What do you string your resonator with?

[joe paul]

Newtone National/Michael Messer roundwound strings, the best I've found for resonator guitars.
Usually a set with a 15 for the top E string, seems to work best for me as I play in standard and in open D and open G. My preference is Monel or nickel over phosphor bronze.

https://newtonestrings.com/product-c...v=11aedd0e4327

[Buddy1]

I suggest this thread be moved to "Other Instruments".

[jt1]

Originally Posted by Mark L

That is one beautiful vintage Style 1 !

Plus, you might be shocked at what that vintage cast iron love seat goes for!!

Thank you!

[Dave Hicks]

Gretsch Boxcar with Pearse phosphor bronze 16s.

D.H.

[RJVB]

Check my signature

[Robin, Wales]

I have Ghs Pure Nickel Roller wound 16-56 on my reso square neck at the moment. They seem to be just fine.

[columbia]

Dobro sounds great, Robin! What model is it, and were you plugged in? I've never played dobro in a band with drums before.

[Robin, Wales]

Originally Posted by columbia

Dobro sounds great, Robin! What model is it, and were you plugged in? I've never played dobro in a band with drums before.

It's a Wechter Sheerhorn - I bought it second hand years ago. I hadn't picked it up for about 5 years until that gig before Christmas came along. It was a scratch band gig at our local event bar. We had 3 rehearsals as a band, played for 2 hours, and were all amazed at how well it went on the night!

I wasn't plugged in. We just set-up a single stage mic' to cover 3 of us singing and playing. I played guitar, dobro, banjo and blues harp (none plugged in) and sang. Nick played his Gibson L-00 and mandolin (neither plugged in) and sang. Ella did backing vocals. Then we had Giles on lead guitar, Rowan on bass guitar and Chris on drums.

The balance worked out fine for the night just using an lcd stage mic' for the 3 of us (Rode NT1a).

Here's another song from the gig.

[columbia]

Y'all sound great!

[Charlie Bernstein]

Originally Posted by Buddy1

I suggest this thread be moved to "Other Instruments".

Really? I think of resonator guitars as guitars.

But I do wish AGF had a resonator forum. I mean, if there's room for a harp guitar forum and a carbon fiber forum . . . .

[Howard Emerson]

Originally Posted by Charlie Bernstein

I have a squareneck and a roundneck. I'm wondering about the roundneck tuned to open G. I mainly play finger-style slide — blues, folk, and rock.

It's an OMI Dobro F-60 with a spider bridge and Quarterman cone. I use D'Addario phosphor/bronze twelves.

Are there other strings you'd suggest? What do you use? Why do you like them?

Thanks!

Charlie,
I string my National Resolectric with D'Addario Custom Lights (.052-.023) on the wound strings, but .016 & .012 on the plains, generally tuned down to what I call C'Vestapol, or open D down a half step.

I play bottleneck and fingerstyle on it.

HE

[Bluenose]

Ok I tried some D'Addario Flattop 12's on my National NRP Tri Cone but have decided to go back to Flatwound XL's. The Flattop's were good but still a bit raspy IMO. YMMV

[Charlie Bernstein]

Originally Posted by joe paul

Newtone National/Michael Messer roundwound strings, the best I've found for resonator guitars.
Usually a set with a 15 for the top E string, seems to work best for me as I play in standard and in open D and open G. My preference is Monel or nickel over phosphor bronze.

https://newtonestrings.com/product-c...v=11aedd0e4327

Good to know. Thanks!

[Charlie Bernstein]

Originally Posted by Howard Emerson

Charlie,
I string my National Resolectric with D'Addario Custom Lights (.052-.023) on the wound strings, but .016 & .012 on the plains, generally tuned down to what I call C'Vestapol, or open D down a half step.

I play bottleneck and fingerstyle on it.

HE

That's a lot like what I do, but I like .028s for G strings because I kill off lighter G's too fast.

A lot of players seem to be recommending heavier B and high E strings. I might try it. Not sure what the advantage is. It might just be that since open-tuning slide doesn't call for much bending, they don't care less about flexibility and more about loudness.

Of course, my Dobro isn't an electric guitar. Those Resolectrics are way cool, but maybe I should go for more weight on the unwound strings.

[Charlie Bernstein]

Originally Posted by Robin, Wales

I have Ghs Pure Nickel Roller wound 16-56 on my reso square neck at the moment. They seem to be just fine.

I use D'Addario's version of the same dobro set on my squarenecks and have always been happy with them. I'm actually wondering what people put on their roundnecks. Looking for that ephemeral beyond-beyond.

I like your band and your squareneck playing a lot. Keep on pluckin'!