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Post by Alan on Dec 6, 2004 7:31:34 GMT
A reso for Goths! ;D
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Post by Mr Williams on Dec 7, 2004 22:30:01 GMT
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Post by Russ Young on Dec 9, 2004 13:06:30 GMT
Here's one that appears to be a standard 1990s Dobro Model 33 ... ... until you take off the coverplate:
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Post by Ian McWee on Dec 9, 2004 20:10:17 GMT
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Post by Alan on Jan 3, 2005 0:22:19 GMT
www.kokomomusic.com/luthiers.htmlDon't really know why. I suppose thinking about it you can wrap a body in almost any material. Looks a bit odd in my opinion. A bit like those cheap hologram stickers
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Post by MM on Jan 3, 2005 0:36:43 GMT
The single cone guitar with reflective coating looks quite similar to an F1 resophonic guitar built by Alan Timmins in the early 90s. I tried to go to the website but it seems to be not working. FYI > Alan no longer builds F1 instruments. The OMI Dobro Tricone ... we've seen this a few times over the years and although it looks pretty quaint, it is a useless instrument! Ian - If you think that squeezing the gizzards of a Tricone into a model 33 body is tight, you should check out the early National Tricone ukes - now that really is keyhole surgery Happy New Year! Shine On, Michael.
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Post by Richard on Jan 3, 2005 17:35:46 GMT
If it plays like an F1 then it's tempting, I could not see how much they were. but maybe I just missed it with Xmas Chablis coated optics..
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Post by Russ Young on Jan 3, 2005 20:19:28 GMT
Indeed ... (Thanks to Colin and notecannons.com for having such great photos!)
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Post by Alan on Jan 12, 2005 15:10:50 GMT
Came across this whilst in the newsagents this morning. I think its absolutely vile, looks like something that I had to make in metalwork class. Martin Reso, I thought they'd have made a nice wood single cone or triplate
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Post by Russ Young on Jan 13, 2005 15:23:51 GMT
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Post by Alan on Jan 13, 2005 15:47:45 GMT
I can't see who would be attracted to that design. I'm all for exploration etc, but that loks like no thought went into it whatsoever.
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Post by MM on Jan 13, 2005 17:01:59 GMT
The Martin resophonic guitar is another one of these marketing ideas that completely misses the point. The designers have not taken into consideration the taste of the people who would buy a resophonic guitar. They are probably made in Korea or Taiwan and branded with the Martin name. It reminds me of the Fender resophonic guitar that appeared a few years ago, and the Tanglewood a few years before that.
Keep Shining On, Michael.
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Post by Alan on Mar 31, 2005 15:28:36 GMT
Could'nt help myself when I saw this. The bridge is made from Moose Shinbone. Still some nice loking instruments made by that guy. from www.versoul.com/What next; wolf nipple chips?
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Post by Richard on Apr 9, 2005 12:33:20 GMT
This is a very rare photo taken inside the Juke which was actually on the Motelcunu Plantation, Lower Mississippi, Eastside and shows the happy sharecroppers having a Bavarian Evening - a very common occurence and, don't the costumes look really authentic as well However, from our point of view the fascinating thing is that the man on the far left is playing a National Quardracone, a thin body 12 string resonator specially made to order as depicted on page 157 of the prewar National cataloge. For some reason these cultural evenings on the Plantation ceased round around 1939. Cont'd p98. www.weekendblues.org/images/edelweiss.jpg [/img]
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Post by Russ Young on Apr 15, 2005 15:29:43 GMT
I think John Dopyera may have redefined "unusual resophonic guitar" with this 1972 Dobro lap steel: "John Dopyera Dobro experimental electric laptop guitar with resonator, c. 1972 Ash body encases neck. Experimental electric with pick up, volume controls and jack. Rosewood fingerboard with ebony strip down center. Built in cord box, with hinged lid. Dobro type, 11" resonator. 40" x 15" x 3.5" Collection of John Dopyera Family" Not to be outdone, his brother Rudy came up with this wooden single-cone: "Rudy Dopyera Troika resophonic instrument, c. 1974 Open curly maple body connected by spindles with beadlet inlay over screws. Round maple neck with rosewood fingerboard. Dobro type , 9.5", single cone resonator. 33" x 16.75" x 4" Collection of John Dopyera Family"
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