Tricone Style 3 , Lily-of-the-valley engraving.. 

It has a new and very cool "relicing" quite different from the relic finish on my Resolian!
This nickel has the "honest wear" from being played and loved/polished over 50 years, LoL!!!

The engraving shows much better here than on a shiny polished nickel finish..

The finish and tone is great and the neck has the same profile as the Resolian, very much vintage specs, like a 30's National.. Awesome!!!

 

Tricone Style 3 - Vintage vibes. 

It simply looks authentic.. Amazing..

 

 

 

 

 

Looks really vintage and used, but it's brand new!

Absolutely wonderful to my eyes, but I like the worn and beat-up looks!!

A video clip:

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Folks, here's an old Dobro from 1935!!

FINALLY I have found one of my dream guitars, a 1930’s Dobro (Regal-made)
It has the poinsettia cover plate that is not too common on these and I've been looking for years, now I’ve found one on eBay!!


Here is a picture of it from a Sears & Roebuck catalog..

Some pics showing the inside..

It was really beat up and dirty..

Two dead spiders on a spider bridge, haha!!

A short-legged spider!

Original 1930's Dobro cone.. In good shape!

Very nice old tuners!

I have seen this half neckstick on metal bodied Regal Dobro’s, but apparently they used this on their wood bodies too.









Interesting solution with a half neckstick..

Ebony(ized?) fretboard, mahogany neck.. Needs some binding..





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When I play an old instrument for the first time I use to think and wonder: 

Who played it the last time and when was it .. 
This one was played a long, long time ago ...

I LOVE it!!

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A video clip so y'all can hear this one!!!!

I made this ol'timey headstock myself.. 

Vintage vibes.. 

Black looks NICE!!!!!

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Reso-relic finish, looks like a polished nickel model that has been hidden in an old tool shed for 70 years, LoL!!!! This is the best "aging" I've seen on a steel body, looks very cool(to my eyes that is..)

Tuning: Open G & D

The tone is amazingly rich for the body size, easily compared to it's bigger brothers..
Volume is great too, looking forward very much to get this one along for a gig(will happen tomorrow..)

Gotta love rust...!!!

The Resolian live in Old Town, Stockholm, November 2009..

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I just got me a nice old FAUX-Reso on eBay..
So there's NO cone under the coverplate, usually a wooden-board or a metal plate with the bridge on top..

Just wanted y'all to see how a budget-BUDGET-reso was built like...


Mid-30's, no-name, made by Harmony in Chicago..



Solid birch body!! 

AWESOME case came with it, croc-skin, haha!!
Been looking for a long time in Sweden for a vintage case like this and here it was!!

Here's the fake reso"cone"..


But... Maybe I'll put this in there, LoL!!!!!


And this... Gonna look great and sound SO much better....



Oops, more fake than I thought it was!!! Just awesome!!



LmoL, there nothing at all under the coverplate, just silver paint on the top!!!!!!
Surprisingly cool tone though, looong sustain but less bass and low volume compared to any "real reso"..

The coverplate is heavy, twice the weight of a standard coverplate...
(Could explain the awesome sustain, when this starts vibrating it'll never stop, hehe!!)





I might put in a cone or keep it as it is, we'll see what happens!!!

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The Style 3 tricone on stage!

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Relaxin' the blues.. At a guitar clinic in Höganäs, Skåne! 

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 What a beautiful picture!!!! Thanks Michel for capturing the moment!!

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Here's some new pics from the 2006 WRA festival, photos by Karel Horácek.

Me and Ol'Rusty, my one-of-a-kind Amistar Crossroads model.. The vintage patina is outstanding on this one..!!!

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I attended a guitar workshop in Stockholm, teachers: Steve James and Del Rey!

He's one of my heroe's, was great fun to meet him and learn a few tricks..!!

Del Rey with a Ron Phillips parlor size resonator guitar!! Oh boy, she's a great player too!!!!

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Some new promotional photos.. A beautiful northern winter day!!!

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