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Topic: Rainsong guitars cousins to Rick Bakelites? |
oj hicks
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Springville, AL
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Posted 14 Jul 2004 8:53 pm |
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My grandson just purchased a graphite guitar manuractured by Rainsong. In visiting their website I hear some familiar exhuberance...like we hear from our Bakelite Ricky's...including me. I heard my grandson demo it at the Bailey's music store in Birmingham...it sure is a great sounding axe with superb definition in all ranges. Do we have a Ricky Bakelite in the making in the Spanish guitar world? This was played through a Fender acoustic amp...blew my hat into the creek!
oj hicks
Here is there website if you would like to read about them: http://www.rainsong.com/ |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 15 Jul 2004 5:20 am
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These used to be made in Hawaii, but are now being manufactured in Washington state. I played a couple at Tropical Disc music on Maui and liked them. I'd consider a resophonic instrument built from this material.
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Brad's Page of Steel
A web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars
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Russ Young
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 15 Jul 2004 5:44 am
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| Brad, I know that Alan Timmins of F1 Instruments in the UK has built some composite resonator guitars, and his collaborator, a luthier named Colin Keefe has indicated that he intends to do more. Are you aware of any other efforts to build composite resos? |
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John Bushouse
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Ron Bednar
From:
Rancho Cordova, California, USA
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Posted 15 Jul 2004 7:19 am
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| Reso's made from carbon fiber would work fine I am sure. I have a builder friend who says reso's can be made from any material and is planning to make one out of Plexiglass to prove the point. |
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oj hicks
From:
Springville, AL
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Posted 15 Jul 2004 10:04 am
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A few years back...maybe 4 or 5...Smith Brothers made some fiber glass resophonics that were super instruments. I understand they had some bad luck with a fire...or something like that...and stopped making them.
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Brad Burch
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Posted 15 Jul 2004 10:05 am
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| Any idea of the price on those Bellatona Carbo Fiber Resos? Both that tri cone and 'The Southerner' standard sound really good in the sound clips. |
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 15 Jul 2004 10:07 am
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The fibrglass Melobros that were built by Ted Smith are great sounding guitars. Plenty of volume and tone, including the 8 stringers. I would say that the Melobro is a closer relative to the Rainsong.
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Mike D
From:
Phx, Az
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Posted 15 Jul 2004 11:26 am
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Wow, the Beltona is very cool!
MeloBros are still being made, I played a new one at a guitar show a few months back. Can't remember the man's name but he posts here occasionally.
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Half-assed bottleneck and lap slide player. Full-assed Builder of resonator instruments.
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oj hicks
From:
Springville, AL
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Posted 15 Jul 2004 3:47 pm
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I haven't seen a post from Ted Smith in quiet a while. But from what I've heard from others his MeloBro (fiberglass version) was one tremendous resophonic. If they are still being made...I don't believe you would go wrong there.
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Mike D
From:
Phx, Az
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Posted 15 Jul 2004 4:06 pm
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It's not Ted anymore, another guy bought out the company and/or designs.
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Half-assed bottleneck and lap slide player. Full-assed Builder of resonator instruments.
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Russ Young
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 15 Jul 2004 6:43 pm
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We should give credit where credit is due: to the humble, but innovative, 1963-64 National/Supro/Airline Res-o-glas guitars ...
 [This message was edited by Russ Young on 15 July 2004 at 07:57 PM.] |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 15 Jul 2004 8:48 pm
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I've played one of these before. Unfortunately the body is too thin to really resonate the way it should. One of the cool things about the Rainsong guitar is the pattern used on the composite material. It's stricking.
I'm sure the Beltona would be a fine instrument - they're some of the best being made in my opinion.
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Brad's Page of Steel
A web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars
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Tom Olson
From:
Spokane, WA
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Posted 15 Jul 2004 11:30 pm
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| Is the body of a resonator supposed to resonate? I thought it was only the resonator that is supposed to resonate and the body was to support the resonator and the neck. I'm no expert, though. |
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