strings for a Resonator

Big Lug · July 20th, 2006, 02:30 PM

Hi All. Just received my Regal RC-2. Can you say FUN

and COOL

I really enjoy doing (well, trying to do) that whole Mississippi Delta Blues finger pickin' slide slidin' thang. Nice break from the telecaster and Martin.

Anyway, I was wondering what guage and manufacturer of strings you would recommend for it.

And now, back to some dirt-basic blues...

drjordan · July 20th, 2006, 05:45 PM

I play more of a bluegrass/country type reso (Jerry Douglas/Rob Ickes style). But I like medium gauge John Pearse strings. Make sure you get the set with the wound G string...the set with the G string unwound is awful.

Durango Twango · July 25th, 2006, 10:16 PM

On my steel bodied National I use either standard phosphor bronze D'Addario acoustic mediums, or the D'Addario "Flatops" which are phospor bronze strings with a flattened winding that reduces finger and slide noise. (NOT the same as flat wound jazz guitar strings at all). If you plan on using any kind of piezo or contact pickup, the flatops are a bit more significant since the string and finger noise can get kind of nasty when amplified.

July 20th, 2006, 02:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
Big Lug Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Lower Mainland, the Great White North Posts: 651	strings for a Resonator Hi All. Just received my Regal RC-2. Can you say FUN and COOL I really enjoy doing (well, trying to do) that whole Mississippi Delta Blues finger pickin' slide slidin' thang. Nice break from the telecaster and Martin. Anyway, I was wondering what guage and manufacturer of strings you would recommend for it. And now, back to some dirt-basic blues... __________________ "Set my compass North I've got winter in my blood." Robbie Robertson

July 25th, 2006, 10:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
Durango Twango Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 191	On my steel bodied National I use either standard phosphor bronze D'Addario acoustic mediums, or the D'Addario "Flatops" which are phospor bronze strings with a flattened winding that reduces finger and slide noise. (NOT the same as flat wound jazz guitar strings at all). If you plan on using any kind of piezo or contact pickup, the flatops are a bit more significant since the string and finger noise can get kind of nasty when amplified. __________________ "People don't know what they want, so they want what they know."

July 20th, 2006, 05:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
drjordan Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oxford, GA Age: 27 Posts: 154	I play more of a bluegrass/country type reso (Jerry Douglas/Rob Ickes style). But I like medium gauge John Pearse strings. Make sure you get the set with the wound G string...the set with the G string unwound is awful.