Live in Italy, June 2009. Playin' my
Resolian at the wonderful ROOTSWAY festival in Parma!!
Resonatin' - Here's a little
sound demo of my resonator guitars!!!
And a new demo of my
Republic guitars here:
And here's my new tricone,
a Style 3 , Lily-of-the-valley engraving.. From Republic
Guitars!!
Just arrived from
Frank in Texas, And I LOVE it!!!! It has a
new and very cool "relicing" quite different from the relic finish on my
Resolian! This nickel has the "honest wear" from being played and
loved/polished over 50 years, LoL!!!
The
engraving shows much better here than on a shiny polished nickel finish..
The finish and tone is great and the neck has the same profile
as the Resolian, very much vintage specs, like a 30's National..
Awesome!!!
Tricone Style 3 - Vintage vibes from
Republic Guitars.
It simply looks
authentic.. Amazing..
The original tuners..
I love the 12-string sound..
Bringing this new baby
with me on the road of course!!
I changed the tuners however, somehow I just
need my tuners to be white..!? These ones come
from and old Swedish made Levin guitar from the 50's.. Looks are cool and
they work fine!
FINALLY I have found one of
my dream guitars, a 1930’s Dobro (Regal-made) It has the poinsettia cover plate that is not too common on
these and I've been looking for years, now I’ve found one on eBay,
hurray!!
Here is a picture of it from a Sears
& Roebuck catalog..
It was really beat up and
dirty..
Two dead spiders on a spider
bridge, haha!!
A short-legged
spider!
Original 1930's Dobro cone.. In good shape!
I have seen this
half neckstick on metal bodied Regal Dobro’s, but apparently they used
this on their wood bodies too.
Interesting solution with a half
neckstick..
Ebony(ized?)
fretboard, mahogany neck.. Needs some binding..
******** When I play an
old instrument for the first time I use to think and wonder:
Who played it the last time and
when was it .. This one was played a long, long time ago
...
I LOVE
it!!
********
A video clip so y'all can hear this
one!!!!
Famous
bluesman Archie Edwards did play one of these! Here's
Archie:
The 1930's Dobro
and a 12-string emulating the 1930's...
I made this ol'timey headstock
myself..
Vintage vibes..
Black looks
NICE!!!!! *
Resonatin' with my
Republics!!
Parlorsized reso's from
Republic Guitars, Texas.
Meet the
RESOLIAN!!
Here's a really nice new
guitar model from Republic Guitars.. (2008) 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..)
Gotta love rust...!!!
Bottleneck John's Delta
Trio!
*
I just bought a nice old
FAUX-Reso on eBay.. So there's
no cone under the coverplate, usually a wooden-board or a metal plate with
the bridge on top..
Just wanted
y'all to see how a budget-BUDGET-reso was built like...
Mid-30's, no-name, I'm guessing it's made by Regal,
Chicago..
Solid birch body!! (could be maple..)
AWESOME case
came with it, croc-skin, haha!! Been looking for a long time in
Sweden for a vintage case like this and here it was!!
:mrgreen:
Here's the fake
reso"cone"..
But... Maybe I'll
put this in there, LoL!!!!!
And this... Gonna look great and sound SO much
better....
Oops,
more fake than I thought it was!!! Just awesome!!
LmoL,
there nothing at all under the coverplate, just silver paint on the
top!!!!!! Surprisingly cool tone though, looong sustain
but less bass and low volume compared to any "real reso"..
The
coverplate is heavy, twice the weight of a standard
coverplate... (Could explain the awesome sustain, when this starts
vibrating it'll never stop, hehe!!)
I might put in a cone or keep it as it is, we'll see
what happens!!!
*
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..)
"..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!!.."
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..
There's 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...
*
The
MojoBox..!!! A really cool and useful thing..
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..!!!
*
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!!!!
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...
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..!!
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..
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..!!
A 1933-34 National Duolian, in a
really nice beat-up, mega-worn(!) condition!!! Mine, mine,
mine!!
I've begun restoring it slightly..
Should be ready for some serious playing soon..!!
Finished!!
The "new" headstock.. Looks
cool!!
My National-Resophonic,
Delphi Vintage Steel..(Just sold this one..)
Reso-mania!
True happiness is
metal..?
My new slide!! Custom made by Diamond Bottlenecks, UK.. These
slides are the state of the art!! GET ONE!!!!
Hand blown, hand engraved in gold leaf
lettering..!! It's so COOL, and it plays and sounds
amazing..!!!!
The EVOLUTION..
This is the EVOLUTION among
slides..!! I've just begun playing with it and I'm stuck for the rest of my
life..!!
Stainless steel AND glass in the same
slide!!!! The weight of the steel gives the glass AMAZING tone!!!!
One spiritual tune and one
up-tempo blues jammed at the local coffee house where me and my friends use to
meet and play the blues from time to time..
All acoustic, no mics, no amps..
Old school!
Resonatin´
My newly aquired "Style N".. Steel
body.. A great guitar, will be my "on-the-road" guitar!!
Here beside his brother, my
National-Resophonic VS Delphi..!!
A beautiful guitar and it sounds SO
sweet..!! Has a Schatten Design RG-03 PickUp installed..
THE coolest guitars ever built!!
A beautiful day by the frozen lake, a
Singlecone in the snow!!
BJ
way out in the sticks... Camp Husku in the Jamtland mountains..
"..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!!.."
Först av allt på
denna sida inför julen 2008, en bunt med julkort med
resonatormotiv!!
Snart är det ju dags att äta sig oförskämt mätt och
julkorten är ju redan postade med snigelposten.. Här kommer några
varianter på årets digitala och gitarrinriktade julkort, haha!!
