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Post by marshcat on Jul 6, 2024 11:32:46 GMT
I'm currently tweaking this interesting one for a friend...
Meanwhile the next Fishtown (Brixham) Blues event is on Monday 8 July, our regular Tuesday spot having been commandeered for some kind of football match...
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Post by Michael Messer on Jul 6, 2024 12:36:59 GMT
Stuart,
Some of these Czech made guitars are very well designed. I guess Dopyera blood flows through the Slovak countries.
Maybe you can clarify something while you have that guitar. What wood is the body made of? It is believed to be mahogany. I played one in Belgium many years ago, but did not examine it well enough to have identified the wood.
Any other interesting features - please photograph and share.
Shine On
Michael
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Post by bonzo on Jul 6, 2024 14:30:30 GMT
Lovely looking guitar. Here is a member of the family. Not many around by all accounts.  |
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Post by marshcat on Jul 8, 2024 12:44:42 GMT
Michael,
Yes, the top appears to be solid 1/4" mahogany, and judging by the weight of the guitar (it's probably the heaviest wodden-body resonator I've come across in 40 years), the back and sides are too.
The fishy cover plate is indeed nickel-plated brass and the tailpiece is steel.
As with National's late 14-fret Style 0, that paddle headstock makes it somewhat unbalanced/uncomfortable to play.
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Post by Michael Messer on Jul 8, 2024 15:01:08 GMT
Thanks Stuart.
Interesting that it was obviously designed by someone that had seen an early wood bodied Triolian. Not just the F holes and the quarter inch body, but the handrest is like the early 1928 ones.
What is the inside like - does it have converging tramline bracing?
Shine On
Michael
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Post by leeophonic on Jul 8, 2024 22:07:02 GMT
There is one inside this months Fretboard journal magazine, it is located in the most interesting guitar shop in Bristol, if you know you know but I am not giving all my secrets away.
Lee
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Jul 9, 2024 7:43:38 GMT
There is one inside this months Fretboard journal magazine, it is located in the most interesting guitar shop in Bristol, if you know you know but I am not giving all my secrets away. Lee Around 100 miles up the M5 then.  |
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Post by leeophonic on Jul 9, 2024 15:32:11 GMT
Further than I considered, Multimap says a 103 miles !!! although the M5 peters out prior to the Rivera .
Regards
Lee
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Post by Mark Makin on Jul 9, 2024 16:36:39 GMT
These guitars have a spruce top with maple back and sides. They are then completely mahogany stained. There was also a 12 fret version.
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Post by marshcat on Jul 9, 2024 19:22:07 GMT
Thanks, Mark, for the clarification.
More photos to follow when I get inside...
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Post by Mark Makin on Jul 9, 2024 19:41:41 GMT
1936 Dallas catalogue Attachments:
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Post by marshcat on Jul 20, 2024 11:50:21 GMT
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Post by snakehips on Jul 20, 2024 13:16:40 GMT
Hi there !!
Biscuit looks weird.
Didn’t know they didn’t carbon fibre biscuits in those days !
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Post by Michael Messer on Jul 20, 2024 13:39:38 GMT
I thought it would have converging tramlines inside. This proves that not only did they see an early wood bodied National Triolian, but they also went inside one. Shame they didn't pay as much attention to the cone and biscuit.   Shine On Michael |
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Post by marshcat on Jul 20, 2024 15:45:44 GMT
I don’t know what the original cone and biscuit looked like. The composite biscuit and saddle seem to work ok, and the cone looks suspiciously like a sawn-off Beard product.
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