Resonatin' - Here's a little sound demo of my resonator guitars!!!
Meet the RESOLIAN!!
Here's a really nice new guitar model from Republic Guitars..
I've made some clips showing the new Resolian, I've had it at home for a few hours now here and it's straight outta the box!! LoL!!
Reso-relic finish, looks like a polished nickel model that has been hidden in an old tool shed for 70 years, LoL!!!! This is the best "aging" I've seen on a steel body, looks very cool(to my eyes that is..)
Tuning: Open G & D
The neck profile is brand new for Republic and it actually feels like the neck on my old 1933 Duolian!?! :D (awesome neck)
The headstock also differs from the older Republic guitar specs..
I LIKE it a lot!!
Much fatter neck and slightly wider too..
The tone is amazingly rich for the body size, easily compared to it's bigger brothers..
Volume is great too, looking forward very much to get this one along for a gig(will happen
tomorrow..)
With my Republic resonators, way out in the sticks...
Yeah,
it actually looks like I'm playing way out in the middle of nowhere, LoL!!!!
The reso-sound really cut through the forrest, maybe I frightened a moose
or deer..
However there was a small, nice crowd there with me in the woods, we had a
great, great time, even the mosquitos kept away!! (mostly..)
Two of my favourites, haha.. Linette really digs my resonator playing, well, she's been listening to it since before she was born..
Relaxin' the blues.. At a guitar clinic in Höganäs, Skåne!
| "..Slide
guitar is first about listening.. Then it's about feeling.. It's
about how you can make your guitar sound more like a voice than wood
and steel or bronze... Don't
be afraid to play less, to work with your voice and with the
silence between the notes.
A lotta nothing is still nothing. A little something... now THAT's something!!.." Resonatin' words of wisdom.. |
With the Duolian in Helsingborg..
Here's my new resonator, a cheap, cheap spider-bridge guitar.. And I LOVE it!!! Has great tone..
And now Linette's got daddy's old blues cap too, LoL!!!! Young lady of the blues..
Really nice size on these new parlor reso's..!! Very lightweight and perfect travel guitars! Compared to a Duolian..
Republic Resonators, US brand, Chinese made..
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many out there interested in the new models from Republic Guitars. So just for fun, here's a short "simple sound sample" of the model "Miniolian" the wood bodied parlor sized reso-guitar.. It has a GREAT sound, less bass and volume than it's bigger bodied brothers in the reso-family, but the sustain is amazing and the neck and body size is very, very nice!!!! More clips featuring the Republic Miniolian to come.. Never mind my playing here though, this is a clip from a lesson in beginners slide guitar that I teach.. Simple, clean, plain and moderate... Just to let people hear it, tuned to open G here... |
Truly an original appearance!!
Nice Rosewood back..
Specs for the Republic Miniolian:
Spruce Top
Rosewood back and sides
Rosewood
fretboard
Abalone body and rosette
inlay
1 3/4"Bone nut
Maple and ebony saddle
Vintage style 3 on a
plate tuners
Continental cone
Biscuit bridge
Total length 38"
Scale 24 1/2"
Nut width 1 3/4"
Upper bout 8"
Lower bout 12"
Body 3 1/2"
Click on Reublic logo to go their website!!
The resonator mandolin!!!! A very cool instrument!!! Huge volume too...
What a beautiful picture!!!! Thanks Michel for capturing the moment!!
Just got this beauty from Ian McWee at Diamond Bottlenecks..!!! My daughters name engraved in gold leaf lettering... AMAZING!!
It's one of their "The Ultimate" model.. A PIECE OF ART, REALLY...
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The MojoBox..!!! A really cool and useful thing..
Click here to go to the MojoBox site..!!
Here's some new pics from the 2006 WRA festival, photos by Karel Horácek.
Me and Ol'Rusty, my one-of-a-kind Amistar Crossroads model.. The vintage patina is outstanding on this one..!!!
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I attended a guitar workshop in Stockholm, teachers: Steve James and Del Rey!
Steve with his brand new, one existing wood body Reso-Rocket..!
He's one of my heroe's, was great fun to meet him and learn a few tricks..!!
Rikard Hagson, good friend and great stringed instruments player! Here with my Banjo-mandolin..
Steve's NRP reso-mando!! Awesome tone!!
Del Rey with a Ron Phillips parlor size resonator guitar!! Oh boy, she's a great player too!!!!
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NEWS! -AMISTAR-AMISTAR-AMISTAR- NEWS!
Yes, that's true! I'm now a very proud owner of an Amistar resophonic guitar!
Finally... I've been drooling over these hand made resophonic instruments from Prague in the Czech Republic!! The good people at Amistar really know their trade...!! They're second to no other reso-maker around!!!
My brand new Amistar Style 1 TriCone.. Vintage looks..!! Jeez, it's wonderful!!!!
Mattias Nordqvist Gary Todd (living bass-legend ) BJ Stephan Ebn
The FelsenKeller.. OK, so far without a doubt THE coolest venue I've ever played in... A HUGE cave in Schwandorf.. COOL PLACE!!!
I just got a new slide from Woodchuck-Guitars in Germany, it's a great bronze slide that sounds wicked!!!! RJ special...
Listen to the Duolian here!! Old blues in E..
Some new promotional photos.. A beautiful northern winter day!!!
The "great Lake" sea monster likes ResoPhonics....
Some pics from the Dundee Blues Bonanza, I had a GREAT time in Scotland!!
Here's me and a legendary piano man from England, Bob Hall!! Check out the video..!!
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I just sit there and admire this mans amazing boogie-woogie piano style!! Bob has played with more blues people than I can remember! For example: Savoy Brown, Howlin' Wolf, Rolling Stones, John Lee Hooker, Little Walter, Jimmy Witherspoon, Chuck Berry, Homesick James, Lightnin’ Slim, Lowell Fulsom, Charlie Musselwhite, Snooky Prior, J B Hutto, Lazy Lester, Eric Clapton etc etc.. A long list.. So I'm happy to have done some tunes with him..
Me and Bob jamming.. From L-R: Bob Telford (the festival manager), BJ, Bob Hall, Tam White (also an actor, was seen in the movie "Braveheart")
This was a photo taken for the Dundee Newspaper, The Courier.. |
Here's me and "Old Rusty" as I've named my guitar!! When we met I just knew that it had to be mine!!
Supercool, aged vintage appearence. The first one of it's kind! But I believe Amistar will make more guitars with this look!!! It's simply a hit, everyone likes it at the first glance, and that's even before they hear it.. One chord and they're Amistar fans for life!!! LoL..!!! Jeez, I JUST LOVE THE LOOKS ON THIS ONE!!
Rusty and his somewhat more shiny brother.. VIDEO's
Firing away on my new guitar at a show in Skalica, Slovakia..!! My first gig with Rusty..!! I think we did well..
And in Pilzen, CZ.. Here I'm at the WRA festival..!!
The soundholes reminds you of an old Regal metal body(fiddle edge) Dobro from the 1930's. Good to see this design again!!!! AND.. It actually makes the guitar somewhat louder and adds bass to the already awesome sound of the Amistar singlecones..!!
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