NTGD (New Tenor Guitar Day)

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NTGD (New Tenor Guitar Day)

Post by Jonesie » Sat Jun 18, 2022 2:20 pm

My wife and I decided to take a day trip up to Vermont today and while we were there I took a peek into a little music shop, and what did I find on the wall but an new Ibanez tenor guitar. I played it for a bit, because I've been interested in them for a while, being a fan of Neko Case and Joel Plaskett. My wife thought it sounded really good and asked how much it was, and it was a mere $199, so she said I should grab it. Who am I to say no?

Anyways, I've been playing it at home for a few hours and I have to say it's a lot of fun. I'm getting used to the chord shapes, as it's tuned in fifths, C-G-D-A, but it sounds really cool. All I had to do was change the strings, shave the saddle slightly (it could probably go a bit lower) and give the truss rod a quarter turn. For the short money that it costs I'd definitely say it's worth it.

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Re: NTGD (New Tenor Guitar Day)

Post by Fiddy » Sat Jun 18, 2022 6:02 pm

Looks cool. Wouldn't have a clue how to play it but I like it.

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Re: NTGD (New Tenor Guitar Day)

Post by Jonesie » Sun Jun 19, 2022 4:32 am

tribi9 wrote:
Sat Jun 18, 2022 6:02 pm
Looks cool. Wouldn't have a clue how to play it but I like it.
Believe you me, I have no idea how to play it either, I've been fooling around with it this morning and found how to play major/minor bar chords and some open chords. Single note runs are a problem thusfar though, stupid fifths tuning...

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Re: NTGD (New Tenor Guitar Day)

Post by Gordon » Mon Jun 20, 2022 3:05 am

Jonesie wrote:
Sun Jun 19, 2022 4:32 am
Believe you me, I have no idea how to play it either, I've been fooling around with it this morning and found how to play major/minor bar chords and some open chords. Single note runs are a problem thusfar though, stupid fifths tuning...
You can tune it EADG, or even GCEA (like a soprano ukulele). :whistle:
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Re: NTGD (New Tenor Guitar Day)

Post by marqueemoon » Mon Jun 20, 2022 6:12 am

Nice. Tuned in 5ths means mandolin chord shapes will work.

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