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The resonator guitar reviews database is here to help educate people before they purchase an instrument. Of course, this is not meant to be a substitute for playing the instrument yourself!
264 reviews in the archive.
I had Tom Warner build me a very special curly maple Appalachian resonator guitar last April 2014. It has all the latest tricks and is strung with D'Addario EJ-42 strings which interact extremely well with the Legend cone he installed along with the #14 spider. Strings make all the difference in the world I found out He finished this guitar in a amber color. It came with a Schaller strap lock. His workmanship is exceptional and it gets very positive comments from everyone who sees it. The post and baffle system resonates much more effectively when I am standing that a soundwell type guitar. That has to do with the construction of the instrument. I don't think when sitting down to perform has as much effect in this. Tom Warner has to be making the most cost effective resonators in the market today. I would highly recommend to anyone who is in the market for a new resonator guitar to give him a call. His web-site has all the information you need to know. Just go to Google and type in Applachian resonator guitars.
Overall Rating: 10
I just made the best purchase of my life, a Handmade Custom Harlow Resonator Guitar. I drove up to Vandalia, Ohio from Texas, to visit with Frank Harlow and see his custom shop. Man, what a treat ! I saw the 60 year old wood and the tools that make a raw piece of wood into an wonderful instrument, once the skills of the master craftsman are applied. While some manufacturers claim to hand make their instruments, Frank really does, he actually cuts, planes and shapes aged wood until it has a rich and beautifully created tone that I'm convinced has a piece of him, permanenty living within the wood. As Frank proudly proclaimed, hands outstretched, "I don't use computer controlled equipment, these are my computers". Truly he makes loud and clear resonator guitars with his own two hands right down to the nitrocellulose hand rubbed finish.
During lunch I had the opportunity to speak with Ferrell Stowe via Franks Cell, he congratulated me on breaking bread with the best craftsman in the U.S. Ferrell was right, my new jumbo body will peel the paint off the walls. Loud clear and sweet. Frank and his lovely wife are two of the wonderful people that you need to meet on life's journey. It's worth the trip to see Frank's shop and enjoy true kindness and sincerity that's as rare as the old world craftmanship he practices. What else can I say, oh yeah I bought two guitars while I was there. Pretty soon I'll have a third. By the way this story was unsolicited by Frank, he's way too modest. Thanks Frank.
Overall Rating: 10
Just visited Frank Harlow's shop in Ohio and found the last of the master craftsmen. What a skilled and dedicated perfectionist! His best practices and artistic philosophy incorporate a formula that results in one of the finest instruments in the world.
Overall Rating: 10