John Morton
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2018 10:42 am |
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I have made cones for tricone lap guitars, 10+ for my own instruments and a few as replacements for Nationals with defunct cones. Having nothing to measure, I guessed to come up with reasonable specs.
Recently I sent out a set to replace originals in a pre-1930 squareneck, and heard back that they are noticeably shorter than the old ones. A player near me with a similar instrument sent for new National cones, and the strings barely cleared the hand rest - so those are probably taller than the old ones.
I would love to get some data points to help get these right. I would gladly make spinning forms for different cone heights as needed, but players mostly seem unable to make the measurement. Sticking a ruler in the vicinity doesn't cut it!
thanks |
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