Another one putting a Thomann order in and want to make it worth the while. Been browsing the site and found resonators from Fender and Harley Benton around the €300 to €350 mark which is well in the "ok to have for a bit of fun" bracket.
Watched a few videos and a resonator for altered tunings and a bit of slide sounds like a fun idea? They have a Fender Brown Derby (wood body) and a Harley Benton (with a metal body). The Fender appeals as it has a telecaster style neck apparently and won't be too traumatic a change from my normal electrics. I don't play a lot of acoustic though I really should...... HB electrics are supposed to be not too bad but no idea about the acoustics.
Just a thought about something I never really considered before.....
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Generally cheap resos are not great, and the brands you quote are some of the worst. But that assumes you are comparing them to the sound of classic “good” resos (so
old Nationals and Dobros, modern National Resophonics etc) - if you just want to just muck about with a flavour of ‘that’ sound then they’ll get you some of that for sure.
Or if I can actually find one to have a play with I will see whether I like it enough to wait for a better one. I live in Hungary and outside of Budapest (one shop really if I'm honest) finding stuff to try is not always easy.
It was going to be a bit of an impulse buy but again watching the videos of people playing them and realising that that sound is in quite a lot of my favourite music makes me think....
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My personal preference is a wooden bodied, round neck with a single cutaway, for easy access to higer frets.
Having said that (if your just amusing yourself and your not a purist) my line6 Variax Acoustic700 has them in with the rest of the goodies plus all the tunings you want.
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Well worth keeping an eye open for one on Gumtree etc.
these are EXCELLENT
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/282908152849
https://www.andertons.co.uk/second-hand/recording-kind-rm-99