| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] First Resonator Guitar | | Date: | Sunday, January 8, 2006 10:08:04 (-0500) | | From: | Gary L. Stone <mstone22 @.......net>
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| In reply to: | Message 2112 (written by Rod Trail) |
Hi Mark;
I agree with Rod. As soon as I can afford a good wood bodied squareneck I'm
taking the nut extender off of my metal body roundneck and leaving it off. The
metal body, a cheapo, is ok for now to learn on, but as soon as I get the wood
body square neck the metal guitar is going to be played like a regular guitar.
It's not a waste of money... as I said, with the nut extender it's ok for the
present to learn the basics on, and without the extender it has a nice ojnab-ish
twangy sound when picked in a more traditional manner. But if I could start over
again, I'd get a good wood bodied square neck.
Rat Man
Mark, I have a steel Regal round neck duo-cone and a Gibson Houndog
Squareneck. I got a wonderful deal, recently, on an early model, used, Beard Shop
Goldtone for my son for Christmas.
The steel Regal Duolian is nice, but has maybe half the volume and way less
sustain than either of our squarenecks. I tried it, lap-style, with a nut-riser.
Compared to any good squareneck- it ain't hardly worth the time to retune. In no
way does it come close in punch or tone. It sounds like a deliberately muted
softly played standard reso. It is quieter than my Takamine acoustic guitar so it
is better to practice on late at night round this old house.
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