Music Appreciation

The Polack MSgt

(13,651 posts) Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:03 PM Jul 25

Prepare to be amazed. This style of guitar is extinct in popular music, but goddamn... It shouldn't be

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Prepare to be amazed. This style of guitar is extinct in popular music, but goddamn... It shouldn't be (Original Post) The Polack MSgt Jul 25 OP

I want that guitar. highplainsdem Jul 25 #1

It is interesting.. I googled and saw they start around $1500 and up for the new ones... hlthe2b Jul 25 #3

Sounds like a guitar that would have suited... WestMichRad Jul 25 #2

Wow! That guy IS amazing. Easterncedar Jul 25 #4

A little while back, I was sharing this version - Probably why the algorithm threw me that new take The Polack MSgt Jul 25 #5

Nice old National Tricone, not to mention playing. Silent Type Jul 25 #6

Pure joy jmbar2 Jul 25 #7

Ahhh, a "resonator guitar". . . DinahMoeHum Jul 25 #8

Many Who Play It On Their Lap... ProfessorGAC Jul 27 #13

Mark Knopfler played this style of guitar with Dire Straits and uses it in his solo career. SamKnause Jul 25 #9

Bookmarking Bayard Jul 25 #10

Just Played A Couple On Wednesday ProfessorGAC Jul 26 #11

simply wonderful in all aspects Celerity Jul 27 #12

highplainsdem

(58,208 posts)

1. I want that guitar.

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:06 PM

Jul 25

hlthe2b

(111,319 posts)

3. It is interesting.. I googled and saw they start around $1500 and up for the new ones...

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:18 PM

Jul 25

Pretty cool, though.

WestMichRad

(2,614 posts)

2. Sounds like a guitar that would have suited...

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:17 PM

Jul 25

… Django Reinhardt perfectly. Wonderful!

Easterncedar

(4,911 posts)

4. Wow! That guy IS amazing.

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:24 PM

Jul 25

The guitar is stunning. The history is intriguing. The musician is delightful. So playful. All just cool as cool can be.

Thanks for ending my day with this.

The Polack MSgt

(13,651 posts)

5. A little while back, I was sharing this version - Probably why the algorithm threw me that new take

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:24 PM

Jul 25

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Silent Type

(11,114 posts)

6. Nice old National Tricone, not to mention playing.

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:26 PM

Jul 25

jmbar2

(7,307 posts)

7. Pure joy

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 11:01 PM

Jul 25

Thanks for posting.

DinahMoeHum

(23,171 posts)

8. Ahhh, a "resonator guitar". . .

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 11:11 PM

Jul 25

. . .generically known in some quarters as a Dobro, except that a Dobro is usually played lap steel guitar style.

I have a friend who regularly plays this instrument.

ProfessorGAC

(74,443 posts)

13. Many Who Play It On Their Lap...

Reply to DinahMoeHum (Reply #8)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 07:56 PM

Jul 27

...get the square neck models.
I saw one at a pawn shop in the town where I grew up. It sounded fantastic but it was square neck, and I don't play slide that way.
The square neck is extremely uncomfortable to play like a regular guitar.
I was bummed, because it was very cheap & sounded so good. But, I'd never play it so I had to pass.

SamKnause

(14,439 posts)

9. Mark Knopfler played this style of guitar with Dire Straits and uses it in his solo career.

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 11:40 PM

Jul 25

Mark Knopfler is a magical, musical, genius !!!

Bayard

(26,974 posts)

10. Bookmarking

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 11:52 PM

Jul 25

ProfessorGAC

(74,443 posts)

11. Just Played A Couple On Wednesday

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 05:41 AM

Jul 26

They're all louder than a normal acoustic but one of the two I played the other day was amazingly loud.
I tend to like the sound of the biscuit resonators, but the tri-cone design does really make them project.
This guy mentions them being louder. He isn't lying!

Celerity

(52,004 posts)

12. simply wonderful in all aspects

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 06:36 PM

Jul 27

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