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Which inexpensive resonator to buy?
Are any of the under-$600 resonators worth considering?
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Gretsch Boxcar
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I highly recommend Gold Tone resonator guitars by Paul Beard. It’s his affordable line of reso guitars. I have a G T round neck and it’s well constructed With an all solid mahogany body and sounds great.
Blues Last edited by Kerbie; 01-25-2020 at 04:17 AM. Reason: Edited |
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I wish you could find a used "Hot Rod" (discontinued).
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Last edited by JKMartin; 11-04-2020 at 04:19 PM. |
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I have a Gretsch Bobtail round neck that came factory equipped with a Fishman Nashville pickup. It's pretty amazing what you get for the money with these Gretsch reso's. It's no National but it works!
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I had a similar thread over in the "Other Stringed Instruments" subforum a couple months ago. I ended up with a Gretsch Bobtail and have been very impressed with it. I think any of the Gretsch resos in that price range are worth trying out.
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I have played a lot of Regal Resonator Guitars over the years.
I like them for the money. https://www.guitarcenter.com/Regal/R...caAs8gEALw_wcB
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I would say to get one of the Gretch wooden reso's. I had a Honeydipper and it was a cool guitar but it was heavy and unbalanced. And it was loud. When I tried them out the bell brass Honeydipper I thought was the one for me, but it didn't take long for me to wish that I had chosen one of the lighter and more easy going wooden ones.
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There are two that come to mind. Gretsch and Recording King have some models that you can try out.😉
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A new one would be over the OPs $600 target range, but I got mine used in excellent condition for about $500... And I'm not Joe Pro when it comes to playing a reso, but the GT Paul Beard had it all over the Gretsch and Recording King models I checked out...
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The Gretch Boxcar is a good sounding resonator at a good price.
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I looked at and played about all of the normal entry level resonators, and not one spoke to me. I found a used Gold Tone Beard PBRCA, solid mahogany cutaway round neck, played it for 20 minutes in the store, and my wife bought it for me. She knew what was going on... The difference was dramatic.
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For the money I concur: Gretsch are good; GoldTone PBs are great!
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