Electro Acoustic Resonator Guitars

frank1985

EDIT: I've amended the title of this thread...it's a RESONATOR guitar I'm now after! 

Eventually I will be looking to buy another guitar to compliment my Stratocaster. That means going for something radically different such as a Resonator. Budget is around £500 to £700. Any recommendations?

underdog

My first shout would be faith.

ToneControl

do you mean an acoustic guitar with a pickup, or an electric hollow body with a piezo?

frank1985

ToneControl said:

do you mean an acoustic guitar with a pickup, or an electric hollow body with a piezo?

electric hollow body with a piezo

ICBM

Fender HMT Telecaster.

https://reverb-res.cloudinary.com/image/upload/a_exif,c_limit,f_auto,fl_progressive,h_620,q_75,w_620/v1414750438/v6jjvksq8z47yut4seb6.jpg

Rare, but the best of these things I've come across. They also did a second version just called the Acoustic-Electric Tele which has a Tele headstock.

The reason I sold mine was because I couldn't get on with the wide-thin neck and the jumbo frets (it was made in the late 80s/early 90s when these things were popular) and that you can't as easily change the neck as you can with a standard Tele because it has the 'Deluxe' type neck fitting with an offset screw arrangement.

There's also the Washburn SBF80 which is similar except it doesn't have the neck magnetic pickup, which makes it a bit more limited - although you could fit one. I think that's fully solid though, rather than semi-hollow.

Richardj

You might be able to find a Taylor T5. Not perfect but superbly made and very interesting to play.

frank1985

Bump...I've changed the title of the thread..I'm now looking for an electro acoustic resonator guitar!

olafgarten

The Fender Roosevelt is pretty nice at around £550. Its got a single coil and also a piezo.

Ozark also make some nice ones, but they are thinlines

frank1985

olafgarten said:

The Fender Roosevelt is pretty nice at around £550. Its got a single coil and also a piezo.

Ozark also make some nice ones, but they are thinlines

Thanks for the suggestion.... I like the fact that the neck is based on the telecaster neck. What's the action like on it?

olafgarten

frank1985;661556" said:

olafgarten said:

The Fender Roosevelt is pretty nice at around £550. Its got a single coil and also a piezo.



Ozark also make some nice ones, but they are thinlines





Thanks for the suggestion.... I like the fact that the neck is based on the telecaster neck. What's the action like on it?

I never actually owned one, but one of my friends does, the Action was pretty standard when I tried it, that was before he had it properly set up though. I'll ask him and find out more.

IanSavage

Ozark do a full-depth electrified resonator as well (or at least they definitely did, I used to have one) - they're put out under a few different brands actually, some with a lipstick-style pickup and some with what appears to be a mini-humbucker.

http://www.rondomusic.com/photos/acoustic/abw15bk1.jpg

And out of left-field, there was a guy who put a resonator conversion into the original Korean Danelectro U2 reissues, called them 'ResoDans' if memory serves - probably on the rare side, but you never know...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/turquoisemoleeater/guitars/danoreso.jpg