monradon - Posted - 08/23/2008:  18:29:09

I know this is not a top of the line model but for the budget right now it sounds really good after I changed the nut and bridge, I just bought a fishman pickup on ebay and being as I have to take this apart I am thinking are the cones and spiders that bad on these ??? How much better is a tut23 or beard cone ?? My son is the player I am just a hobby luthier thats really busy. We are hurthing for set up people in my area and Im not too bad. Any info would be appreciated.

Hobbit

harperk31794 - Posted - 08/23/2008:  20:15:25

Putting a Beard Cone and Spider is well worth the money if you're going to keep the dobro, the difference in sound should be significant. I'm not familiar with Galveston however you should check to see if it has a metric cone or a standard size, on BC-1 is standard and BC-10 is the metric size, the spiders are the same, you can use a BC-1 however you would have to trim it down very slightly if your dobro was routed for the smaller size (metric) cone.

Ken

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monradon - Posted - 08/24/2008:  08:46:30

Is BC-1 and BC-10 galveston models or beard cones ???? I'm new at this .

Hobbit

hlpdobro - Posted - 08/24/2008:  11:04:41

The BC-1 is a cone for spider bridge.

The BC-10.5 is a cone for biscuit bridge guitars.

There is no BC-10.

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harperk31794 - Posted - 08/24/2008:  19:24:26

You're right no BC-10, I was going by quarterman calling theirs the QC-10, Beard has it listed as Import 10 1/2 inch cone.

Ken

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Beard Guitars - Posted - 08/25/2008:  06:01:07

The import cone typically are ripped out of import guitars that come here for setups. Good for experimentation.

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harperk31794 - Posted - 08/27/2008:  05:21:18

Howard,

Does Beard make a smaller cone for the imports or do you need to trim down a BC-1? I was buying quarterman QC-10's to do upgrades on imports however, I've also cut down the QC-1's and since I've become a Beard fanatic I'll start buying BC-1's and trimming them if you don't have a smaller cone for the imports.

Ken

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