Tricone opinions please

[Eric Dahlhoff]

What's a "mushroom mod"?

[Glenn Wilde]

What's a "mushroom mod"?

Removing the middle neck stick support, that leaves two, and move the neck one toward the end of the fretboard. I and many others think it enhances the tone.

[Lee Holliday]

Here is the inner guts of the Dobro tricone I had a while ago, in all honesty Dobro never properly finished the guitar much beyond prototype and it was batting well below it's ability, none the less an interesting piece to have had pass though the revolving door, I remain with my 36 Tricone which is a lovely and even rarer beast.

[Lloyd Graves]

That looks nice. I want some sort of tricone eventually.


Out of curiosity, who makes metal-bodied, square neck tricones at this point? High end and economy models. And what are the main differences?

Also, are there any 7-string tricones out there? Actual 7-strings,I mean, not retrofitted.

Thanks

[Lee Holliday]

NRP have the capacity to make a hollowneck, Mule have done a few but not in the traditional style but interesting. A glorious alternative is Fine Resophonic in Paris, Mike Lewis is renowned as one of the top builders. There may be some options also in New Zealand with Russ Matsen or maybe some other bespoke builders that do not come to mind at the moment. I remain happy with my 36 Tricone as there are still some lovely vintage ones out there

[Mike Harris]

I love tricones, had a roundneck Republic and traded up to a National. I want a squareneck but I am only playing 8 strings with a bar these days. Are there any 8-string squareneck tricones out there?