iolas10 - Posted - 02/14/2009:  23:35:40

There seems to be so many differences...all metal body or mixed? Round or flat neck? Which type of cone? etc...

I want a resonator with a delta blues like sound that you fret and use a slide.
I also want one that you use the thumb and two fingers to pick it. Whats a good inexpensive one to learn on?

Thanks.

iolas10 - Posted - 02/15/2009:  01:05:17

I wanna do stuff like this...

youtube.com/watch?v=ocbYA50CJi4
youtube.com/watch?v=gUyAAxKlrQM
youtube.com/watch?v=5SZIFHJIjEw
youtube.com/watch?v=Pl9NkY6_IM...1&index=4

jaykellogg - Posted - 02/15/2009:  05:03:22

My input would be a metal bodied tricone. Like this cgi.ebay.com/NATIONAL-GUITAR-T...C294%3A50


W. Jay Kellogg

DrtyDon - Posted - 02/15/2009:  06:34:47

Eric Clapton is playing a round neck resonator. Sounds great! Remember though, that he is one of the very best guitar players in the world. His sound comes from zillions of hours of practice.

Don

Slideman1939 - Posted - 02/15/2009:  15:00:16

The blues tradition for round neck, fretted, and with a circular finger slide is usually a metal body. BlueGRASS tradition is a wood body.An inexpensive metal body Tri-cone brand new (Chinese import) is around $550--any of several E Bay Vendors. OR same price range a metal body style 0--new Chinese starter quality.Then later you could move from $500 to $3500 by getting either of the same models with National Co. in Calif. With either choice upgrade (replacement) cones are available-but FIRST evaluate the cone(s) that come with it.The style 0 is a convex 9 and 1/2 in. cone with it's own distinctive bluesy tone.It has no similarity to the "Dobro" sound which comes from a concave 10 and 1/2 in. cone.Resophonic vibrations are radically different from different size cones. Dopyera Bros. invemted 2 radically different product lines for different markets.Since one of your criteria is "inexpensive" it seems that $500 Chinese cheap metal body gets you started driving and you can get the Ferrari later.

iolas10 - Posted - 02/15/2009:  20:32:01

What about a Rogue? Anyone had any experience?

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iolas10 - Posted - 02/15/2009:  20:44:40

Another question. I only just started to learn to play the mandolin and I do know how to play guitar. Should I learn to play guitar first or can I just go straight to the resonator?

disty - Posted - 02/16/2009:  06:19:30

So do you, or don't you know how to play guitar? You say "I do know how to play guitar" and ask if you should learn to play guitar first.
Looks like, all in all, you don't quite have this act together, imho. Before being so concerned about which particular brand to choose you should maybe first get your preferences straight. If you ask whether a round or a square neck is what you want - that kind of tells me you haven't really done ANY research. OK, I get it.. this IS the research lol...

jaykellogg - Posted - 02/16/2009:  07:44:42

Assuming you do know how to play the guitar, you should be able to play a sesonator. If you flat pick it, you may want to learn to use finger picks. You will also need to learn to use the bottleneck slide. Like a lot of beginners, you will first buy what you can afford and as you develope you will upgrade. You may want to review some of the posts here theunofficialmartinguitarforum...forums/19 . You definitely want a roundneck. You definitely want a metal body, whether you get a tricone or not is up to you, they have the blues sound you are looking for.

W. Jay Kellogg