Resonator guitars

[Tom_C76]

Hi chaps. I've developed a worrying desire to add a resonator to my collection. I tried to deal with this by buying a mid-price one from Amazon, but it was frankly nasty for the price and is going back.

Can anyone recommend a good resonator in the £400-£600 bracket? Or suggest good sources of decent second hand ones? Not interested in playing the eBay game as frankly I don't know enough about the different types to avoid getting caught out.

Ta.

[Mastodon2]

Something like this would be ideal, I'd have thought?

http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/acoustic_guitars_det...

A little below budget too, and as it's a Fender you can be reasonably assured it won't play like a heap of st.

[Tom_C76]

You'd think that, but http://www.resonatorguitarguide.com/fender-fr50-re... suggests very much otherwise. Hence my confusion and hope of personal recommendations.

[Bomber133]

Vintage AMG-1 would be in your price range. Fairly decent for the money.

[jbudgie]

Regal RC-2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLleTWPYxvY

£499 on Amazon

[dern]

I like my Gretsch although it's at the bottom end of your budget. I can't recall if it's a boxcar or a bobtail though.

[vixen1700]

http://www.kingsizeslim.com/press

Slightly off topic, but saw this bloke last Saturday night and have to say his resonator guitar playing was brilliant.

[B17NNS]

jbudgie said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLleTWPYxvY

That's a lovely looking thing.

[Tom_C76]

B17NNS said:

jbudgie said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLleTWPYxvY

That's a lovely looking thing.

I'm nervous of that brand as the one I'm sending back is a Regal RD30. For £250 I don't expect gaps in the paint on the fingerboard edge, scratched chrome where the pattern was punched out of the top plate and a really dead sound without any real twang to it. Maybe I just got a dud?

[B17NNS]

Tom_C76 said:

I'm nervous of that brand as the one I'm sending back is a Regal RD30.

Never seen one in the flesh.

Andertons have a nice range of Gretsch resonators.

http://www.andertons.co.uk/resonator-guitars/pid32...

[rlw]

Presumably you have looked here..

http://www.thomann.de/gb/resonator_guitars.html

And this one has a certain appeal

http://www.thomann.de/gb/recording_king_rm_998_r.h...

Edited by rlw on Thursday 12th February 13:05

[qotsa]

I played a gretsch g9200 resonator in Guitar Center it sounded dead not really a resonator type of sound, if you see what i mean.Was this likely to have been in need of a decent set up as the ones i have heard on youtube sound good, i really fancy getting a resonator but do they need a lot of work to set them up right.

[andy-xr]

Warman were selling a DIY kit for not a lot of cash, which looked like fun

http://www.warmanguitars.co.uk/index.php?id_catego...

[Tom_C76]

I've already got a Stellar kit to build a double neck FV. The kit needs the neck pockets re routing, and only has space for two switches when three are needed. It will get done one day, but was hardly ready to assemble as claimed.

But that's an aside. Having tried one owned by the guy who runs my local guitar shop, I've got a Washburn R360K on order. Pics on the relevant thread when it arrives...

[hms]

Not guitars but I have a Recording King Soprano resonator, not too bad, however I also have a Beltona Tenor, that's the dogs danglies. now hand made in the UK follosing Steve's return to the UK, fibreglass body with his own cone.
Beltona also makes resonator guitars, so may be worth investigating.
Steve Evans is the chap.
Beltona is here:
http://www.beltona.net/wordpress/guitars/
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