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Post by resonatorman on Sept 20, 2014 19:37:28 GMT
I could see that the well was not flat - especially under the treble side cone - without any string pressure on the cones, The treble-side cone was not contacting the well all the way around - big gaps, in fact. This supports my belief that the gaskets were merely used to tackle buzzing and rattling - and not for the reason of sound improvement...
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Post by snakehips on Sept 20, 2014 21:13:29 GMT
Hi again !
RickS - the guitar had what I think was a maple saddle in it already. It looked too new and perfect to be original. I've read in various places that boxwood was used for the saddles originally so wanted to use that again. It didn't sound good when I got the guitar - so I feltthatback to basics / original design would be a good starting point. I have some saddle blanks of maple that Jason Workman at NRP sent me a number of years ago - that I can still try. I have one blank saddle of boxwood left - and I might try that in my german silver NRP Tricone.
I have used NRP single cones for replacements in vintage single cone Nationals and been impressed, despite knowing they do sound a bit different than vintage National cones. However, these NRP hot-rod Tricone cones maintain that fat tone. They sound as a Tricone should sound. Really, really impressed.
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