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Post by sampronian on Feb 21, 2020 19:03:32 GMT
Hi there. I have just got into slide and am new to resonators.
I am looking for a National, open minded as to what model. Preferably 14fret but would consider a 12 fret.
I have a maximum budget of £2k.
If anyone is looking to sell one please let me know!
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Post by jono1uk on Feb 21, 2020 23:02:02 GMT
I personally would save the cash and buy a Michael Messer Reso..
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Post by mark1977 on Feb 21, 2020 23:17:32 GMT
I second jon1uk's comment. I bought an MM lightning late last year and I love it.
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Post by bonzo on Feb 21, 2020 23:47:16 GMT
For 2K you could get one of each. Wood bodied 28, steel blues and a lightning!
I know I did! Lol!
Best wishes to you all, John
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Post by washboardchris on Feb 22, 2020 12:55:17 GMT
I think that your best bet is to try as many as you can & see what floats your boat.If you are tal;king about a real national be carefull as there are some real dog's out there at realy high prices (get a good one and they are wonderfull)MM guitars are very good for the price and a good start without spending £1000's and finding its not for you.
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Feb 22, 2020 13:34:44 GMT
I've got an MM Blues28 and it knocks the socks off of any wooden bodied NRPs I've played.
As Chris says in his post above, try as many resonator guitars that you can before making the decision.
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Post by sampronian on Feb 23, 2020 9:19:43 GMT
Thanks everyone. Yes have been looking at an MM, but I’m sure as soon as I had one I’d still hanker after a National. I’ll keep hunting!
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Post by stevie2sticks on Feb 23, 2020 18:44:26 GMT
Lightening
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Post by richclough on Feb 24, 2020 12:06:49 GMT
I can only speak from my perspective. Here's my resonator journey over the past 3-4 years...
I originally started playing slide on an acoustic parlour guitar with an electric soundhole pickup, running through an overdriven amp. Great sound, still like it. I wasn't really sure about resonators, but did a lot of online research listening to different models and working out what appealed to me. Then went a couple of times to a local NRP dealer (Frailer's Runcorn) to try out a few and confirm my intuition, which was that I wanted a Tricone.
Then I asked a lot of noob questions on this forum and eventually wound up with a secondhand Busker Tricone. Over 18 months playing and this confirmed that I was right in my choice and it was a sound that I wanted to pursue. Saved up for a secondhand National.
Maybe you've already been through this process? It's harder with Tricones - they are difficult to get right at budget level.
My next step is to get a single cone wood body guitar. It'll probably be an MM Blues 28 just to see if I get on with it the sound...then who knows. MMs do seem to keep their value, unlike NRPs.
Cheers,
Rich
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Post by coach on Feb 24, 2020 22:33:30 GMT
Thanks everyone. Yes have been looking at an MM, but I’m sure as soon as I had one I’d still hanker after a National. I’ll keep hunting! BA are advertising cheap flights to Nashville, you may be able to fly out, try a few and pick something up for your budget all in  There's a few Nationals knocking around but they are always really spendy and you need to see it/play it first. No.Tom guitars in London had a triolian which they just sold luckily before I was tempted to blow half our new bathroom budget on it. You could take your cash down Denmark st or whenever is the place these days and see what is about. The worst that can happen is you walk away having played some guitars. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2020 8:08:56 GMT
New to slide / resonators...
Proceed with caution as you may well spend big money on something that sounds poor and / or doesn't play well.
Unless you intend to pose with it mostly.
TT
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Post by sampronian on Feb 26, 2020 6:30:46 GMT
Thanks everyone.
Have bought a style o deluxe. Stunning guitar, plays great and sounds great although maybe a bit too cutting for me due to having tinnitus. Think I maybe under estimated the power of it. Much stronger than my teachers original 1930.
Maybe wood is the way forward. All good fun anyway!
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Post by Michael Messer on Feb 26, 2020 9:55:15 GMT
There are ways of quieting it down, if volume and frequencies are a problem. A felt gasket under the cone will do that. However, having spent what you have just spent, maybe you should be sure of what you are doing before making any decisions
Shine On
Michael
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Post by Andymccann on Feb 26, 2020 10:17:45 GMT
Did you buy it before playing it Sam?
Brave decision!
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Post by bonzo on Feb 26, 2020 10:32:12 GMT
Play it for a while and 'get your ear in '!
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