Tenor guitar vintage4/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Apparently it’s the CGDA tuning that gives it quite a unique sound, but that makes it difficult for trying out unless you have got a tenor – it’s tough to find a guitar string that will tune to the C over the longer scale length. Tuning is generally like a tenor banjo (CGDA) but you can use quite a few different options either tuned in 5ths or as open tunings. ![]() There are a couple of other links that have turned up some interesting Gretsch tenors via Vintage Guitar magazine and the well named Vintage Tenor Guitars website.īut what is a tenor? The basics are that it’s a 4 string instrument with a scale length of around 22 inches. ![]() It turns out the one in the clip is a pretty special one – a one-off 1958 Gretsch Tenor Chet Atkins 6120 that Costello purchased from Gruhn Guitars (it’s a model they haven’t seen before or since). ![]() Now it doesn’t hurt that the artist in question is one of my all-time favourites – Elvis Costello – and that the song – Delivery Man – is also one dear to my heart, but I had no idea that it was being played on such a unique instrument (I don’t think the original album recording uses the tenor but I’m not certain).Īs I did when I first saw Paul McCartney using a cigar box guitar, I just had to find out more about this instrument. I recently discovered a clip on YouTube that has got me hook, line and sinker wanting to explore the world of tenor guitars – something I’m not sure I was even aware of until seeing this piece. ![]()
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