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Posted: 6 Jul 2014 11:13 pm
by Ferdinand van den Berg
I see what you mean, Xavier, the back has a very tight curve where the soundbox ends.
Did you do that for a special reason?
Mine looks like this:
Posted: 6 Jul 2014 11:32 pm
by Xavier Baron
Ferdinand van den Berg wrote:
Did you do that for a special reason?
Yes, Ferdinand… aesthetics
I wanted to build a guitar looking like the old National square necks tricones.
Just for me to remember that it's not a weissenborn, it's a resonator guitar
Mike Lewis, a pro luthier near Paris, does it:
http://www.fineresophonic.com/triplate4m.htm
The firs one I built was a tricone, with a less pronounced back bend
Xavier
Posted: 6 Jul 2014 11:48 pm
by Ferdinand van den Berg
Hi Xavier,
Thanks for sharing!
Posted: 28 Jul 2014 3:35 am
by Xavier Baron
Guys,
Some sound files:
Joe's tune, from ROB anderlik, in open d
https://www.dropbox.com/s/sey8p4xvstzcm ... 20tune.mp3
the same tune with the tricone (sorry, it was a quickie
)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3rv4cl3skrdss ... ricone.mp3
And some (slow) bluegrass, my arrangement of "eight more miles to Louisville, great song!
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/465 ... sville.mp3