I am thinking of getting this
Elderly Instruments Delta Blues Resonator Guitar Outfit from Elderly, featuring a
Gretsch Alligator Biscuit resonator.
I have heard great things about Elderly, so I have faith that they will do a great setup, and the rest of the deal looks good.
It also comes with a DVD by Toby Walker, which should be very helpful to me, although I don't have a way to play DVDs at the moment.
One tiny doubt that I am having is that there seems to be a lot of love for the Gretsch
Boxcar (
spider bridge), but not so much for the
Alligator (
biscuit bridge). From what I've read, a biscuit bridge is generally preferred for blues, whereas a spider bridge is generally preferred for country. I do realise that the "
you can play anything on anything" mantra is true, but the biscuit type definitely sounds like it would be better for me, especially since a Boxcar and an Alligator seem otherwise identical. And yet there seems to be little love for the Alligator, hence my concern.