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Post by washboardchris on Feb 10, 2016 8:19:03 GMT
for a blind boy Fuller sound you really need a steel body single cone guitar.there are a lot of old Nationals that need a lot of work to be made playable as a normal guitar.
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Post by Michael Messer on Feb 10, 2016 8:49:45 GMT
Just a quick post this morning....
It may be of interest and worth recording that as far as I know, all Continental Tricones were made from a drawing that I sent to the designer because he had never seen a real one. The drawing was a tracing of my Tricone.
As a guitar manufacturer, if Continental guitars were being made today I would not make any comments, because I don't think it is right. However, they are not made any more and we are talking about a brand that existed 20+ years ago. I don't mean to be controversial or offend any Continental owners, but in my opinion history is overrating these guitars. While they do have some nice qualities and feel more vintage than NRP guitars, I have never played one that I would want to play again.
Shine On Michael
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Post by archiekidd on Feb 10, 2016 11:38:17 GMT
Hi David, that all sounds pretty much on the money. Taking a step back to re-assess things from scratch is a good idea. Subjectivity is certainly the thing here,although resonator players(or any guitarist for that matter)can objectively appreciate a guitar's quality without actually personally choosing it as their 'bag'. There certainly is a criteria that I DO have , for example , 'baseball' type neck, 12 frets to body, slotted headstock (PREFERABLY), and I do believe the single cone is my preference. Thanks David, and everyone who has posted with their help.It really is a splendid forum to be a part of.
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Post by blueshome on Feb 10, 2016 12:54:29 GMT
BB Fuller played steel bodied Nationals.
Check out Ari with an NRP Delphi:
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Post by archiekidd on Feb 10, 2016 13:09:53 GMT
That's the business. Lovely sound ...
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Post by lexluthier on Feb 12, 2016 22:18:58 GMT
Hi! Michael, Just a response to the points you made about Continentals earlier in the thread. In Amistar literature they talk about the beginning of their guitar making history as the start of the Continental run and mentioned about getting their hands on an original National to measure and examine, early 1992 I think. As a personal observation, I think it may have been a square neck as the shoulder profile is just wrong! Continental is still a current AMI brand assembling two models in Munich. I've played a few of the early examples now(4), all have sounded weak and ineffectual and having taken one apart and re-built it, I'm not surprised why. An example of something being less than the sum of its parts. In truth, I've yet to have my ears 'spoilt' by playing or even hearing in person a National or for that matter a proper brass bodied NRP! All I know is that once sorted, my 'car crash' of an example definitely sounds waaaay better than any of those generic Chinese models I've had my hands on, all of which sound sterile and soulless, even after any amount of 'tweaking'. Never played one of those I'd want to play again! Considering what needs doing to them to make them sound any good, I think sellers want too much for them, but most of them paid too much in the first place and know no better. Chris.
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