A lot depends on the scale of the neck. A shorter scale will accommodate higher
tunings. A long neck will make thinner strings more tinny. I find the discussion about
tunings interesting because I am a musician. I think we can help this fella' out by determining what his interest is in the tenor guitar. It is a venerable instrument and used
a great deal in jazz, especially earlier forms from Chicago and revival New York.

The tenor guitar was concomitant with the jazz acoustic guitar which in my opinion
never surpassed the playing of Eddie Lang. That even goes for Django and Oscar.

Eddie Freeman was an exponent in England and used the Selmer "modele" of Django
sans the bottom two strings.

The tenor guitar was used in early swing groups in the 20's and early 30's. It was used
in the early Kingston Trio recordings also. Probably because the KT had Hawaiian influences. The baritone uke is like the tenor guitar only tuned higher. It is a very
versatile instrument like the guitar but it is essentially used for chordal melodies.

If your technique is good, you shouldn't have to play the instrument too hard. A good
tenor will sound just as good played at a moderate volume and will carry with higher
tuned strings.

The only thing that would be missing in this instrument as a solo would be the bass lines.

Frank Hamilton