New Resonator day, for the last decade or more I have bought 14 fret steel body single cones, 14 fret brass body single cones, 12 fret wood body single cones chasing the sound I was after (my tricone is a different beast).
Finally I got the sound, steel body 12 fret Republic turned up yesterday, just what I was wanting, loud, brash and punchy, has that Son House nasty. Interesting the fretboard is Blackwood Tek, apparently treated pine (NZ fast growth) and I must say it feels and looks like rosewood.
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Litterick wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 8:25 pm
As is a well-stocked bookshelf; Paul Oliver's Story of the Blues and Peter Guralnick's Feel Like Going Home should be inspiring.
Thanks, I have about 15 books on blues, the most interesting was Alan Lomax's The Land Where The Blues Began, saddest was Blind Willie McTell: Hand Me Down My Walking Shoes.
WellyBlues wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 11:10 am
Very nice! Congrats.
Thanks, I did like the 14 fret I sold you, just I had the brass thing covered with my tricone, this is punchy and can get nasty - so far Rollin' and Tumblin' is loud and grinding.
IMG_2192 by Laurie Franks, on Flickr
IMG_2194 by Laurie Franks, on Flickr
