think?
You could use Clifford Essex Light Gauge GDAE Ball End Phosphor Bronze (or Nickel) wound Tenor Guitar Strings (11, 16w, 26w, 36w) so you could get a nice Mellow Jazz tone.
Hi, nice demo on the Breedlove Discovery CE Concertina "Tenor" Guitar w/ Nylon Strings. Have you ever tried with 1st 4 strings of a Classical Guitar tuned DGBE? Same as Baritone Uke? Only tenor guitar nylon string option out there are the 23” scale Pono’s in Hawaii. Expensive and narrow string spacing. I have 2 Blueriidge string tenor guitars. Necks are just too skinny. I have been a bass player since 1968 - so need fatter neck. Your Breedlove demo is what I have been looking for. Just wasn’t sure if the skinnier DGBE strings could drive the top for volume/bass. Thanks for your help!
Hi Wolf I thought I recognised that tune from your Recording King Tenor guitar demo, I first heard it sung by the great Dick Gaughan from Scotland, check out his version, it's stunning, I think its from the album "A Handfull of Earth" but you'll find it on RU-vid. Cheers mate, greetings from the UK.
For a soft case i have bought one for 3/4 guitar , and it fits perfectly for my tenor . My tenor is a hand made imitation of the Fender teletenor, but with some different features . If you do not feel satisfied with your soft case , go on Thomann site , and buy one like mine . If you like to see my tenor, go on my channel, and search for " video for Astrogerry and Chuck guitars " . The video is spoken in italian and english languages . Greetings from Italy, Patrick
I agree with you about the bridge. I used 10s & 11s tuned to DGBE - I often knocked the bridge out of place & found it difficult to get proper intonation. Everything else was good.
A friend of mine just bought one of these. I have owned a lot of high end guitars, and this tenor guitar plays and sounds like a much more expensive guitar than it is. Dave in Montana
As a baritone ukulele player, I find that most tenor guitar necks are too narrow, they have guitar string spacing instead of the wider ukulele string spacing. I struggle with the narrow string spacing.
Something about an instrument with that many holes in it makes me wonder. You where out rabbit hunting with your buds and the hare jumped into this yonder piece of wood so you blasted it several times, brought the hare and the wood home, eat the hare and cut some wire from the barn and nailed it onto the wood piece and been playing around town ever since as the holy man, hare less, night time, soober maybe, music man, right? Oh my God, I misspelled "without liquor! Let's see...
4 string guitars usually are a bit thin on bass response, when your low string is a D, you just don't get the deep resonance that you would with the low E
Hey just picked one up yesterday and am waiting for it to arrive Wanted to ask if you could share what size of strings you used and can you recommend a brand Thanks…great review
James Keelaghan reportedly was inspired to write this song after reading a book on the event: " Young Men and Fire" by Norman McLean, who also wrote " A River Runs Through It".
I’m a uke player I wrote a whole new demo on a baritone ukulele but I want a fuller sound for my demo, the baritone uke just is too airy for this demo I want a much fuller sound will be adding drums and bass to it. I play folk pop stuff. Will be playing in dgbe like a baritone uke. Was between this and the ibenez one but I think this one sounds better. I’ve been playing a modded short scale guitar to electric baritone ukulele Conversion for some time but really want that acoustic steel string tone.
@@wololocoThanks, will ask a sales person there. it is stated as spruce but not solid spruce. no worries, thanks for taking the time to reply and the videos.
@@bilbowaggins3036I never used a tenor guitar, and there are none available where I am located and importing them would make it impossible for me to afford. So I decided not to think about getting one. So i am not investigating any further on getting any. They seems interesting as an upgrade to a Baritone ukulele. Thanks for the reply and the tutorials and reviews
really like the sound! I have a Harmony tenor guitar that I’ve hardly played until recently. I tried to post a fuller story about it, but RU-vid barfed and wouldn’t take my comment. check out ru-vid.com and the tune *Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out* should be towards the top of listings. it’s the first “public performance” I’ve done on the tenor. it’s tuned DGBE so the shapes match what I play on my ukuleles.
Love it! I would love to hear what it sounds like with DGBE tuning! That case ROCKS along with the resonator guitar!! I would definitely buy this one, if I could!! I like the brass body but I don't really like the distressed look! I looked at it on their site and frankly it looks like someone cleaned it with AJAX and did not get all the cleaner off! But that's just me! I would like the brushed brass look instead and would love to have a choice, especially for the price! I really do love the leather case...awesome!! Cindy
I love the decorative abalone against that black...oh and the guitar sounds fine also. I still would get the Recording King & a hard case and it would still be cheaper than this one! Really NICE custom case!! I play a baritone ukulele so I like the baritone wider neck!
The problem is now you can't even find one used or new...I checked with Sweetwater and they are on backorder and aren't due in until Dec 7....BUMMER! I guess I'm just going to HAVE to WAIT!! Not something I do well 😞 Cindy
I didn't really notice much difference in any of the selections....maybe because the bridge pickup and neck pickup are so close together....Maybe it's just my imagination. This observation was based on the very first test you did. Cindy
*Beautiful work! A Semi-Hollow 12 string conversion to **_All Unison_** 8 string, (with four courses in unison pairs, like the B and High E courses on a 12 string, but NOT like the **_Root/Octave_** Low E, A, D, & G courses), could be a logical next step.* P.S. Take good care of that girl of yours... Hookin' you up with a guit-fiddle like that? Yep... She's a keeper', bro!
A couple or three years ago Fender did have a Tenor Telecaster in their Alternate Reality Series. I don't think it was in the catalogue for long though and I remember them selling off the last few for a ridiculously low price.
I had one for a short while, but discovered that the body is significantly smaller and neck significantly shorter. What I really wanted was a full bodied Tele with 4 strings...so that's what I ended up doing.
That sounds really nice, especially the neck imho. Are the remaining strings still tuned to E standard, minus top and bottom E? Ah its GDAD? beautiful. And.. is there anything a telecaster can't do?
Hi there.... I already have an old Martin OT-18 from 1929, and two Ibanez Tenor guitars... a parlor AVT-1 NT and a mini Dreadnough E/A AVT2 E-NT... I wonder How this Recording King would compare with the Ibanez guitars (volune and tone/sound)? I woud appreciate you comment...
I haven't seen or played the Ibanez version, so I'm not sure. I have played other Ibanez acoustic and electric guitars for years (one was a 6-string Talman converted to an 8-string bouzouki), and I've always liked their necks and the fit and finish. The Recording King compares favorably with the other Ibanez guitars I've played over the years.
I have heard from a comparison that someone did on youtube listing the top 5 tenors for 2023....I think their heading says the top 7 but they only tell you about 5....HMMMM! I think there were two Ibanez tenors, Kmise Tenor, Blueridge Tenor (yeah if you can afford that one 😞, and the Recording King Tenor.
