Yes, it's a trade off-heavy gauge gives a nice bass tone, but loses a little sparkle.

I hear ya! I think nut width may be the most important and individualistic preference that will determine if one likes their instrument or not.

Chicago tuning lessons coming soon. Thanks for watching!

Hi Thomas, the Irish tune is called Patsy Geary's and the other tune is one of my own.

I must say I dont think those string gauges would be a very good choice for me! It will depend on your own perspective and want you want to feel under your fingers but personally I would aim for a far more even tension on all the strings. On a 23” scale for GDAE we could look for 20lb on each string to give and even feel and a total of 80lb tension. That would be 12 p 20w 30w and 45w

@@foxfish7115 That make absolute sense to even out the tension. I was hoping to just go up one gauge on each string, but that's all I had at hand. I kind of miss the chime of the unwound A string.

@@tenorguitartime I have spent many hours working out string gauges, I do use the on line calculators but I also built my own manual version. The end choice is often a compromise of feel, sound and the instraments integrity! Certain models of tenor guitar like the Blueridge can take higher tension strings without concern but, I would still match the tension or each string. Most Tenors seem to work very well with 20ld per string but shorter scales with need slightly thicker strings to obtain the same tension as longer scales . CGDA is slightly more difficult as the high A will always be a taught but 9p 14p 20w 30w works well. For a heavy set or for a 21” scale 10p 15p 22w 34w is good.

@@foxfish7115 Awesome info! Thanks foxfish!

Hi Jeff, Wow-$300! things have changed. I'm sorry to hear about the loss of those instruments. But, yes, it's kind of amazing that it's 87 years old and still sounds strong. This one certainly isn't close to mint!

Thanks!

thanks! Great song!

Thanks David! I appreciate the feedback.

Thanks Jackie

Hi Ryan, The choice of tuning really depends on what frequency range you prefer. As you know, all fingerings, scales, etc that you know on CGDA can be used on GDAE (fifths tuning). I like GDAE the best because it has nearly the entire range of a regular acoustic guitar. My lowest GDAE note is the same as fretting the low E string on a regular guitar at the third fret. You only lose E, F, and F# notes. I want a strong bass sound. For certain application, CGDA will be more useful. Say you are playing with a bass and a regular guitar player.They already have the low end covered, so by using CGDA you will have your own, higher, frequency range to contrast with the other instruments. A lot of people chose Chicago tuning because it's the same as the high strings of a guitar. They are happy with the familiarity transfering their guitar knowledge over to the tenor. But, their lowest note is the same as the open D string on a regularly tuned guitar (not very low). One more thing. I like GDAE because I used to play mandolin, so all the notes, chords and scales are in the same place and Called by the same name! I try them all but always come back to GDAE tuning

Thanks for the feedback!

and the encouragement!

Thanks Bev. I will try to make more Chicago videos asap. I'm happy that you like them!

Hello Albino Chicken Wings. Thanks for subscribing and the nice words! I am happy that this channel is useful for you. Thanks for song suggestions. I'll look into those songs and see if I can get a good lesson going. Thanks for supporting! Keep picking!

Thanks David. "Zingy" is a good description of CGDA. Thanks for subscribing! Even though I have mostly GDAE lessons, as you know you can certainly still use them for CGDA-same fingerings

Thanks Stephen. Yes. I agree that the long scale can make it hard to reach some chord shapes.

Thanks!

So sorry to bum you out, man! Check out their website for nice, still pictures. Eastwoodguitars.com

Cool! What tuning will you play in?

The .013 on the A string hasn't broken, but it is too tight. I will definitely change it out for a .011 or .012

@@tenorguitartime Thanks for that information

I agree. It's not perfect, but super handy for traveling

Hi. Yes, I have almost 100 lessons on my page. Check it out. More lessons on Patreon as well. Look for tenor guitar time. Thanks!

@@tenorguitartime thank you!!! i will look up your lessons for tenor tele :D yay!

Hi Fred. I can't remember. It's been a few years. But the last I looked, on his site, there were two models to choose from. It's explained clearly on his website-which model to pick for which Bigsby. Check out bigsfix.com. It's a major improvement!

Their value shot up because Fender hardly made any. They should make more. Thanks for the kind words!

Thank you. I think I put the chords on a looper pedal first and then played over it. I'll try to show more picking as we go forward..

yes, exactly

Thanks Steven. Let me know what you would like to learn.

@@tenorguitartime Could we venture into a little jazz?

@@StevenDoyleLuke Good idea! I will see what I can come with in the Jazz realm. Thanks for the suggestion, Steven

Thanks Steven.

Hi Jay, yes electric tenors are awesome with the extended range and with how easy they are to play. I think that the Eastwood Classic tenor plays with the feel of an acoustic with these ease of an electric, and is maybe the most all around practical model for me. I haven't played them, but the Fanner tenor guitars look cool. I think they are based in S. Africa and have reasonable prices. Some of their models look really small though. This might be good or bad... I will posting on Patreon a CAGED chord shape sheet with each Major, minor and 7th inversion. Thanks for the question!

Hi Patrick, I just checked at Eastwood, and yes you are right-no left handed astrojets. Maybe because this current run was so small.?? It's a very solid instrument. Maybe they will make some lefties in the future!

Thanks for the kind words, Penelope!

Thanks Coop! Fun tune to play with all the chord changes.

Thanks for telling me about Marc Ribot. I had never heard of him before. How did I miss his music? I appreciate the tip off!