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Topic: FYI: National tricone on eBay - needs work! |
Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Ron Simpson
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 1 Aug 2005 1:50 pm |
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| I purchased #240 some years ago. It was also in need of repair. The nut was made from a "tootsie toy" stick. The sides of the body/neck were slightly separated from the back where it curves into the body, and the cones were also trashed. The repairs were made, and it has now become a "til death do us part" instrument. I hope the new owner of this one will find similar sucess. |
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 1 Aug 2005 3:17 pm
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| breaks my heart to see this |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Posted 1 Aug 2005 7:20 pm
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What kind of an idiot would solder a pickup onto the body of a Tricone?! Even a non-musician can see that this instrument is a vintage classic and should be left as original as possible. This must be the same guy who routed out the underside of his quad to lighten it 
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 1 Aug 2005 8:02 pm
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"....This must be the same guy who routed out the underside of his quad to lighten it...."
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Doug...As I recall the story, it was a CUSTOM T-8 which was routed out to lighten it. No need to mention names, but the guy sure ruined a beautiful guitar!  |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Posted 2 Aug 2005 7:18 pm
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| This also reminds me of the guy who came into our store one day and announced that he was going to have his tricone "rechromed". His friend owned a plating shop and he could get the instrument chromed for free! He just had to take advantage of this great opportunity. I advised him Not to have it done because it would cut the value in half. He did it anyway because the guitar had been his grandfather’s and he wanted to “restore” it for the family, and he didn’t care about the value. Sad but true. |
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Don Kona Woods
From:
Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 3 Aug 2005 9:37 am
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The guitar was dropped from a two story building to see if it was tough enough to survive. He just didn't tell you that part. 
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Chuck Fisher
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Santa Cruz, California, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 3 Aug 2005 4:49 pm
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yick!
a luthier could fix this, if its a silver one it might be worth the $500, but what a nasty conditin its in, it will never be a good collectabl but a player, probably. |
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Russ Young
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 6 Aug 2005 6:11 am
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Sold -- for $780.
Somebody has bought themself quite a project -- I wish them luck ... |
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