Another wierdie on Ebay

Dave Boothroyd · From: Staffordshire Moorlands

I'm hearing the siren call of this one, because I've never tried a 12 string resonator- but this has got to be strange! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=924327097
Cheers
Dave

Dana Duplan · From: Ramona, CA

A Nach'l Blues Guitar for sure. Many of the old timers like Leadbelly used 12 stringers. National Resophonic now offers a 12-string Tricone. Don't know that I would play it lap style though. It would be cool to have one, but about 6th on my list at the moment.
DD

chas smith R.I.P. · From: Encino, CA, USA

I have a 10 string Dobro that was made in 1980, I then added a couple banjo tuners and converted it to a 12 string (diatonic, initially). First, the tailpiece popped, so I made another out of stainless steel, then the spyder cracked so I welded it back together, then the cone collapsed. This was about the time that I heard Pete Grant's 10 string, and it sounded so much better than mine did, I took it back to the factory to have Donald Young (National Resophonic) look it over. He gave me a new, better, spyder, spun a new cone and cleaned the paint off the wood where the cone seated. This made a huge improvement. It's also how I ended up working for OMI welding Dobro bodies for a short period.

The problem is, after talking to John Quarterman and Paul Beard, the cones work best with 6 or 7 strings, after that, each successive string constricts the tone. If you were to distribute that stress over several cones, it would probably sound really good.

[This message was edited by chas smith on 28 November 2002 at 11:46 AM.]

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