First Republic Tricone :)

cool. I need to acquire a bottle neck to compliment my squareneck reso.

High and low strings.

well, a squareneck is played on the lap. the strings are a half inch above the fret board. the neck is literally thick and squarish to handle the extra tension. also it adds to the tone and sustain if my understanding is correct. it is all slide and no fingering.
that is why I would like to add a bottleneck or round neck reso.

Happy New Guitar Day!

I'm jealous ;)

Enjoy it.

Notes

Very nice!

Sure could use a good polishing, though!
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Yeah, I'm just joking you about it being a "relic." I'm not into the relic thing, but it's a nice guitar!

I'm sure your teacher will have fun with it too when you bring it in. But you don't have to wait. Resos play just like other guitars. :mrgreen:

Life's too short to try to do alternate tunings with 5-note guitar tuners. You need a chromatic tuner. Though if you just want to do Open G, you can do it with a 5-note tuner as the notes D, G and B are in standard tuning as well.

Don't forget that you can't just tune each string once and forget it. After you've been across the strings you'll have to go back and touch up each one as the changing tensions on other strings change the tensions on the ones you just tuned. Happens with all guitars, but it's very noticeable on resos because the cones are springy. Usually takes me three passes across the strings to get good stable tuning. Almost as bad as a Strat.
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That's not what I said, although my Johnson tricone does hold its tuning remarkably well.

What I said was, that after you tune one string to proper pitch and then tune the next string, the first one you tuned will now be a little out of tune. Tune the next string and both strings you already tuned will be out of tune, the first one the worst in all likelihood. You can't just tune each string and go on, you always have to go back, recheck and retune till they're all right. With any guitar. But it's worse with resos and guitars with floating "trem" bridges. Or skinny, flexible necks.