Novakaine Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 (edited) Hello I'm new here and was wondering tenor guitars. Are there any plans about, I can't seem to find much. Thanks Edited March 31, 2015 by Novakaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedishLuthier Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Welcome to the forum! I have not seen many tenor plans at all. However my auction (far from an expert) is that it is a more or less ful size traditional guitar body (from parlour to dreadnought) with a slightly shorter and thinner neck. So with a bit of creativity you might be able to take a standard drawing (lots of free ones out there), thin down the neck and move the nut/head to were the second or third fret is on the drawing. If that doesn't work out let me know as I might be able to draw something up for you and convert it to PDF so that you can print it at a print center or similar. Oh, I didn't notice that this was posted in the solid guitar section. So read my answer with that in mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedishLuthier Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 I found this: https://eastwoodcustoms.com/projects/eastwood-astrojet-tenor/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novakaine Posted April 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Thanks for the info. I think the problem will be mainly the neck. I'm basing these builds off the Les Paul type body and the Telecaster. I own a 3/4 scale Les Paul express to I think they'll be on this scale. But like I said earlier it's just figuring out the neck dimensions and fret board. I'll give your advice a try I'll keep you posted. Thanks a million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novakaine Posted April 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Hmm was would the plans for a acoustic style neck work for a electric? Dimension wise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedishLuthier Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Dimensions will probably be fine. You need to change body transition and a lot of other stuff but width and thickness can be used fro those drawings BTW, what hardware are you planning on? Have you found a 4-string bridge, pickup(s) and things like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novakaine Posted April 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 I planning on using a couple of p90 soap bar pickups, and I have a few 4 string bridges. I also have a handful lipstick picks to try out. I built a few solid body ukulele's, mandolins and cigar box guitars for friends. Still tempted to convert that Les Paul express 3/4 scale which I believe is a 23" scale.t Not sure about the neck being much wider than a tenor neck I've seen online. Don't know if it matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedishLuthier Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Just out of curiosity. Do you have a link to those four string bridges? Never know when one can need one... To create a mathematical correct (don't actually know if thats how its done...) you can use a standard 24 3/4 fretboard and chop it iff at the 5th fret, That will leave 18.542" witch is pretty close to 3/4 of the original scale. I just finished a shorter scale 6-sting acoustic together with my daughter were we chopped of the tree first frets to create a slightly smaller guitar. Worked pretty good, although the scale length ends up at "just over" 21", not spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novakaine Posted April 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 I get most of my stuff from C.B. Gitty Crafting Supplies http://www.cbgitty.com. They have 3 and 4 string bridges at a reasonable price. 4 String bridge http://www.cbgitty.com/cigar-box-guitar-parts/bridges-and-nuts/4-string-chrome-hard-tail-bridge-for-cigar-box-guitars-more/ 3 String bridge. http://www.cbgitty.com/cigar-box-guitar-parts/bridges-and-nuts/3-string-chrome-hard-tail-bridge-for-cigar-box-guitars-more/ I love this place and the prices are very reasonable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novakaine Posted April 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Lo and behold I manage to scrape up a pdf for an acoustic tenor guitar. Need to adapt the neck, but I don't see a real issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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