Squareneck Tricone

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Hi there

I'm finding myself becoming more and more drawn to lap style recently and at some point over the next 6 months (or whenever the exchange rate improves) I'd like get hold of a NRP squareneck tricone. I've been looking for a couple of days and they seem pretty rare. Just wondered if anybody had any recommendations as to where I can find a shop that has or can get one. They seem even harder to find than Dobro's.

Cheers
Ben

[blueshome]

Why not an old one, they are no that hard to find? Or like MM himself a Fine Resophonic, either would leave the NRP for dead.

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Yeah i thought of that, but most old ones are a little out of my price range, as are Fine's. I find it interesting that the vintage ones are easyer to find than the new ones.

Ben

[Michael Messer]

Hi Ben,

The reason NRP square neck guitars are quite rare is just because they don't make many of them. However, a square neck NRP and a square neck NATIONAL are two totally different instruments. An NRP SQ-NK Tricone has a solid wood neck like a Dobro, whereas most SQ-NK NATIONAL Tricones have a hollow neck like a Weissenborn. (There are one or two exceptions in old Nationals, but essentially that is the difference). If you are not worried about the hollow neck aspect, just get a round neck NRP Tricone and get it set up as a square neck with a high bone nut. It will not sound or play any different to a square neck NRP. In the world of Dobros this is common practice.

Shine On
Michael

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Hi Michael

Thanks for the info, I'll go for the round neck when the bank and better half start seeing eye to eye (ugh!) ;D

Cheers
Ben