Your QuickStart Guide To Resonator Guitars 

My wife is looking over my shoulder and I have been informed that I don't need any more guitars.

This really resonates with me.

I did it backwards. Bought guitar first, watched this video second, and gonna tell wife third. If I don’t report back, I was murdered and she did it.

damn, by accident i saw you. you're attitude totally got me. You sure are a master in teaching. thanks, now i need to buy a resonater... btw just started playing guitar 6 months ago after 48 years of knowing that i am not a musician. after six months and about 200 hours i probably found a love for the rest of my life. guys like you opened that door for me. thank you all.

Back in the 60's.. when I was a kid.. we would take our Sears acoustics and use the foil from our cigarette packs, wax paper & aluminum foil, Scotch tape and rubber bands over the hole. Staples and pennies. Our slides were cobbled from broken Strohs Beer bottles. The louder you played.. the better it sounded.

Would love to see a sound comparison between wood, steel, brass and fiberglass resonators. 🤔

„And play everything you know“ Ok, i‘m gonna play Bleed by Meshugga in GC tomorrow

Every once in a while I come across one of your videos and they are always really well done and informative. Thank you.

Nice vid and your speech is extremely clear even for who is not so used to english. Thanks

Nice vid! I bought my first reso last year, after many years of playing standard electrics. I haven’t had so much fun on guitar for years! I would recommend trying one for sure. I tend to play slide on it but it certainly isn’t only a slide guitar. The sound is inspiring 👍 PS ‘guitarsenal’...love it!

Thanks for putting this together! I've been considering getting a resonator and this was super encouraging and informative.

This is such a good video. Clear, concise, gets to the point and teaches. Subscribed! Keep it up.

I'm looking at the action on that square neck and thinking... there is no way I can just pick that up and play it.

That was a really good presentation! I just bought my first one last week, knowing nothing. I just wanted one to play. It happens to be a steel round neck that sounds and looks great. But now i know what i am into and the basics of these guitars! Thanks to you!!!

Nice, clear, concise and very informative piece of work. Thank you for posting.

That is an excellent overview. Just what I needed. Thankyou Tony

Nicely done! I'm looking forward to this new adventure, and you have clarified much. Thank you!

Great video! Short, concise and easy to follow with some nice playing to illustrate the sound. Gives us the knowledge to go try one out. Thanks.

Fantastic video. Well edited, I didn't want to skip through any of it. Great info and I really appreciated the encouragement to just go for it and try!

Awesome guide !!! Really loved it

Thank you so much. New to resonators, I would not have known anything, and perhaps had a poor experience. However with your clear, straight forward information I feel much more confident. Thank you again.

Bach & Dobro: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GWygMT0n2rU.html Thanks for listening. Hope you enjoy!

Dope video. Subbed. Totally bought a National NRP in Jan 2018 and loooooove it.

I bought a gretch boxcar roundness. I learned some slide and licks in open g and d. I love it. It opened a whole new world to me. Thanks for your video.

What a good explanation on the resonator guitar!! thanks!

My goodness! I just got one Gretsch without knowing a single fact about resonator guitars and I loved it but now I love it even more!!!

this is more than I could have asked for....gooo job very good detail!!

This was awesome. I know nothing about resonator guitars but have recently been interested in learning slide and classic blues. Great video! Thank you!

Great demo sir. This is the first time I have actually seen images to go with the words. Thank you.

Congratulations for the channel. I've been thinking to migrate from electric guitar to acoustic, but until now I couldn't find a good content creator for the acoustic guitar subject. I hope you guys keep doing this great job.

Great video, nice summary in the end

I had no idea about the different types of resonator, this was fantastic. Cheers Tony!!

Excellent stuff man! Thank you!

Thanks…great explanation…just started looking at resonators

Wow! Very sightful!

Thank you for this information!

Great video. Thank you

I bought a Michael messer lightning resonator. It’s fantastic to play and it’s fun to learn

This was extraordinarily helpful for a resonator noob like me. Thank you brother! I have subbed! 🙏🎸🕺

Thank you!!! have owned/play a Fender Roosevelt for years, and never knew the construction details. It is a spider web design. my favorite to play without an amp!! thanks again!!

Awesome vid, well said appreciate the facts.

This is super helpful. Thanks!

thanks for the info!

Excellent video and very informative. I want one 😃

I feel like I just went to the college of resonators! Thanks for explaining so well! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😎👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Informative and pleasant!

Thank you for this....I'm going to buy one, based on this 🎸

Really cool "The Shining" dolls on your desk!

Thanks for the info..

I have a very rare 1936 Dobro "Lumalite" Resonator Guitar that plays like a dream!

I have always wanted to try jazz on one of these. I could keep up with a horn player on acoustic (at least in my head lol)

Great video. Thank you for sharing your expertise so clearly and encouraging people to play resonators.

Thank you for this video. :)

I am considering buying a resonator and this is exactly what I needed to know if I'm a good candidate!

very good video, thanks

I have one of those wacky Cozart spider resonators with the mini humbucker, biscuit pickup, BLEND knob, and 6.5 inches of string between the bridge and tailpiece. It has the most bizarre and beautiful harmonic ringing from that long run of string. Turned up loud it's like unleashing the hounds of hell into fields of ambrosia.

Great guide

I just ordered a Paul Beard Squareneck Devo 47 Resonator Guitar. I’ll send pic when it comes. The Squarenecks are tuned to open G, easy to learn and fits in with my Bluegrass band, Ocotillo Rain. I played a borrowed one for about a year and took the plunge and bought one. I believe Paul Beard brand is the Martin of Resonators.

