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1928 national tri cone reso 3 string mod
1928 national tri cone reso serial number 0 666 . YUP, 666 !!!!!!!!!
Ok .- heres the story , I got the empty national body on ebay a while ago ,
It’s a true 28 national , and is serial #0 666 I though “hummm” I gotta do something cool with this WITHOUT ALTERING THE ORIGINAL BODY .” so , I figured these plastic chrome skull Harley / rat rod tail light covers would look great in there and match the 666 theme . turns out they are a great fit and actually reso pretty good too.
I made the neck out of a 1x2 and a 2x2 , and it’s a thorough body . the thin fret board on-top is from a 1948 Gibson lap steel . scale is like 22 and a half .
EVERYTHING I HAVE DONE CAN BE UNDONE . and you will still have an original 1928 national tri-cone reso nickel plated silver . body .. un molested (except it looks like someone made a bit larger end pin hole (most likely for an end pin jack and pick up at one time . as many have done . ( it’s under belt buckle tailpiece now ) . I didn’t even clean this body .
This is a cool one of a kind , 3 string , cigar box guitar type , LAP player as is . but you could also restore it to original .
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Permalink Reply by Gary W aka Rev. Bluejeans on
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Ho-lee Mo-lee, Pick! I just joined this group earlier today. Started poking around, and found THIS beauty! You're amazing! Nice job, man!
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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on
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still have this one Gary ;-)
glad ya like it
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Still? I may need this......
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Permalink Reply by bizzaro guitaro on
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Cool guitar,it’s a one of a kind for sure.I would like to hear it. I have a National Reso Rocket with a hot plate I installed. It’s outrageous. National guitars are crazy! You had a good idea there. The cereal number clinched it! There’s music in that guitar,lots of good music. Thanks for sharing it.
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recording is rough . but here's a vid
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/1928-national-666-tri-cone-reso...
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Permalink Reply by James Taze Bennett on
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James . your replies are not showing up due to a glitch in the site .
this simple trick will help you post so they are seen
https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8560125057?prof...
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thanks i will give it a try.
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love the tri cone.
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