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Topic: Hawaiian Radio Tone squareneck questions |
Paul Seager
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Posted 12 Dec 2024 12:38 am |
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Although I am privileged to own a vintage Tricone, I'm considering buying an entry level "dobro", in the under 1k range. Reasons are varied, different tunings, risk of damage, etc..
On Ebay classifieds (Germany) I found this:
https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/hawaiian-radio-tone-vintage-squareneck-resonator/2947300163-74-9353?
Looks cute but I assume it's a biscuit design which, perhaps unfairly, I associate with a brash blues tone rather than bluegrass. So a couple of questions to the knowledgeable ...
Know anything about these?
Guess it was a student model, would it be loud?
Is it a biscuit?
Can one convert a biscuit to spider without major surgery?
Before Putin began wrecking the German economy, I would have bought this just out of curiosity but I'm now unemployed so cautious where I spend my gig money!
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Bayern Hawaiians: https://www.youtube.com/@diebayernhawaiians3062
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Joe Burke
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Howard Parker
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Maryland
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Posted 12 Dec 2024 7:09 am
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If your focus is bluegrass or similar then yes, a spider bridge resonator guitar is the norm and usually preferred.
This certainly looks like a biscuit bridge guitar and if so, no, there is no practical way to convert it to spider bridge.
h
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Howard Parker
03\' Carter D-10
70\'s Dekley D-10
52\' Fender Custom
Many guitars by Paul Beard
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David Venzke
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SE Michigan, USA
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Terry VunCannon
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2024 2:30 pm
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I think it is like mine. Good sound, but not to loud.
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Paul Seager
From:
Augsburg, Germany
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Posted 13 Dec 2024 1:18 am
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Thanks to you all. Yes Terry, it's the same guitar and David, the Jake Wildwood page was very informative. I also found this mini clip on YT:
https://youtu.be/xlk31NHJcDY?si=hT26Q0pXapjjfeZT
Confirmed how it sounds - sweet but not what I'm looking for. I go to a monthly bluegrass meet in Munich which varies in size but is rarely less than a 20 head, raucous herd of fiddles, banjos, mandos and dreadnoughts! I need my terrible breaks to be audible! My National does that but I'm always terrified that it gets a dent or worse!
I'll take Howard's advice and go for a spider-bridge.
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Bayern Hawaiians: https://www.youtube.com/@diebayernhawaiians3062
Other stuff: https://www.youtube.com/@paulseager3796/videos |
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