TRICONE

And here's my new tricone, a Style 3 , Lily-of-the-valley engraving.. From Republic Guitars!!

Just arrived from Frank in Texas, And I LOVE it!!!!

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 from Republic Guitars.

It simply looks authentic.. Amazing..

The original tuners..

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Jammin' the blues, February 2010..

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I love the 12-string sound..

Bringing this new baby with me on the road of course!!

I changed the tuners however, somehow I just need my tuners to be white..!?
These ones come from and old Swedish made Levin guitar from the 50's.. Looks are cool and they work fine!

Click on Reublic logo to go their website!!

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A wonderful classic mandolin type from the golden era of resophonic instruments..

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

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

The Style 3 tricone in a radio studio, OneFM. Played a couple of songs, March 2009.

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, hurray!!

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

Two dead spiders on a spider bridge, haha!!

A short-legged spider!

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

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..

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!!

Here's a really nice new guitar model from Republic Guitars.. (2008)
I've made some clips showing the new Resolian, I've had it at home for a few hours now here and it's straight outta the box!! LoL!!

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 neck profile is brand new for Republic and it actually feels like the neck on my old 1933 Duolian!?! :D (awesome neck)
The headstock also differs from the older Republic guitar specs..
I LIKE it a lot!!
Much fatter neck and slightly wider too..

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..)

I just bought 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...

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Mid-30's, no-name, I'm guessing it's made by Regal, Chicago..

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Solid birch body!! (could be maple..)

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!! :mrgreen:

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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!!

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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"..

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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!!)

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

Yeah, it actually looks like I'm playing way out in the middle of nowhere, LoL!!!!
The reso-sound really cut through the forrest, maybe I frightened a moose or deer..

However there was a small, nice crowd there with me in the woods, we had a great, great time, even the mosquitos kept away!! (mostly..)

Two of my favourites, haha.. Linette really digs my resonator playing, well, she's been listening to it since before she was born..

This one shines a lot more than it's brother, the Reso-Relic!! Brass body. (2009)

Supersolid neck-joint, these necks are truly hand-carved by skilled luthiers!! No CNC-machines used!

Pearloid (M.o.t.s.) was used on some of the original National guitars back in the 1920's and 30's.. A cool feature!

Amistar tricone with a headstock modification, from solid to slotted head.. I like it!!!

Here's my new resonator, a cheap, cheap spider-bridge guitar.. And I LOVE it!!! Has great tone..

And now Linette's got daddy's old blues cap too, LoL!!!! Young lady of the blues..

Really nice size on these new parlor reso's..!! Very lightweight and perfect travel guitars! Compared to a Duolian..

Just got this beauty from Ian McWee at Diamond Bottlenecks..!!! My daughters name engraved in gold leaf lettering... AMAZING!!

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

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..!!

Rikard Hagson, good friend and great stringed instruments player! Here with my Banjo-mandolin..

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

Yes, that's true! I'm now a very proud owner of an Amistar resophonic guitar!

Finally... I've been drooling over these hand made resophonic instruments from Prague in the Czech Republic!! The good people at Amistar really know their trade...!! They're second to no other reso-maker around!!!

My brand new Amistar Style 1 TriCone.. Vintage looks..!! Jeez, it's wonderful!!!!

The FelsenKeller.. OK, so far without a doubt THE coolest venue I've ever played in... A HUGE cave in Schwandorf.. COOL PLACE!!!

I just got a new slide from Woodchuck-Guitars in Germany, it's a great bronze slide that sounds wicked!!!! RJ special...

Here's me and a legendary piano man from England, Bob Hall!! Check out the video..!!

Here's me and "Old Rusty" as I've named my guitar!! When we met I just knew that it had to be mine!!

Supercool, aged vintage appearence. The first one of it's kind! But I believe Amistar will make more guitars with this look!!! It's simply a hit, everyone likes it at the first glance, and that's even before they hear it.. One chord and they're Amistar fans for life!!! LoL..!!! Jeez, I JUST LOVE THE LOOKS ON THIS ONE!!

Firing away on my new guitar at a show in Skalica, Slovakia..!! My first gig with Rusty..!! I think we did well..

The soundholes reminds you of an old Regal metal body(fiddle edge) Dobro from the 1930's. Good to see this design again!!!! AND.. It actually makes the guitar somewhat louder and adds bass to the already awesome sound of the Amistar singlecones..!!