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Old 11-09-2018, 07:30 AM
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what square neck resonator for under 1000 would you recommend that is 8 string sounds good and made from all solid wood? I see DeNeve resonators going for around 600-1000 used, what is his new price and does he still make them? Any other brands I should look at? I'm VERY willing to buy used.
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Old 11-09-2018, 12:15 PM
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Just a quick comment - solid wood is not really a big deal with resonators. The cone makes the tone.
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Old 11-09-2018, 04:59 PM
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I know solid wood is not big deal with resonators 90% of the sound comes from the cone spider and baffle construction. But, solid wood is still a deal and 10% of the sound still comes from the wood. I demand all my instruments are my of solid wood. Plywood is for sheathing on homes not musical instruments.
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Old 11-09-2018, 05:50 PM
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...Plywood is for sheathing on homes, not musical instruments.
Have you ever played an "archback" Guild (D-25/35, JF-30, F-50, F-412, et al.), "red label" Yamaha, prewar Epiphone/pre-1960 Kay double bass, or early-'50s Gibson L-48/ES-150 archtop...?

I have...

I respectfully disagree...
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Old 11-10-2018, 07:13 AM
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I don’t know of a reso maker that uses solid wood. National doesn’t, the top and sides would (wood! ) have to be pretty thick and robust, canceling out any tone advantage. But hey, I’m no guitar builder.

It is entirely the cone and construction, and this is just opinion, the body tone differences would be from the type of metal used, or wood. Shape and 14-12 fret, etc. A koa veneer Estralita, for instance, will sound pretty much like a mahogany veneer Estralita, which will sound a bit different than an El Trovador of the same configurations. But again, I’m no expert, so maybe one will put in about a nickels worth.

Plywood, IS a horrible, horrible word when it comes to instruments. So let’s use “veneer”!

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D35 had a solid flat back, the 25 had a “veneer” back, no bracing..both excellent Guild guitars.

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Old 11-10-2018, 02:32 PM
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Plywood is for sheathing on homes not musical instruments.
Millions of players and scores of instrument makers have proven you wrong, I'm afraid.

Besides, there is a huge, huge variance in quality and uses between different types of plys and laminates...many are used to make high-end, top shelf, quality musical instruments, and have been since before our great-great-great-great grandparents were born.
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Old 12-13-2018, 09:02 PM
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I don’t know of a reso maker that uses solid wood.
Beard.....
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Old 12-13-2018, 09:16 PM
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Just a quick comment - solid wood is not really a big deal with resonators. The cone makes the tone.
That is like saying that the back and sides of acoustic guitars can just as well be made of plywood since the tone comes from the top, and equally untrue.

While more true of post and baffle construction than of soundwell, and particularly true of the back is braced so it is free to vibrate, the type of woods that the back is made of most definitely "colours" the tone. A maple backed instrument, for example, might be midrangy and punchier, while Mahogany might be warmer and darker.

In his price range, I am not sure that helps the OP in their quest. But solid woods can effect tone.
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Old 12-13-2018, 09:17 PM
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I don’t know of a reso maker that uses solid wood.
Sheerhorn...
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Old 12-13-2018, 11:08 PM
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Sheerhorn...
Plus that guy who made the one you have for sale, looks cool.

Everyone has their expectations and requirements, yours is solid wood on a reso, so looks like Beard or Sheerhorn meets those.
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Old 12-14-2018, 01:02 AM
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Plus that guy who made the one you have for sale, looks cool.

Everyone has their expectations and requirements, yours is solid wood on a reso, so looks like Beard or Sheerhorn meets those.
Rayco. And believe me, it ain't for sale.
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I don't want to sound stupid, but what notes are the other two strings?
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Old 12-14-2018, 08:06 AM
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Thw extra two strings can be what ever notes you want. I don't tune my reso GBDGBD I tune DGBDGB or CGCEGC

I would probably tune an 8 string

G1 D2 E2 G2 B2 D3 G3 B3






I am getting an all solid wood Richard DeNeve resonator. Only 6 string but this was a Christmas gift from my parents and they told me to pick one out and time was running out so I picked it . Solid maple top Solid black walnut sides and back.
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Old 12-14-2018, 08:47 PM
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Thw extra two strings can be what ever notes you want. I don't tune my reso GBDGBD I tune DGBDGB or CGCEGC

I would probably tune an 8 string

G1 D2 E2 G2 B2 D3 G3 B3






I am getting an all solid wood Richard DeNeve resonator. Only 6 string but this was a Christmas gift from my parents and they told me to pick one out and time was running out so I picked it . Solid maple top Solid black walnut sides and back.
I've never heard of DeNeve, although a google search seems to indicate that his instruments are pretty highly thought of. Does he have a website?

8 strings? I can barely keep track of 6 of the buggers.
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