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Post by gaucho on Sept 22, 2020 15:23:27 GMT
Did you put in the Hot Rod cones or is that how it came? I didn't think NRP would supply cones to other makers! This one sounds more bright and open than other's I've played (which I thought sounded muffled) and I always thought it was the cones....
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Post by gaucho on Sept 17, 2020 21:09:13 GMT
Sorry Fred... didn't mean to 'jack the thread!
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Post by gaucho on Sept 17, 2020 17:51:42 GMT
Has anyone ever put a fretboard on a bowed neck that is flat(ish) along the surface but cambered underside to fit the bow? TT TT, that's exactly what was done to my '31 Duolian with the "unfixable" neck. The guitar builder planed the neck slightly and then built a "compensated" (I don't know if that's the right term) fretboard to make everything level. He also put in a carbon rod. The thing plays and sounds incredible now! It's the one in my avatar. Edit: The guy who did it was a builder of beautiful classical guitars. Never had he worked on a resonator before. He had done a similar job on a friend's 1920s Supertone and it came out beautifully. I had taken it to 2 absolutely top-rung National Luthiers who had both told me the guitar wasn't worth fixing and furthermore they weren't willing to mess with it at any price. So I figured I might as well give it a shot. You would be hard pressed to find any evidence of what was done to it, it looks great and it plays as well as any National or NRP I own! He made a beautiful, compensated ebony fretboard, new frets, non-adjustable carbon truss rod and set the whole thing up for $250!! I told him that was way too cheap, but he wouldn't take any more (I tipped him $100). The absolute only slightly "bad" thing he did was replace the original cheap fret markers with mother of pearl markers that are the next size (slightly larger in diameter) up. He thought he was doing me a favor and tho I would have rather he used the original markers, I didn't say a word. You can see the slightly larger markers in the photo below. It's the bare metal one on the left...
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Post by gaucho on Sept 17, 2020 14:49:56 GMT
To Michael's point, has anyone else ever found a magical old National (tone wise) that they sent in for a neck reset and set-up (by VERY reputable and qualified techs) and then found the instrument lost it's magical tone? I have a theory that some of the tone I desire in those instruments may actually come from the inmproper geometry. Don't get me wrong, the fixed instruments still sounded sweet (and maybe the way they are "supposed" to sound), but they sometimes lose that dirty, swampy tone that I find so desirable. Think Robert Petway's Sears Duolian's tone. I've found a couple that had that, but the neck angle made them unplayable for fretted playing. PS. I'm not referring to the Sears Duolian I have that Rik Besser fixed up. That one is a MONSTER!
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Post by gaucho on Sept 11, 2020 18:26:36 GMT
Hi Rosantu. I maybe wrong about this but you can check it out yourself. I use a Lace ultra simline on a MM lightning with good results. I think the Lace and the National Resophonic pu are the same. I'm pretty sure that it has been discussed here. Maybe easier to get hold of one. That being said I personally think the MM Sixtus pu to be the equal of them and a lot less expensive. Hope this helps. Don't want to mislead anyone so please let me know if I'm wrong about Lace and National pu's being the same except for branding. Best wishes to you all, John The Lace Ultraslim isn't the same as the Slimline. The National Slimline is actually not as "tall". Tone wise, I don't know...
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Post by gaucho on Sept 9, 2020 15:17:37 GMT
I have two Tricones, one with a Highlander and one with a National Slimline pickup. Yes the Highlander is superior, but the slimline is actually pretty decent tool Did I read somewhere that the Slimlines were now being made by Kirvo?
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Post by gaucho on Aug 24, 2020 17:10:44 GMT
Hi Jono, XRDS FM RADIO, broadcasting out of clarksdale miss. I've been meaning to post about it for awhile. Get it fine with Amazon Alexa, see what you think! Best wishes to you all, John Hi Jono. What do you say to Alexa to get her to play that station? I love Alexa for music. There's a pretty good acoustic blues playlist on there...
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Post by gaucho on Aug 18, 2020 19:59:01 GMT
Got me. The same size slots on the vintage ones work just fine!
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Post by gaucho on Aug 18, 2020 19:20:04 GMT
NRPs have right and left hand specific tailpieces. Why? The NRP one have string gauge sized slots. Vintage have the same sized slots, so they'd work either way.
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Post by gaucho on Aug 18, 2020 16:09:54 GMT
NRPs have right and left hand specific tailpieces.
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Post by gaucho on Aug 16, 2020 20:14:47 GMT
I have a '35 Style O that has a fantastic V-neck. Also a '35 Duolian with the same Basswood and deep V. I've become a huge fan of the National 14 fretters. I have several 12 fret models and previously felt the 12 fret, ribbed coverplate and flat cut F-holes ('32-early '33) were the configuration I preferred. I also have a NRP WB Triolian 14 fret and it had the same wide, deep V. Love it! I'm on the hunt for a '35ish 14 fret(they have a slot head rather than peghead) WB Triolian (like sister Rosetta Tharpe's). Can't really comment on the NRPs tho, I was referring to Knoffler's '36 (or is it a '37?) Style 0. I'd be very surprised if the NRP copy of that didn't have the V, but I'm not doubting your research.
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Post by gaucho on Aug 15, 2020 16:11:24 GMT
I love the V necks! You'll adapt to it easily. And, just so you know the Knoffler type 14 fret Style 0 has a pronounced V neck!
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Post by gaucho on Jul 22, 2020 17:34:33 GMT
I sent the seller a polite FYI, saying I know he would never wish to mislead someone...
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Post by gaucho on Jul 22, 2020 17:16:38 GMT
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Post by gaucho on Jul 2, 2020 19:14:26 GMT
What cones go into Mule guitars?
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