Guitars of Fame and Legend.

Subject: RE: Guitars of Fame and Legend.
From: Cluin
Date: 10 Nov 08 - 02:18 PM

or this one.

Subject: RE: Guitars of Fame and Legend.
From: Cluin
Date: 10 Nov 08 - 02:19 PM

Or this.

Subject: RE: Guitars of Fame and Legend.
From: Cluin
Date: 10 Nov 08 - 02:24 PM

ditto.

Subject: RE: Guitars of Fame and Legend.
From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego
Date: 10 Nov 08 - 03:28 PM

Travis Edmonson, half of Bud & Travis and, before that, The Gateway Singers, used a Goya G-30 for most of his career, I'm told. My G-20 was lost in a fire many years ago, but is still fondly remembered. For those who aren't aware of Travis and his work, he was involved in the San Francisco music scene before the Kingston Trio hit it big and was a big influence on many performers of the period. He also introduced a lot of traditional Mexican music, especially the beautiful bolero style, to American audiences.

Subject: RE: Guitars of Fame and Legend.
From: Cluin
Date: 10 Nov 08 - 03:47 PM

There was also the quasi-famous tenor guitar of Nick Reynolds, here on the right, which caused a minor rsurgence in sales of tenors during the folk scare 50 years ago.

Subject: RE: Guitars of Fame and Legend.
From: Cluin
Date: 10 Nov 08 - 03:50 PM

BTW, I'm sure you've heard Nick Reynolds passed away last month.

Subject: RE: Guitars of Fame and Legend.
From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego
Date: 10 Nov 08 - 05:18 PM

I had occasion to see Nick, on occasion, over the past few years. I never bothered to ask why he chose the tenor guitar. This was, obviously, not a mainstream choice of instruments. Nick's father was a Navy captain who brought many songs home from his travels, and the family spent a lot of time hearing and playing music. When Nick was a teenager, he attended high school in Hawaii. I have a feeling that a tenor guitar probably grew from the ukeleles he was exposed to during that time. One day, I'll see if one of his sisters can shed some light on this.

Subject: RE: Guitars of Fame and Legend.
From: Cluin
Date: 10 Nov 08 - 09:51 PM

Tenors is fun!

Especially tuned in fifths.

Subject: RE: Guitars of Fame and Legend.
From: eddie1
Date: 11 Nov 08 - 03:48 AM

Back in the 70s, a music shop in Bath St in Glasgow (McCormicks?) had a left-handed, electric, Martin tenor guitar in their window. It was apparently ordered, but never collected, by a member of a quasi-folk group of the time called The Settlers who were fairly well-known from TV.
Bearing in mind the relative scarcity of left-handed tenor guitar players wanting an electric and prepared to pay Martin prices, the price started at £750 and gradually dropped to £450!

I often wonder what eventually happened to it.

Eddie

Subject: RE: Guitars of Fame and Legend.
From: Rusty Dobro
Date: 11 Nov 08 - 03:20 PM

I have a Martin D18 which I wittily refer to as 'the Martin D18'.

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