| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] First Resonator Guitar | | Date: | Saturday, January 7, 2006 09:59:55 (-0700) | | From: | dweaver <dweaver @....net>
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There are some nice guitars at reasonable prices over on reso-nation.org
Look under the classified section
Hello all!
> I have a quite a few questions about purchasing my first resonator
> guitar; I am torn between a round-neck or a square-neck. I lean more
> towards the blues style and fingerpicking, but I love the sound of
> steel slide on a squareneck as well. I am greatly enticed by the volume
> and resonance of the square-neck as well as the different styles that
> can be played on it, but I do not want to loose the ability to play
> bottleneck slide and finger-picking as well. If I purchased a
> round-neck could I also play it "lap" style by simply putting a nut
> extender on the guitar? If so how closely would the sound match a
> square-neck in terms of volume and harmonics? Which styles of playing
> are the "tricones" more suited to versus the "single cones"? Basically
> what I would like to know is there an all around type of resonator
> guitar model that can be played lap style, delta blues style and
> finger-picking style? Would love to get both a square-neck and
> round-neck, but I can only afford one or the other.
> I live in Parsippany, NJ (07054) and I cannot find any dealers in my
> area that actually carry the Regal, Johnson or even the Goldtone Paul
> Beard dobros for me to try and compare. After doing a bit of research it
> seems that these are the recommended mfg's of affordable, decent quality
> dobros. There are plenty of great deals online, but I do not really want
> to buy something I haven't played. So many models to choose from it
> makes my head spin. I can afford between $400 to $600; case included. I
> am intrigued by the Regal RC-2 Duolian as well as the Regal RD-52. I
> also like the Johnson style "O" JM-998, or the Regal Tricone Style-1
> RC-51. Alot of these models come in your choice of squareneck or
> roundneck for the same price. How about metal versus wood, which would
> you recommend? Based upon what I have written, which direction should I
> head? Is there a particular affordable brand that you would recommend?
> Is there any place within say 50 miles of my area that I may check out
> some good resonator guitars before I take the plunge?
> Sorry for the million and one questions; once I got started writing I
> couldn't stop myself! I find myself to be very excited about the
> prospects of owning a resonator guitar. Thank you all for your time and
> consideration.
>
> Best regards,
> Mark Reardon
>
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