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National
Steel Guitar-(Tricone model) This beautiful guitar
is made of nickel-plated brass and weights ten pounds.
I play it with a slide on my finger made of a broken bottle
neck.
The steel guitars were invented in the mid-1920's for
playing Hawaiian and Jazz music. They are also perfect
for blues and especially slide guitar. (Notice the wonderful
art deco design.) John Dopyera invented and made the instrument
(as well as the Dobro) in Los Angeles.
When the electric guitar was invented in the 1930s the
National Steel guitar fell out of favor. The company was
revived again in the 1980s...and the new instruments are
even better than the old ones. (see Links
Section) The sound is made by three thin aluminum
cones which project the sound of the strings and give
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