Recording King LTD ED Bakersfield

[Rmz76]

Haven't tried this Recording King model, but it has also peeked my curiosity as I'm huge Ryan Adams fan. When I found out it was X braced with laminate back and sides my interest dropped... Would still love to hear it, through.

[gr81dorn]

Originally Posted by Rmz76

Haven't tried this Recording King model, but it has also peeked my curiosity as I'm huge Ryan Adams fan. When I found out it was X braced with laminate back and sides my interest dropped... Would still love to hear it, through.

It's only going for appearance, that's for sure, but RK makes awesome inexpensive guitars and it will likely play and sound pretty good for a $300 guitar.

[davenumber2]

Originally Posted by gr81dorn

Jack White, Dan Auerbach, Ryan Adams - some others, have really KILLED the once affordable department store guitar brand market. When I first started collection, it was all I could afford, so I had a bunch of that stuff and literally all of it was under $500, even the rarest best stuff. You almost couldn't give some of it away.

At a concert a few years ago up here in MN, Ryan Adams had his Harmony Sovs and Buck American and he kept struggling to keep them in tune and finally just said "I only play these things cuz they look so cool".

He's a pretty funny and self deprecating guy, but there is certainly a lot of truth to that.

Here's a cool video of Dan Erlewine keeping Ryan's "Bucks" in playing shape.

https://youtu.be/3skTT6mFGMk

[gr81dorn]

Here's a video of Travis demo'ing it at NAMM:

https://www.facebook.com/RecordingKi...5230530329135/

[thegreatgumbino]

Originally Posted by Rmz76

Haven't tried this Recording King model, but it has also peeked my curiosity as I'm huge Ryan Adams fan. When I found out it was X braced with laminate back and sides my interest dropped... Would still love to hear it, through.

I agree with you. I was disappointed to see the xbrace as well.

[Rmz76]

Originally Posted by gr81dorn

Jack White, Dan Auerbach, Ryan Adams - some others, have really KILLED the once affordable department store guitar brand market. When I first started collection, it was all I could afford, so I had a bunch of that stuff and literally all of it was under $500, even the rarest best stuff. You almost couldn't give some of it away.

At a concert a few years ago up here in MN, Ryan Adams had his Harmony Sovs and Buck American and he kept struggling to keep them in tune and finally just said "I only play these things cuz they look so cool".

He's a pretty funny and self deprecating guy, but there is certainly a lot of truth to that.

He was probably joking. Well, not about them going out of tune all the time. I'm sure that was true. Strew Mac did a video showcasing repair work they did on one of his guitars.... They pair very well to his voice.

[Vinnie Boombatz]

Originally Posted by gr81dorn

Jack White, Dan Auerbach, Ryan Adams - some others, have really KILLED the once affordable department store guitar brand market. When I first started collection, it was all I could afford, so I had a bunch of that stuff and literally all of it was under $500, even the rarest best stuff. You almost couldn't give some of it away.

At a concert a few years ago up here in MN, Ryan Adams had his Harmony Sovs and Buck American and he kept struggling to keep them in tune and finally just said "I only play these things cuz they look so cool".

He's a pretty funny and self deprecating guy, but there is certainly a lot of truth to that.

Last year he actually sent those to Dan Earlwine and they did a piece for Steward Macdonald how Dan brought those Buck Ownen's models back to life.

[taylorgtr]

Originally Posted by gr81dorn

It's only going for appearance, that's for sure, but RK makes awesome inexpensive guitars and it will likely play and sound pretty good for a $300 guitar.

I've been thinking about getting a lower-price / knockabout guitar, knowing that it would likely come with laminated back/sides - I don't like taking the Taylors out in the elements....I figured - it's $300, solid top, and fairly unique. I went ahead and pulled the trigger. Will let you know how it sounds.

[lotis]

Originally Posted by davenumber2

Nice guitars but I don't think they were ever made with cedar tops.

You are right! I goofed. It is Sitka spruce.

[George Henry]

"You'll never know how bad I feel til you've spent a week in Bakersfield...". Jim Lauderdale

[davenumber2]

Originally Posted by taylorgtr

I've been thinking about getting a lower-price / knockabout guitar, knowing that it would likely come with laminated back/sides - I don't like taking the Taylors out in the elements....I figured - it's $300, solid top, and fairly unique. I went ahead and pulled the trigger. Will let you know how it sounds.

Did this arrive? How is it?

[taylorgtr]

If you wanted an RK Bakersfield, Guitar Center has a sale - $242.99 with free shipping.

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Recordi...stic-Guitar.gc

Grab a Gator OM case from Amazon for $80, and you're all set.

[Mobile1]

RK (and Eastman) guitars are a great bang for the buck.


I have a RK RO227 that would be a OM-41 Special if it was a Martin.

$750 new otd back in 2011. The case was $75 extra. Wonderful build quality and beautiful woods.

[taylorgtr]

Originally Posted by Mobile1

RK (and Eastman) guitars are a great bang for the buck.

I grabbed one of the RK Bakersfield models to have a knock-around guitar, and the Buck-Owens vibe was a plus. Earlier this year, I got an Eastman E40-OM. Great guitar, and it's my go-to fingerstyle guitar over my Taylor 514ce.

[jricc]

I played one of these yesterday at GC and it was just ok.

Then I played one of the RK parlors, and it was really good, I think it weighed like 3 lbs.