Members TN.Frank Posted December 4, 2008 Members Share Posted December 4, 2008 Tuned it to standard and used a pick and guess what, it doesn't sound too bad. I kind of like the way it sounds, it's different. The size is quite a bit smaller then a dread, in fact, it's about the size I was looking for when I wanted a 3/4(which by the way is WAY to small) so I just might tune it standard and play with a pick for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted December 4, 2008 Members Share Posted December 4, 2008 You were playing it in open G and with fingerpicks before, right? I'd think that a reso in standard tuning would be great for playing a wide variety of music. Many folks automatically think slide and blues, but I think the instrument shouldn't be so pigeon-holed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TN.Frank Posted December 4, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 4, 2008 Yep, I had it in High Bluegrass G and was using finger picks and a slide. I don't see why more people don't play resonators in standard tuning. They're smaller then a standard Dread or Jumbo, they've got the same if not more volume and they've got a "sound" that sounds good to my ears. It's bright but not too bright if you know what I mean. I'm kind of glad I got the round neck because I CAN play it in standard with a pick like a "normal" guitar but at the same time I was afraid of this happening too. It's too easy to cop out and not work at playing dobro style slide when I can just tune to standard tuning and play like I do on my other guitars. I don't know, maybe after I get the nut extention I'll give slide another try. At least I've got the option with a round neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jd-drafter Posted December 4, 2008 Members Share Posted December 4, 2008 my dad has started using an old mij spider coned resonator for fingerstyle... he takes his normal dobro and that to play out... works well, i love to plink around on it when i go out to his place as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JetJaguar Posted December 4, 2008 Members Share Posted December 4, 2008 I love the sound of a resonator. I've goofed around with one a few times and really liked it. I'd like to get one someday and just play it like a regular acoustic. I'd think that a reso in standard tuning would be great for playing a wide variety of music. Many folks automatically think slide and blues, but I think the instrument shouldn't be so pigeon-holed. While logically I know any guitar can be used to play just about any kind of music, in the irrational part of my mind reso = bluegrass slide, and I just don't play that genre. Maybe someday I'll be good enough to pull it off, but right now I've only been playing six months or so, people would think "stupid noob, he's playing that guitar wrong". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TN.Frank Posted December 4, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 4, 2008 Besides Bluegrass you can also use it to play Blues on too. Depends on the tuning mostly and the neck too. You wouldn't want to try and play chords on a square neck,LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted December 4, 2008 Members Share Posted December 4, 2008 While logically I know any guitar can be used to play just about any kind of music, in the irrational part of my mind reso = bluegrass slide, and I just don't play that genre. Maybe someday I'll be good enough to pull it off, but right now I've only been playing six months or so, people would think "stupid noob, he's playing that guitar wrong". The same logic would lead you to say that Willie Nelson is playing Trigger incorrectly. It's a classical guitar, right? :poke: There are countless examples of the "wrong" guitar playing the "wrong" music. Six strings, twelve frets, two hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OldGuitarPlayer Posted December 4, 2008 Members Share Posted December 4, 2008 Playing it in standard tuning is what makes the guitar a good inexpensive and durable beater for outdoors while busking, camping etc... I would do play it in standard too if I liked the guitar's sound and how it plays regardless of it being a "resonator" type guitar. I think one of those would be ideal for busking due to it's volume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pinchegordo Posted December 4, 2008 Members Share Posted December 4, 2008 I play alot of country and reggae on my classical.Plus you can pull off a decent punkish palm mute on nylons strings it's my fav git Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OldGuitarPlayer Posted December 4, 2008 Members Share Posted December 4, 2008 Here's Chet playing a resonator in standard tuning. (He is also gives a guitar lesson. ) [YOUTUBE]WE8RbumKkjo[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JetJaguar Posted December 4, 2008 Members Share Posted December 4, 2008 Now you guys got me thinking. I would like to upgrade my acoustic because it's a cheap hand-me-down that frankly is a piece of crap. First I plan on picking up an electric guitar sometime after New Year. I am into a little folk rock, which wouldn't sound that out of place on a resonator. Maybe a round-neck Dobro is next on the shopping list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mjuenem Posted December 4, 2008 Members Share Posted December 4, 2008 Anyone have a clue who is finger picking accompanment for him in the background? She (it looks like a she to me) is good and must have dug the gig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted December 5, 2008 Members Share Posted December 5, 2008 Blind Boy Fuller played his style O in standard tuning (but down two steps) without a slide. Keep Truckin' Mama, Jive Woman Blues, etc. Remember that they usually don't intonate very well and often have pretty high action, but I mix fretted and slide notes all the time on my 'bros (well, right now one is set up for lap slide but the other is a standard Spanish guitar). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TN.Frank Posted December 5, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 5, 2008 The action is acutally as good as my other guitars, which is a supprise to me. The intonation is off on a couple strings but I'm sure I can move the spider a bit and get it closer but on 4 of the strings the intonation is right on. I just like that kind of "resonator" sound. It's hard to discribe unless you actually hear it but it has a great sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NotDead Posted December 5, 2008 Members Share Posted December 5, 2008 Weren't resonators taken in by jazz player before 'letrics came about to get over the horns in volume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted December 5, 2008 Members Share Posted December 5, 2008 Weren't resonators taken in by jazz player before 'letrics came about to get over the horns in volume? You know, I've heard that said ... but I can't recall ever have seen a reso pictured with a big band. Not saying that it didn't happen, but I've mainly seen pics of archtops. I think Argentine gypsy jazzer Oscar Aleman played one. Sol Hoopii basically played hot jazz Hawaiian music on his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted December 5, 2008 Members Share Posted December 5, 2008 Terry Clements and Red Shea, Gordon Lightfoot's lead guitarists for many years, both flat-picked a lot of great leads on a standard-tuned round-necked Dobro. TC - far left RS - left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OldGuitarPlayer Posted December 5, 2008 Members Share Posted December 5, 2008 You know, I've heard that said ... but I can't recall ever have seen a reso pictured with a big band. Not saying that it didn't happen, but I've mainly seen pics of archtops. I think Argentine gypsy jazzer Oscar Aleman played one. Sol Hoopii basically played hot jazz Hawaiian music on his. Correct! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted December 5, 2008 Members Share Posted December 5, 2008 ^^thx^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.