This is from another thread, but I didn't want to drift too far from that thread's original question, so I'm posting as a new thread.Edward Meisse wrote:I'm saving my pennies for a National Tricone. Meanwhile I'm very sorely tempted to buy the Johnson model. They are so much less pricey......
It's because the tone of the tricones is less strident and more appropriate to the acoustic swing music I prefer to play. I will also tune mine to C6.
I'm also curious about these Johnson Squarenecks (Johnson JM-991-S) at around $600-700. I'd love to get a vintage National, but don't have the $3000+ for one, and I'd also be taking it to places I'd be very afraid to take a vintage instrument.
Anyone playing one with upgraded parts (or not), and would anyone have a sound clip? If I can at least approach the tricone sound for under a grand, my wallet can handle that, for now, anyway.
Thanks.