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The Polack MSgt

(13,670 posts) Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:03 PM Jul 2025

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 2025 OP

I want that guitar. highplainsdem Jul 2025 #1

It is interesting.. I googled and saw they start around $1500 and up for the new ones... hlthe2b Jul 2025 #3

Sounds like a guitar that would have suited... WestMichRad Jul 2025 #2

Wow! That guy IS amazing. Easterncedar Jul 2025 #4

A little while back, I was sharing this version - Probably why the algorithm threw me that new take The Polack MSgt Jul 2025 #5

Nice old National Tricone, not to mention playing. Silent Type Jul 2025 #6

Pure joy jmbar2 Jul 2025 #7

Ahhh, a "resonator guitar". . . DinahMoeHum Jul 2025 #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 2025 #9

Bookmarking Bayard Jul 2025 #10

Just Played A Couple On Wednesday ProfessorGAC Jul 26 #11

simply wonderful in all aspects Celerity Jul 27 #12

highplainsdem

(58,741 posts)

1. I want that guitar.

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:06 PM

Jul 2025

hlthe2b

(111,810 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 2025

Pretty cool, though.

WestMichRad

(2,733 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 2025

… Django Reinhardt perfectly. Wonderful!

Easterncedar

(5,105 posts)

4. Wow! That guy IS amazing.

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:24 PM

Jul 2025

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

(13,670 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 2025

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Silent Type

(11,575 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 2025

jmbar2

(7,388 posts)

7. Pure joy

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 11:01 PM

Jul 2025

Thanks for posting.

DinahMoeHum

(23,222 posts)

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

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 11:11 PM

Jul 2025

. . .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

(74,919 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

(14,549 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 2025

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

Bayard

(27,479 posts)

10. Bookmarking

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 11:52 PM

Jul 2025

ProfessorGAC

(74,919 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

(52,708 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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