Let’s see those resonators!

[gfirob]

1930 Style 1 National tricone and 1932 Style O single cone national.

[MissoulaFlood]

Mule single-cone #386 and NRP M1


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[Pickcity]

^^^These look amazing. I’ll bet they sing!

[Pickcity]

Originally Posted by Jdogblues

Play mostly in standard.

Interesting. I’ve never played much resonator in standard tuning because I like to use my slides, and open tunings (G, D, E mostly) work pretty well for me. I do enjoy strumming in standard tuning, however.

[rockabilly69]

Originally Posted by Pickcity

Interesting. I’ve never played much resonator in standard tuning because I like to use my slides, and open tunings (G, D, E mostly) work pretty well for me. I do enjoy strumming in standard tuning, however.

The other guitar player in our band and I both play a lot of slide in standard tuning all the time. You've just got to get used to where you can find triads in the different positions, and learn how to mute the other strings.

[Pickcity]

Originally Posted by rockabilly69

The other guitar player in our band and I both play a lot of slide in standard tuning all the time. You've just got to get used to where you can find triads in the different positions, and learn how to mute the other strings.

Thanks! I will give that a try for a while and see how it goes. I’m not the most experienced slide player, but I understand exactly what you are saying and it makes sense. Not to mention it will simplify some things.

I try to be simple, gentle and clean when I play with a slide. As long as it sounds good, that’s all that matters to me. Besides, that’s all I am capable of if I want it to sound acceptable…And of course it must sound acceptable, or it isn’t worth spit to me.

Playing mostly country and southern rock in my time one would think I would have more time with the slide under my belt. Nope, not really…I am learning fast, though…Or at least I think I am. It is a fun journey, and adds a new type of variety to playing that I never knew I would enjoy so much.

The real question is, why did I wait 30 years to own a resonator, or to get more serious about slide guitar?

[rockabilly69]

Originally Posted by Pickcity

The real question is, why did I wait 30 years to own a resonator, or to get more serious about slide guitar?

That's a pretty good question

[conecaster]

Hard to believe his was almost 30 years ago.

Feb 15th 1995

[printer2]

I need to finish this. Started as an entry in a cigar box guitar contest, use a paint can lid as a resonator the only rule. Otherwise impress us. They never said it had to be a rectangular box, oh well. Was thinking of putting a 6 string neck on it.

Torrified maple for that old time sound.


The requisite paint can lid. Selected for tone out of couple of dozen.


Hammer formed some aluminum over a form.


What a relief when I got the cover ready for paint.


I think I might have put the paint on a little thick.


Scrapped some off. The neck on for a quick picture or two.






Now back to something a little more serious.

[Pickcity]

Originally Posted by conecaster

Hard to believe his was almost 30 years ago.

Feb 15th 1995

A sad day for me. February 15, 1995 my uncle died. He was my guitar teacher and greatest influence from a young age. Most of all, he was my best friend.

I’m glad something so beautiful happened the same day. That’s a remarkable looking/sounding guitar! Chet is probably my favorite guitarist of all time. He was also my uncle’s favorite!

[Pickcity]

Originally Posted by printer2

I need to finish this. Started as an entry in a cigar box guitar contest, use a paint can lid as a resonator the only rule. Otherwise impress us. They never said it had to be a rectangular box, oh well. Was thinking of putting a 6 string neck on it.

Torrified maple for that old time sound.


The requisite paint can lid. Selected for tone out of couple of dozen.


Hammer formed some aluminum over a form.


What a relief when I got the cover ready for paint.


I think I might have put the paint on a little thick.


Scrapped some off. The neck on for a quick picture or two.






Now back to something a little more serious.

That looks awesome!

[printer2]

Originally Posted by Pickcity

That looks awesome!

Three weeks before the end of the contest I thought why not? I never really know how things will look in the end, I just start and let things progress willy nilly. The contest did not even have a honorable mention for it, guess they disqualified it as it was not made out of a cigar box (not like they specified that the body had to be one).

[Haussmann]

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[Haussmann]

Some of my homebuilt resonators..