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Topic: cone height |
John Morton
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Washington, USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2018 12:35 pm |
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I have made cones for tricone lap guitars, 10+ for my own instruments and a few as replacements for Nationals with defunct cones. Having nothing to measure, I guessed to come up with reasonable specs. I think I just used the same slope as a 9 1/2" cone, which gave me .75" tall for a 6" cone.
Recently I sent out a set to replace originals in a pre-1930 squareneck, and heard back that they are noticeably shorter than the old ones. A player near me with a similar instrument sent for new National cones, and the strings barely cleared the hand rest - so those are probably taller than the old ones.
I would love to get some data points to help get these right. I would gladly make spinning forms for different cone heights as needed, but players mostly seem unable to make the measurement. Sticking a ruler in the vicinity doesn't cut it!
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 11 Apr 2018 2:00 pm
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Try contacting Mike Replogle (mikereplogle at gmail dot com) to get more information from him. You might also try contacting National Resophonic Guitars in San Luis Obispo.
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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 14 Apr 2018 10:51 am
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If you use Google I believe there are some blueprints with dimensions floating around.
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1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
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