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Title: The Resophonic Guitar Club
Post by: deltaslim on March 28, 2006, 09:31:47 AM
O, dito naman yung mga mahilig sa resonator gtrs.  Yupangks doesn't carry them so...

I was all over this Johnson Triolian once I spotted it at a store last Sat.  After trying it for a few minutes, I was hooked and had to take it home!  It's warmer sounding than a metal body resonator (hello?!) so pwede sya pang fingerstyle/ragtime but also a different, smoother tone for slide too.   Less banjoish compared to the metal resonator. Kewl!

(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b19/deltaslim/JohnsonTriolian.jpg)
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b19/deltaslim/Foto_032806_002.jpg)

So may bago nang kapatid itong "owner-type" Style O ko.
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b19/deltaslim/MyJohnson.jpg)

My other Johnson acoustic is now unemployed and for sale. :-)

So what resophonic guitar do you have, like, or have tried or heard?
Title: The Resophonic Guitar Club
Post by: nathanmanansala on March 28, 2006, 09:35:55 AM
the owner type club :mrgreen:
Title: The Resophonic Guitar Club
Post by: glassjaw_jc on March 28, 2006, 09:37:34 AM
where did you buy that?
Title: The Resophonic Guitar Club
Post by: pallas on March 28, 2006, 10:02:53 AM
ur on your own on this one delta...as in iilan lang meron nyan dito sa forums 8) cool reso though  :D
Title: The Resophonic Guitar Club
Post by: deltaslim on March 28, 2006, 10:03:58 AM
Quote from: glassjaw_jc
where did you buy that?


Singapore... at the store across Swee Lee Music. Mura dun, di gaya sa Swee Lee.
Title: The Resophonic Guitar Club
Post by: glassjaw_jc on March 28, 2006, 10:04:59 AM
argh, kala ko naman meron nyan dito.  :(

err, so you're out of the country pala hehe
Title: The Resophonic Guitar Club
Post by: Bart on March 28, 2006, 10:08:17 AM
Kaso wala to sa akin. Isa na lang s'yang alaala. :cry:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/blitzpigdrazil/reso.jpg)
Title: The Resophonic Guitar Club
Post by: glassjaw_jc on March 28, 2006, 10:12:27 AM
panis ka dun delta, araw-araw pinapa-buff yan :mrgreen:
Title: The Resophonic Guitar Club
Post by: deltaslim on March 28, 2006, 10:46:13 AM
Quote from: glassjaw_jc
panis ka dun delta, araw-araw pinapa-buff yan :mrgreen:


oo nga no. pero laos pa rin yan. balak ko ipa-aircon ang loob ng owner-type reso ko. :-)
Title: The Resophonic Guitar Club
Post by: glassjaw_jc on March 28, 2006, 10:55:07 AM
pede ba yan sa pa-strum strum lang? just like your regular kanto guitar playing technique
Title: The Resophonic Guitar Club
Post by: deltaslim on March 28, 2006, 11:05:02 AM
Quote from: glassjaw_jc
pede ba yan sa pa-strum strum lang? just like your regular kanto guitar playing technique


if you're referring to the Triolian i just got, pwede sya. that's how i played and tested it at the store, and it's set-up and action is really like a regular acoustic altho at the back of my head i already knew i can play slide with it.  pero it's a different sound from a regular acoustic tho. mas punchy and middy vs scooped.  not as much sustain also but you get awesome volume especially at a distance.  so it's easier and better to just external mic this instead of using on-board piezo pu gtrs (which most gtrsts don't like but have to live with).
Title: The Resophonic Guitar Club
Post by: deltaslim on March 28, 2006, 11:07:57 AM
Quote from: BP_Lizard
Kaso wala to sa akin. Isa na lang s'yang alaala. :cry:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/blitzpigdrazil/reso.jpg)


pareng BP, ano ba pinanglilinis mo dyan? ako kasi all-purpose metal cleaner lang e.

parang nakakapanghinayang (nakakatamad?) naman gamitin pag ganyan kalinis :-)

well, actually, ok lang sa akin kung mag oxidize yung finish ng konti. mas vintage ang look, parang orig 30s National. :-)
Title: The Resophonic Guitar Club
Post by: Bart on March 28, 2006, 11:14:19 AM
Spit and elbow grease. :D
Ewan ko, bro. Ganyan na yan nung nabili ko, pranelang basahan lang naman ang pinanlinis ko.
Title: The Resophonic Guitar Club
Post by: deltaslim on March 28, 2006, 11:17:48 AM
Quote from: BP_Lizard
Spit and elbow grease. :D
Ewan ko, bro. Ganyan na yan nung nabili ko, pranelang basahan lang naman ang pinanlinis ko.


ok, dat means tamad lang talaga ako maglinis. ganyan din histura nung akin nung bnew e.
Title: The Resophonic Guitar Club
Post by: BAMF on March 28, 2006, 01:13:32 PM
Mmm... Dobro guitar. I think I saw one at RJ-glorrieta. Darned expensive too.
Title: The Resophonic Guitar Club
Post by: deltaslim on March 28, 2006, 09:23:39 PM
Quote from: BAMF
Mmm... Dobro guitar. I think I saw one at RJ-glorrieta. Darned expensive too.


The natural finish w/ cutaway?  It's been for sale since year 2000 ata. I tried it dati dun sa old and bigger pwesto nila sa Galleria.  It's very dead sounding; not sure why (strings, setup???).  Come to think of it, I've never liked Dobros.

I've played orig vintage metal body 1930s Nationals and iba talaga tone. Smooth and sweet. Even if you disregard price-point, the Johnsons are good replicas.  Until they came out, a resonator was very prohibitive.  

Funny how the virtues of technology and globalization are beneficial even to something so backwater as a resonator guitar for bottleneck blues.