Tricone Porn

[MiloBlacker]

Hey all,

For those of us hopelessly devoted to the glory that is the Tricone... how about some "Tricone porn?" Please kindly post your pics of your favorite and/or most amazing looking Tricone so I can spend my lunch hour drooling...

I've seen some amazing trike's with distressed finished, amazing paint jobs, multiple colors of metal in body and cover plate, etc.... any favorites?

[NEONMOONY]

I have two pretty ordinary Nationals, a vintage steel and a black baritone. This one is the vintage steel with a lace pickup.

[gaucho]

I've had 2. A National and a Republic. Just never bonded with either of them. I like a single cone so much more for my style. The one in this photo was my last one...

[Freeman]

Well, gosh, since you asked









and one a friend built

http://www.propsomguitars.com/index2.php#/rgallery1/5/

[Jakeblues]

very nice. What's the back wood? Franquette walnut?

[Freeman]

very nice. What's the back wood? Franquette walnut?

Thanks. The entire guitar is koa, mahogany neck, maple binding.

[Jakeblues]

Gorgeous variation, especially on the back. Stunning, actually.

[Jakeblues]

Nowhere near as pretty as above, but I'm pretty damn fond of her

[Freeman]

Very nice, Jake. I've always played COIMK in G - mostly up at 10 to 12, but you seem to be in D. I noodled around with that last night and it works very nicely - the main riff was pretty easy but I would need to work on some of the embellishment. Do you happen to know of any tab for it in open D or did you just figure it all out for yourself?

[Jakeblues]

Thanks. I kinda threw it together myself.The change to B flat in the fourth bar came from a version by Delaney and Bonnie w/Duane. I only started playing in open tunings about 2 years ago. I'm not very good w/tab but I can probably reverse engineer it if there's a portion you're interested in.