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Thank you for posting this. I inherited my mother’s 1937 Trojan. “B” serial number. Has the neck stick going right thru the body. Solid headstock but with different “National” branding than those two. Had the neck reset and only recently changed the original cone as the original was corroded in spots and I unfortunately damaged it by putting “Resonator” gauge strings on it: D’Addarios EJ42s 16-46s. On advice of my guitar restorers I now have 11-52s but with a 15 and an 18 on the first and second strings spots. Much safer gauges for vintage guitars with old cones. Sounds very nice and not unlike your ‘39 there.
I've got two '34s, one has a Hawaiian Hula scene on the back that was painted in 1945. The other had a bone bridge fashioned for it at some point, which is amazing to me, because the original cones seemed to be put on with carpet tacks. The cone in that guitar is original and there's no apparent evidence of having been worked on. The B guitar sounded more like my Trojans. I think the different endpieces affect the timbre slightly also.
i have a trojan a early one T 850 to be exact ....when i bought mine it had no cone in it ...someone had knocked a piece of aluminium together as a fake cone , i call mine Miss fairbrown she has served me well .....i totally agree with you ....great video
Hi Martin, both sound really good. I think when you get to this standard of guitar I don’t think it matters too much. Still being fairly new to resonators, I am still quite happy with what you might call a cheap modern resonator. Probably makes more of a difference if you play professionally.
So true. TBH it’s all quite nerdy and informational. A good musician will communicate with anything in reason. Beyond that it’s nice to have access to all of the good ones and choose a few killers.
Thanks for your answer. I fully understand where you’re coming from. With these lovely 30s resonators it’s not like we can go down to our local guitar shop and try them ourselves, it’s sort of like the difference between a Martin and a Taylor(for instance) both really good but in the end you have to play and hear to know which one you prefer. Love your videos, always good conversation pieces. Your earlier how to play videos also were of great help. Don’t stop making videos!!! 👍✌️
I couldn’t say I like one over the other. I could hear a slight difference but I liked both. I like the looks of both as well. Great video…keep them coming.
I prefer guitar A. Its a little more open and doesnt resonate as smoothly... which i actually prefer 💁♂️. Guitar 2 hands down sounds more "in tune"... i guess guitar A sounds like its 100 years old, guitar B doesnt haha.
