[agfsteve]

I am thinking about getting a resonator, but if it's as loud as I'm expecting, then I might end up only playing it when the house is empty.

So, probably a silly question, but is there any way to attenuate the sound of a resonator?

I would be getting a wood-bodied, roundneck one (got my eye on the Gretsch Alligator Biscuit), and I would be mostly fingerpicking without thumb or finger picks, so I think, with those criteria, I am already getting the volume down, but I understand the sound would still be considerably louder than playing in the same manner on a double-o acoustic?

I can also stuff a towel in my acoustic, but there's no way to do that with a resonator.