Anyone Play a Resonator???
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Sp8ctre
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I have two. I love the sound of them.
Ones a spider bridge the other is a biscuit bridge.
The third kind that I haven't acquired yet would be a tri cone.
I think the biscuit bridge sounds a little mellower, the spider is a little more brash.
This is the biscuit bridge resonator. Steel body Dean with piezo and mag pickups. It's a nice thin body, quite comfortable to play.
It's the sound of the old Delta.
This is the spider bridge resonator. It's a wood body Dean with piezo pickup. A little thicker than the metal one.
This one has that Dobro sound.
Both are nice playing reso's for not a lot of $$$.
I think everyone needs one or two.
Ones a spider bridge the other is a biscuit bridge.
The third kind that I haven't acquired yet would be a tri cone.
I think the biscuit bridge sounds a little mellower, the spider is a little more brash.
This is the biscuit bridge resonator. Steel body Dean with piezo and mag pickups. It's a nice thin body, quite comfortable to play.
It's the sound of the old Delta.
This is the spider bridge resonator. It's a wood body Dean with piezo pickup. A little thicker than the metal one.
This one has that Dobro sound.
Both are nice playing reso's for not a lot of $$$.
I think everyone needs one or two.
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Sp8ctre
Ambassador of Steel
I have two. I love the sound of them.
Ones a spider bridge the other is a biscuit bridge.
The third kind that I haven't acquired yet would be a tri cone.
I think the biscuit bridge sounds a little mellower, the spider is a little more brash.
This is the biscuit bridge resonator. Steel body Dean with piezo and mag pickups. It's a nice thin body, quite comfortable to play.
It's the sound of the old Delta.
This is the spider bridge resonator. It's a wood body Dean with piezo pickup. A little thicker than the metal one.
This one has that Dobro sound.
Both are nice playing reso's for not a lot of $$$.
I think everyone needs one or two.
Beautiful! I really like the look of those all metal ones...
I'll try my hand at an explanation.
The spider bridge is so called because the thingie that holds the bridge saddle & excites the cone kind of looks like a spider.
The feet all contact the edge of the cone and a little screw & spring in the middle, between the saddle halves, tunes the way the cone sounds.
As opposed to the biscuit bridge that is a wooden biscuit & saddle sitting directly on and screwed to the cone. No Spider.
This is why I think the biscuit bridge sounds a little mellower.
The spider is more metal on metal sounding.
Hope this sheds some light on reso's.
Six String
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Very cool! 
Resonators are very different because cause there is not one thing to compare them too. The most wore out lines in the guitar world are " for the money" and what you feel or happy with" some old hippie thing. These guitars should have a death rattle thing mixed an old Ford on its last legs. Ok I did not know what end was up when I bought one for my birthday last October. I could drop all the hints in the world and no one would ever figure this one out. I don't drive since I got sick in 1998 and in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania no one would have many to pick from even if I could get there. I looked at many on line and heard people playing them. I liked the metal body after that the price is important. It all came down to Fender because I'm mad at Grestch. I found mine on EBay for just under $500.00 with a real Fender case. Wood can't do a sick Ford but brass plated with chrome can. I love my Fender and those two hours on line paided off.
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