I just bought a resonator yesterday on a whim. So far I haven’t had this much fun playing in a long time. I almost couldn’t put it down.

Thanks for this info on reasonator guitars.

Holy shit... Guitarsenal... Why didn't I ever think of that.

This was a great video, mainly because of you *man of whom I don’t know the name*. Really great vibe, awesome insights and good rhythm.

I learned thanks

Great info

This is great. I am looking to get one for some Fleetwood Mac style guitar riffs in a mix and this hellped me decide.

I have not watched alot of your vids but i love this one. Clear info without anything else. Many times the info the vid claims to provide is buried under minutes and minutes of blah blah blah. Great vid im thinking of buying ond of these.

Im a casual instrumentalist. Basically i learn the songs i like to sing instead of the ones that would progress my skill. So far I play bass, guitar, and as of two weeks ago banjo so picking up new instrument abd learning the basic chords so i can play is pretty easy for me.

Very informative

Small question. . Would this be a good beginner guitar? I've always love the sound of these guitars. I have left hand issues, so I'm wondering if the slide would make up for my issues.

Thanks for the great video. Could you refer me to any company(s) that custom make the resonator mechanisms?

Hi, I’ve really been looking into getting a resonator. I’ve heard you can’t play the square neck type like a regular guitar, so I want to ask if you can play a round neck on your lap like a square neck, or will it be too hard on the neck to do that?

Very instructive video for beginners; my question is: did anyone have the strange idea of building a tricone with inverted cones and bridge? (I mean putting two cones on the treble side and the third one on the bass side..) I believe it would sound pretty different from the classic one, don't you think so ? Maybe, John Dopyera already experimented that monster and rejected it, because of poor sound, who knows ? (He had so many odd and innovative ideas in his lifetime...)

Love the playing at 4:07

Maybe a silly question but Can you have a resonator put into a guitar and have it sound good or when looking at a resonator guitar should I look at a particular brand? Thanks for this video.

Love, love, love my Gretsch resonator! Never occurred to me to be intimidated Now I am looking at cigar box guitar to use for my slide guitar, because I use my Gretsch for almost every thing...maybe you can review some cigar box guitars and what to look for..that would be so cool..thanks

Great video! Just what I was looking for. I just got a Recording King Minnie Bucker. What are your thoughts about it and how do you think it will sound strumming mainly folk and country vs acoustic? Thanks!

I have the Epiphone Houndog which isn't a bad one to start on. It even has Dobro on the headstock.

I’m getting a beautiful resonator today I’m so excited

Good overview. My only outstanding question is metal vs wood bodies

So if you have a spider resonator and it has pickups to take care of the bark, does that make it equivalent to the output of a tri-cone?

I became addicted to country blues and bluegrass and the Appalachian style of country. Any advice on guitar and how to start learning how to play

What’s the name of the tune at 4:08 I really like it and would like to learn it.

I am a Bluegrass Dobro freak, and love Jerry Douglas work of course, any idea where I may find a vintage square neck Dobro guitar in NA...thank you sir

If my main reason to get a resonator guitar is to get more volume but otherwise play it like a standard acoustic guitar which type, manufacturer and model would be a great choice? I would want a low action.

Have you done a video on basic finger pick technique? Not finger picking, but the picks. Thanks.

Can you recommend strings. Are they different than regular steel strings? Thank you.

But seriously great video... You’ve got some good taste in instruments

i have 3 resonators :D. i love them.

where did you get that crow skeleton? that's super cool

Years ago I got a round neck spider res because I liked that tone for standard tuning picking but what if I use a height extender over the nut to make it lap style? Would the Pearse 790NR's suffice without loss of quality on the high end, or maybe replacing the .013 with a .016? Or is any of this recommended?

Guitarsenal Love it!!!

I don’t know how to play a guitar but I’m here to learn only how to play this guitar coz I love the sound it gives❤

Forgot to mention the neck length...I prefer resonators where the neck attaches to the body at the 14th fret vs the 12th fret. Finding it difficult to find a descent biscuit model that attaches at the 14th.

Oooh backwards thumbs like mine! Haha good to see other guitarists with thumbs like that.

A resonator has been my main acoustic for the last decade, its fantastic but sadly the neck repair for before I bought it worries me. Id really love to find a resonator with a single cut that is fully acoustic or doesn't have a pickup and knobs, at least not ones you can see. and it seems like this is an impossible task, especially at any type of reasonable price.

What brand is the yellow resonator guitar?

I know it's mainly preference, but which resonator produces a better sound for the price; the epiphone dobro hound dog or the gretsch g9200 boxcar?

Wait did he say "it's another sonic flavor to add to my arse" ?? Cool video👍👍 I really want a resonator but have not been able to justify getting one ... yet

Thanks Much Tony, Can you sometime give us a price range on these guitars? I once had an opportunity to buy an old National for $200 and didn't. Many years ago of course. A friends father wanted to sell it. And it was cherry too, like new. Had palm trees on the body and no wear at all. I was in high school making a buck an hour so $200 was lots then. Probably could have hit up my dad for it though. But as I said that was a mess of money back in the 60s. Still, I kick my arse for not buying it. And it would still be in the shape I first saw it in with me. Oh yes, even the case of that old National was cherry, like someone bought it and put it in a time capsule. Acoustic Life gives Life and Joy! Love and Light and Peace and Pickin! DaveyJO in PA.

What is the difference in tone between an all metal resonator vs a wood body resonator guitar?