Wayne, there is a Regal player in the Jon Shane Band (Durham/Chapel Hill NC)
(www.jonshane.com) who absolutely rocks out live with his Regal. He plays
it through several foot amp controls and the music is folk/blues/rock with a
little BG thrown in. The cds are more about Jon's singing, and they are very
good, but I've seen them live twice and John Currie absolutly slays 'em with his
Regal. Heads turn when he turns it up, just like a flock of geese watching a
bunch of corn thrown in the air.
John's Regal has been set up by Tut's son at Crafters of Tennesse and has a
Quartermain cone. John does not need to upgrade his instrument. He just needs to
get Jon to feature his playing more prominently on the cds.
John Currie's dobro would enhance the Jon Shane Band's cds the same way Jerry's
does Alison and Union Station and Rob's does Blue Highway.
By the way I got Junior Barber's Steffi's Waltz last week. That cd is still
in the car cd player, going round and round with me, days later. Man, this a
georgeous instrument with some fabulous players all over.
From: "Wayne Langdon" <wlangdon@hot.rr.com>
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To: <resoguit-l@elistas.com>
Subject: Re:
[RESOGUIT-L] Tailpieces and strings
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:19:02 -0600
Dewy
and Ken validated what I already suspected. Tut Taylor setup huh? Very cool. I
think I'll leave my Hot Rodded Regal the way it is. I'm surprised that she is
"maturing" and really starting to open up. I wouldn't have thought that of an off
the shelf Regal RD-45. I'm almost certain part of it is me becoming more
comfortable with the Reso and my technique is improving but it still is a
surprise to hear her become more rich and open like that.
Regardless. Santa is
arriving this afternoon on a UPS truck with a new Gibson F-60S. I am needless to
say, all atwitter. :-))
Wayne
Copperas Cove, Texas
~~~The only
difference between a rut and the grave is the depth ~~~
----- Original Message
----- From: "John Risdon" <john_marie.risdon@sympatico.ca>
To:
<resoguit-l@elistas.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 9:18 AM
Subject:
RE: [RESOGUIT-L] Tailpieces and strings
>If you owned a National resonator you
could expect to void your
>warranty. Their literature is quite clear that if you
string from
>underneath the tailpiece your warranty is null and void. I imagine
>it
>probably puts too much pressure on the cone.
>
>John
>
>
>-----Original
Message-----
>From: Wayne Langdon [mailto:wlangdon@hot.rr.com]
>Sent: December
14, 2005 9:53 PM
>To: resoguit-l@elistas.com
>Subject: [RESOGUIT-L] Tailpieces
and strings
>
>
>I saw a set up today that I have never thought of.
The Reso was
>strung
>
>with a standard fan shaped tail piece but the strings
were strung
>UNDERNEATH
>the lip. Ball ends on top and the strings under the lip
of the
>tailpiece. Has anyone out there tried this? It would seem to me
>that
>this setup would
>apply more than "normal" pressure on the
bridge.
>With everything else being equal what could one expect for tone,
>volume
>etc.? I know that on a banjo there is a point of rapidly
>diminishing
>returns to the point of stiffeling the instrument with too much
>pressure
>on
>the bridge.
>That noise you hear is just me thinkin
again.
>
>Wayne
>Copperas Cove,
Texas
>
>
>
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