Members KATMAN Posted October 4, 2010 Members Share Posted October 4, 2010 I know most resonator players play in a open tuning.I read before ampflication,the resonator was used in jazz and bluegrass bands.This was before the dreadnaght was invented.The reason I asked is ny wife oftens sings in nursing homes.She doesn't play anything,though I've been tring to get her to.I don't want to drag my regular guitars and a amp along,so I wanted to take my resonator and tune it to standard and play it like that.I think it wll be loud enough for them without dragging my amp around.What do you all think? Yay or Nay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted October 4, 2010 Members Share Posted October 4, 2010 Yes, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted October 4, 2010 Members Share Posted October 4, 2010 Yes [YOUTUBE]W9MzrirPrCI[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mike_E_McGee Posted October 4, 2010 Members Share Posted October 4, 2010 Absolutely! Assuming a round neck, reso's are NOT slide guitars, or blues guitars, they're just guitars. You can play anything you like on them. Right now my Style O is in open D with very heavy strings, and my tricone is in standard with 13-56's. I'd really like to get a third so I can keep 1 in d, 1 in g, and 1 in std. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gitnoob Posted October 4, 2010 Members Share Posted October 4, 2010 FWIW, I don't think you need a reso or a dread for volume. Tiny violins project like crazy, right? I was playing my little 1920's parlor, and my wife asked me why I was playing so loudly. Feather light and projects like a cannon. The nursing home would dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted October 4, 2010 Members Share Posted October 4, 2010 Almost never. However, Blind Boy Fuller and others did play in standard tuning (actually Fuller was two step down) - there is no reason not to. The other evening a very talented player was at my house and he was quite taken by the wooden tricone. He played it in every tuning and style imaginable - including some jazz and modern styles (I've never heard a reso in DADGAD doing Michael Hedges slap style). One problem that he had is that he bends so much he would pop the strings out of the saddle slots. However, a couple of quick questions. Resos typically have a loud nasty bark - is that the sound your wife would want in a nursing home? And secondly, most of the time the action on a reso is set a little on the stiff side and frequently they are strung kind of heavy - are you comfortable playing a guitar set up that way (without a slide)? Lastly, most resos have pretty bad intonation and actually don't sound very good above the 5th or 7th frets - will that be a problem with yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordchunker Posted October 4, 2010 Members Share Posted October 4, 2010 Always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Oldskool Texas Posted October 5, 2010 Members Share Posted October 5, 2010 Open G, D, E, A, A7 Am, C6, but never standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NealP Posted October 5, 2010 Members Share Posted October 5, 2010 Never standard, but no reason not to, other than I like my flat top in standard. Freeman has a point though, go through a set with her and see if she likes the sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KATMAN Posted October 5, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 5, 2010 This was my idea,not the wife's. She is hard of hearing and she sings rather loud,so I thought maybe they would be a good match.Other than that,the reso stays tuned at Open G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted October 5, 2010 Members Share Posted October 5, 2010 A good old dreadnought will do the job perfectly well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AgingPicker Posted October 5, 2010 Members Share Posted October 5, 2010 I bought my reso specifically for slide. But when I'm in a mood to play some good old fashion delta country blues, I go to standard tuning. A lot of Piedmont blues sounds great in standard tuning too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KATMAN Posted October 5, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 5, 2010 A good old dreadnought will do the job perfectly well. Yes,but the loudest unplugged guitar I have is the cedar top Takamine.While it's plenty loud enough for me,I don't think it would do good in a big crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordchunker Posted October 5, 2010 Members Share Posted October 5, 2010 If you are playing open cowboy chords they don`t sounds so great in a440, but for swing tunes/standards they sound great in standard tuning.. Dan Hicks used to use one alot, they sound great for his style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted October 6, 2010 Members Share Posted October 6, 2010 Sure, why not?...I frequently play Gyspy stuff on my Dean reso, just 'cause it sounds kinda cool. Knopfler mostly tunes his National to Open Bb, 3 half-steps up from Open G, due to it being strung very lightly.BTW, that's my favorite Dire Straits tune, by far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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