Post by revy on Nov 22, 2018 16:30:10 GMT
Hello Everyone!
Happy Thanksgiving to those that is pertains to! Thought I would give a brief update on my initial Continental Tricone thread. Got the old girl polished up and it looks a lot better than it did. A little Flitz and a polishing ball did the trick. I did check the cones and they seem to be in good shape with no cracks or breaks. Holes where the T-bar goes in are a little worn but it's far from new. Put a heavier set of strings on and it helped the tone a lot. Going to increase the high B and and E string in the near future to resonator thickness but didn't have them on hand. Put a set of Dan Pearse nickel mediums on it. I like their bite feel on my fingers when I play and their brightness. There is some break angle over the saddle. The action is a little high but playable. I would say about .120" or about 3.05 MM on the heavy low E string. Neck relief is good but I might back bow it just a hair for lower fret play ability unless I get some fret buzz. Posted some pictures of the end result. For a budget minded first resonator not made in the far east I like it. (No offense if you like those, just not my thing
) Since it has some imperfections I don't have to be so meticulous about everything either. Thanks to everyone for their help and input!
Happy Thanksgiving to those that is pertains to! Thought I would give a brief update on my initial Continental Tricone thread. Got the old girl polished up and it looks a lot better than it did. A little Flitz and a polishing ball did the trick. I did check the cones and they seem to be in good shape with no cracks or breaks. Holes where the T-bar goes in are a little worn but it's far from new. Put a heavier set of strings on and it helped the tone a lot. Going to increase the high B and and E string in the near future to resonator thickness but didn't have them on hand. Put a set of Dan Pearse nickel mediums on it. I like their bite feel on my fingers when I play and their brightness. There is some break angle over the saddle. The action is a little high but playable. I would say about .120" or about 3.05 MM on the heavy low E string. Neck relief is good but I might back bow it just a hair for lower fret play ability unless I get some fret buzz. Posted some pictures of the end result. For a budget minded first resonator not made in the far east I like it. (No offense if you like those, just not my thing
) Since it has some imperfections I don't have to be so meticulous about everything either. Thanks to everyone for their help and input! 
