Single cones punch at the expense of sustain, which gives them an attack perfect for gut-bucket style blues, whereas, Tricones have a smooth sustain which just makes them sing, making them perfect for single note melodies. There is a huge difference between a Tricone and a Single cone. It just fits into so many styles of music, and it blends with acoustic guitars and mandolins so well. I own 4 Nationals, and one of them is a Polychrome Tricone, which is my favorite. And it makes me happy knowing he was the one who spun the cones in my artist models. I stood and watched as Don Young spun a cone right in front of me while he told me all about the development of their cones.
And they've also had many years to nail the perfect construction techniques of all variations of resonators (single cone, tricone, spider cone), and just important, they've nailed the cone tone. It took them some time to get it there, but now, their quality is so good, that the price of vintage Nationals has dropped, something that rarely happens in the vintage instrument business. They both worked for OMI, a company that compromised quality, so their mission was to bring the National name to it's former glory. When Don Young and McGregor set up the reformed National Resophonic, they did it with intention of making the best resos possible, and they did it with a love for the originals. What people are forgetting, or they didn't know to begin with, National is the standard, the original boutique resonator company, and that's for good reason. Neither one sounds better, they sound different, so no slight to Mule who make nice instruments. This opinion is rarely held by people that have played both. In reading some of these posts, and others I've seen in other forums, people are referring to Mule resonators as something as perhaps something a little more upper end over National resos. I hope your new Mule is everything you are looking for, and the sounds you hear in your head. And when I play a reso I have certain sounds I go for, you may have different sounds. I play music for a living and I buy instruments that get the job done for what I want them to do. My girlfriend who loves my music prefers when I play the M2 at home. I think for a casual home player, they may prefer wood bodied Nationals as the volume of a metal bodied National can be daunting. And I also think wood bodies are the only way to go for Spider Cones.
I knew going into buying my M2 that it would be a softer sound. And if I had to pick one again though, it would always be the metal version. I'll go with a brass biscuit, if I want more bark, I'll go with a steel biscuit. Getting back to the topic at hand, if I want sweet I go with a tricone, which to me are the sweetest of all Nationals, if I want a little more bark. He was cool with that! He was also cool about playing slide on acoustic guitars, we even had the same model! I told him my feelings of wood vs metal, that I think they are not as good as there metal counterparts for single cones, and tricones. He was a good listener, and as I said, he cared about making the best version he could of everything he built. We talked about the National thinline pickup (The Lace made one) and I told him I didn't like that one either. He was always asking me about what I felt about each of my Nationals and asked if there was anything I would change. Sometimes when driving down the road for long road gigs I would call him up just to talk. I told that directly to Don Young when he asked me about how I liked my M2. Your opinion is different than mine, and I respect that, you should try the same for mine.
#National resophonic tricone full
And twice I paid full price for my Nationals! So spare me your snark, please go back and read my first post for the evidence of of what I think about National resos (I copied it below for you)! Sounds like the words of someone who loves Nationals doesn't it!!! Do you think brand endorses like every instrument a company makes? RARELY!
#National resophonic tricone free
We all have opinions here that's why they call it a forum!Īnd Don Young chose me for an artist deal because I LOVE National resos, and he knew I made my living playing guitar so he helped me out because he cared so much for working musicians! And I have bucked up 4 times for new Nationals! National doesn't give away free instruments, they just give you an artist deal cost break. What I prefer should mean nothing to you. Click to expand.First part of your statement sounds like you're hurt because I don't prefer wood bodies.
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