Hi - very nice arrangement and excellent playing. Nice to see another tenor guitar on YouTube - and one played in good old "standard" CGDA. Kind regards, Will. :-)
hi there. very nice video and playing! ive recently been given a tenor guitar and i ordered some of the d'addario sets for it and i find that the high A strings break before i get them to pitch. its not even happening at the nut, bridge, or tailpiece. any advice would be very much appreciated!!
@nickd444 Hi Nick - the top A on a tenor puts many strings close to their breaking point in CGDA tuning. I use Elixir Bronze Lights, which start at .010 and have the same gauges as used by FourStringz and mentioned already. :-)
@HenfieldWill Thanks, I put elixers on my mandolin so i'll try them on the tenor guitar too. I guess it would just be a 6-string set and ditch the two low strings or keep them as spares for my 6-string guitars cause on the elixer site it doesnt seem as though they make tenor sets. if this fails do you think a 9 might have better luck?
@nickd444 A .009 1st string would stand the strain better but probably give you less of a tone. I've only ever had a .010 string break when I once inadvertently overtuned it. If you keep it strictly on "A", it should be OK. :-)
@nickd444 Thanks for the compliment. I've had great luck keeping strings in one piece on this particular instrument, though I've known some guys that burn through high A's, seemingly with every strum. Not sure what the fix would be...might try Will's suggestion of the Elixirs and see how that plays out. Good luck!
dude! that was magnificent :)
Romamb 16 hours ago
Beautiful!
Great job!
Thanks for the tune!
larzonya 3 weeks ago
@larzonya Glad you liked it.
FourStringz 3 weeks ago
Very nice job! Thanks for posting.
FastEddieMandolin 1 month ago
@FastEddieMandolin I appreciate the compliment very much.
FourStringz 3 weeks ago
wonderful!
footprint09 1 month ago
@footprint09 Thank you.
FourStringz 3 weeks ago
Ain't none better
rwethereyuk 2 months ago in playlist More videos from FourStringz
@rwethereyuk Thanks much!
FourStringz 2 months ago
I just listened to this 3 times. Beautifully done!
rocklynne63 3 months ago
@rocklynne63 Thank you.
FourStringz 2 months ago
why does this remind me of the little rascals
heymynameistyler 3 months ago
That was fantastic! I have a '36 Gibson TG-1 I have to get that thing out and start playing it -- very nice job!!!
Mandolin1944 5 months ago
@Mandolin1944 Thanks! Bet that '36 is a ton of fun!
FourStringz 5 months ago
Hi - very nice arrangement and excellent playing. Nice to see another tenor guitar on YouTube - and one played in good old "standard" CGDA. Kind regards, Will. :-)
HenfieldWill 6 months ago
@HenfieldWill Thank you. Great stuff on your channel; look forward to hearing more!
FourStringz 5 months ago
hi there. very nice video and playing! ive recently been given a tenor guitar and i ordered some of the d'addario sets for it and i find that the high A strings break before i get them to pitch. its not even happening at the nut, bridge, or tailpiece. any advice would be very much appreciated!!
thanks, nick d.
nickd444 6 months ago
@nickd444 Hi Nick - the top A on a tenor puts many strings close to their breaking point in CGDA tuning. I use Elixir Bronze Lights, which start at .010 and have the same gauges as used by FourStringz and mentioned already. :-)
HenfieldWill 6 months ago
@HenfieldWill Thanks, I put elixers on my mandolin so i'll try them on the tenor guitar too. I guess it would just be a 6-string set and ditch the two low strings or keep them as spares for my 6-string guitars cause on the elixer site it doesnt seem as though they make tenor sets. if this fails do you think a 9 might have better luck?
nickd444 6 months ago
@nickd444 A .009 1st string would stand the strain better but probably give you less of a tone. I've only ever had a .010 string break when I once inadvertently overtuned it. If you keep it strictly on "A", it should be OK. :-)
HenfieldWill 6 months ago
@nickd444 Thanks for the compliment. I've had great luck keeping strings in one piece on this particular instrument, though I've known some guys that burn through high A's, seemingly with every strum. Not sure what the fix would be...might try Will's suggestion of the Elixirs and see how that plays out. Good luck!
FourStringz 5 months ago
Dude!!! Over the top Excellent....
dosgoat 8 months ago
@dosgoat Thank you much...I appreciate it.
FourStringz 8 months ago
Very nice....what tuning do you use?
123blubull 10 months ago
@123blubull I use standard tuning (CGDA) on the D'Addario J66 (80/20 bronze) tenor guitar set - .010, .014, .022, .032
FourStringz 10 months ago
what kind of string do you use
i have a old rex made tenor guitar and want to restring it
UKULELEsurfer 1 year ago
@UKULELEsurfer I use the D'Addario J66 (80/20 bronze) tenor guitar set - .010, .014, .022, .032
FourStringz 1 year ago
Great job! Redd (Stewart, co-writer of the song) would be so proud!
Thank you!
Sharon (Redd's daughter-in-law)
reddstewart 1 year ago
@reddstewart Thank you for the kind words...one of the great waltzes ever composed.
FourStringz 1 year ago
nice work, nice tone and nice song
ballbreaker2x2 1 year ago
@ballbreaker2x2 Thank you...it's a tune I'd been wanting to put together for awhile now, and finally got around to doing so.
FourStringz 1 year ago