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Post by Colin Brooks on Oct 25, 2004 20:59:08 GMT
Hi Michael
Very interesting. Until now I thought that only oriental tricones came with overlength scales (very frustrating if you jack them up and play lap style). I wonder what scale length NRP use on their Hawaiian neck tricones? I've checked their site and see they make no mention of scale length at all excepting the baris.
Colin
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Post by erwin on Jan 25, 2015 8:58:28 GMT
To blow some new life in a more than 10 years old thread....I recently played a new Style O 14 fret Replicon in a store and was impressed, it was as good sounding as my old 12 fret Style O from 1934, sharper of tone though (but its new). The Replicon is amazing for a new one. It is tonal very well balanced and has the voice and sustain you expect from a guitar of this level. What impresses me the most are the bass strings, very pronounced and clear. Liked it so much, I started to negotiate the price and purchased it finally. My conclusion is that this Replicon is really ok and easy playable too, with a 14 fret 25" scale length. Did not hear or play other Replicon types though.....maybe after all these years other people have played Replicons. Would be nice to hear their opinions.....be it positive or negative, we can always learn something by sharing experiences.... Attachments:
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Post by mitchfit on Jan 25, 2015 18:28:42 GMT
first off--apologies for temporarily diverting the flow of the river.
why are/were so many posts being listed as "guest", up to and including the patriarch?
mitchfit
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Post by Michael Messer on Jan 25, 2015 18:34:08 GMT
Is it to do with the age of this thread, it is eleven years old?
Shine On Michael
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Post by Michael Messer on Jan 25, 2015 18:38:00 GMT
It startled me seeing the Colin Brooks post because he died a few years ago. He was a great man and a passionate National guitar collector. Here is a beautiful portrait of the late Colin Brooks playing his MM Lightning. This painting is most poignant for me, because not only is it of a great man who is no longer with us, playing his MM guitar. But it was painted by Peter Messer, which was also my late father's name. Shine On Michael
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Post by mitchfit on Jan 25, 2015 18:44:07 GMT
..."Is it to do with the age of this thread, it is eleven years old?"...
earth to mitchfit--come in please--do you read us--switch to alternate frequency "B".
:-)
mitchfit
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Post by washboardchris on Jan 29, 2015 15:41:29 GMT
It was a shock to me to see Colin's post from so long ago too.He was my best friend and best man at my wedding. He was a fount of knowledge regarding National guitars blues western swing and early jazz. I saw a lot of him in the last weeks of his brain cancer ( he was very confused in the days before going into a hospice)I spent a lot of time driving between Lowestoft and east sussex trying to help as much as I could. He was very brave up to the end.as Michael said he was a great man & a great friend and I still miss him.
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Post by erwin on Jan 30, 2015 23:27:49 GMT
Apologises from my side to re-open this thread, I did not know anything about Colin Brooks, or what he means to the people who knowed him. It was really not my aim to schock anybody.
In respect, if people want, I will delete my earlier post done on this thread, and let the last word to Colin Brooks, as it was here for 11 years, this to bring honour to this man.
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Post by Michael Messer on Jan 31, 2015 8:53:37 GMT
Erwin,
Thank you for your kind thoughts and your offer to delete your earlier posts, but there is no need to. We are of course interested to hear about your new National Replicon, and I am sure that Colin would be very pleased to see his posts on this forum still rising to the surface. I do hope that Washboard Chris feels the same about it?
Shine On Michael
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Post by washboardchris on Jan 31, 2015 10:40:18 GMT
Hi, no problem. It just brought back memories of the old boy :-)
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Post by erwin on Mar 29, 2015 9:33:33 GMT
Well, after some 2 months having the Replicon by nrp, I stay still completely satisfied about the instrument. Have an other older nrp (2010) to compare the, but it's like they upgraded their level last year, especially the cone response is really improved, deeper voice and noticeable longer sustain, though it's a 14 fret I have, it comes soundwise really close if not equally to my 12 fret 1934 style O original National...and in no way comparable to the real 1937 style O Never played a 14 fret reso before, but this is really comfortable and in this case does not affect the sound quality to my feeling, it acts like a 12 fret rather.
Heard and read some rumours that the Replicons have their cones cryogenically threatened for surface hardening, so they can make a thinner cone with more stiffness, resulting in better prestations that way, is probably possible because I never had an nrp with better response. The body should be heat threatened, possibly, one thing is sure, it is noticeable lighter than the standard style O body's and vibrates easy---but this is also the influence of the bridge and cone I suppose, it's more a composition of different factors.
Anyway every time I play it, it amazes me, even after 2 months. And it's very versatile for different styles. It's constructed in August 2014, lucky to have it at the old price with some discount, I've seen from 2015 on the prices have risen quite important for nrp.
The only explanation I have is that nrp make an effort and upgraded their level to compete better with the concurrention but resulting a more expensive instrument today.
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