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hiltbrandguitars - Posted - 05/31/2013: 19:22:38
Hi All! I finally got some video of my all wood tricone online. Hope to get it in the studio for some audio soon, but these videos captured it really well!
youtube.com/user/hiltbrandguitars
Tony Done - Posted - 06/03/2013: 14:41:51
Great sound. More metallic (if you'll forgive the comparison) than I expected, but with very dobroish overtones. - The only wood tricone I've played was disappointing, warm and woolly, like my socks. It left me wondering about the internal construction. Did you use a metal soundwell, tenon stick, soundposts?
The deep cutaway looks a lot like my Beltona, which, by contrast, is very warm sounding for a brass tricone. I think they would fill similar niches.
hiltbrandguitars - Posted - 06/03/2013: 15:34:22
Hi Tony,
It does have a neck stick/tenon construction. I really feel like this helps contribute to the tradional tricone sound, although I have no real evidence other than listenining to different builds to support that theory. The stick is supported by two soundposts. The conewell is wood also. I have heard a wood bodied tricone with a metal soundwell, and it did sound good. I had never seen one entirely made of wood before (soundwell, coverplate, tailpiece, palm rest, soundhole lattice, etc) and I had always wanted one, so I finally drew it and built it myself. I am very happy with the results.
Let me know if you have any more questions. I can talk about resonators all day! :)
And thank you to everyone for all of the nice comments!
Jon
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