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Ferdinand van den Berg


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Post  Posted 6 Jul 2014 11:13 pm    
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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:

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Xavier Baron

 

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Mahina, Tahiti
Post  Posted 6 Jul 2014 11:32 pm    
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Ferdinand van den Berg wrote:

Did you do that for a special reason?


Yes, Ferdinand… aesthetics Very Happy

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 Smile
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 Very Happy

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Ferdinand van den Berg


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Post  Posted 6 Jul 2014 11:48 pm    
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Hi Xavier,

Thanks for sharing!
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Xavier Baron

 

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Post  Posted 28 Jul 2014 3:35 am    
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Guys,

Some sound files:
Joe's tune, from ROB anderlik, in open d

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sey8p4xvstzcmf9/Joe%27s%20tune.mp3

the same tune with the tricone (sorry, it was a quickie Very Happy )

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3rv4cl3skrdss7y/Joe%27s%20tune%20tricone.mp3


And some (slow) bluegrass, my arrangement of "eight more miles to Louisville, great song!

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/46547681/Musique/Eight%20more%20miles%20to%20Louisville.mp3
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