resonator-teles

eddiewagner · June 26th, 2006, 04:01 AM

hi folks,
i know that some of you have resoteles. how do theese guitars actually sound like through an amp? do they have a dobroish touch or do they sound like teles with a real fat set of strings. i just gave a dobro away to a luthier, who will install a tele neck-pup between resonator and neck. it will take a while till its done and i am really curious.

Lostheart · June 26th, 2006, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by eddiewagner

hi folks,
i know that some of you have resoteles. how do theese guitars actually sound like through an amp? do they have a dobroish touch or do they sound like teles with a real fat set of strings. i just gave a dobro away to a luthier, who will install a tele neck-pup between resonator and neck. it will take a while till its done and i am really curious.

I'm really not qualified enough to answer but I am wondering if the Tele Neck Pickup was the right choice for the Dobro but it all depends on what you're doin' with the guitar.
I know that National player extraordinaire Chris Whitley used the old Barcus Berry Pick-Ups on all his guitars and I have seen him with a Reso-Electric that had (far as I remember) a P90 Pickup in the neck position...
They all sounded great to me...I wonder how the Tele Pick-Up will sound?
Maybe it's time to add some new soundclips to your site...love to hear new stuff from you!

BTW...who's doin' the work for you? I'm just asking because I recommended you a luthier a while back who has done good work on my guitars in the past and I reckon I haven't told you that he manged to f*** one up completely recently!

jwells393 · June 26th, 2006, 10:00 AM

I built a resoTelenator with a Tele neck pickup. You don't get much of the resonator sound from the neck pickup. It sounds ........... like a neck pickup. I installed a McIntyre feather pickup on the resonator cone. That's where you get the resonator sound.

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jwells393 · June 26th, 2006, 10:21 AM

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eddiewagner · June 26th, 2006, 10:36 AM

hi lostheart! good to hear from you again. it will be done by "the man you dont like too mch". i give it a shot. i saw whitley some years ago and he had the setup you mentioned. but i got absolutely np space on that dobro to squeeze that in. he had it fixed with ducttape!
hi jwells393: i expect it to sound like an elctric guitar. if that works good. if there are any special "sound dimensions" good too. i had a piezo installed in the bridge of that dobro. crappy. i have another resoguitar with a schatten design pup in the cone. thats pretty good too. but all that is complicated business to play live and loud. if that dobro is a killerslidemachine with a cool look i will be happy.

televiking · June 27th, 2006, 12:43 PM

I like the look of reso-teles. I wish I had a reasonable sane reason to have one..
Televiking

jwells393 · June 27th, 2006, 01:04 PM

To take it a step further .............. a resonable sane reason to own more than one guitar ................... I don't think so.

Tele295 · June 27th, 2006, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by jwells393

I built a resoTelenator with a Tele neck pickup. You don't get much of the resonator sound from the neck pickup. It sounds ........... like a neck pickup. I installed a McIntyre feather pickup on the resonator cone. That's where you get the resonator sound.

Jwells, can you tell us more about the McIntyre pickup?

jwells393 · June 27th, 2006, 02:54 PM

I bought it from Stew-Mac. It mounts to the cone with double-stick tape. Here's a picture. I have the 4286. I used a biscuit cone and bridge because of their smaller diameter. Spider cones are larger and a Telecaster doesn't provide enough room for one.

McIntyre Feather Pickup at Stew-Mac

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Tele295 · June 30th, 2006, 01:58 AM

Does it dampen the cone at all? I'd like a pickup for my '35 Duolian (biscuit bridge)

resotele · June 30th, 2006, 03:04 AM

Mine is a modded Squire Affinity Tele (China). I have two piezos (unknown origin) similar to jwells under the bisquit and on the cone. This is where the dobroish sound lives (but they tend to feed back...) The Tele Neck PU is a Rockinger, and I love it on this guitar. I think that the cone and the biscuit bridge give this PU a different sound, more "airy" (???)

Love to mod Teles.

resotele

June 26th, 2006, 04:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
eddiewagner Friend of Leo's Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: ROCK!linghausen/germany Age: 49 Posts: 3,967 27 Photos	resonator-teles hi folks, i know that some of you have resoteles. how do theese guitars actually sound like through an amp? do they have a dobroish touch or do they sound like teles with a real fat set of strings. i just gave a dobro away to a luthier, who will install a tele neck-pup between resonator and neck. it will take a while till its done and i am really curious. __________________ My Drum/Guitar-Duo: www.myspace.com/captaintwangandhisrhythmcat

June 26th, 2006, 10:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
jwells393 Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 64 Posts: 12,210 101 Photos	I built a resoTelenator with a Tele neck pickup. You don't get much of the resonator sound from the neck pickup. It sounds ........... like a neck pickup. I installed a McIntyre feather pickup on the resonator cone. That's where you get the resonator sound. .......................... __________________ Jack's Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" _ Guys - learn to disable the flash on your digital cameras.

June 26th, 2006, 10:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
jwells393 Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 64 Posts: 12,210 101 Photos	.. __________________ Jack's Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" _ Guys - learn to disable the flash on your digital cameras.

June 26th, 2006, 10:36 AM	#5 (permalink)
eddiewagner Friend of Leo's Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: ROCK!linghausen/germany Age: 49 Posts: 3,967 27 Photos	hi lostheart! good to hear from you again. it will be done by "the man you dont like too mch". i give it a shot. i saw whitley some years ago and he had the setup you mentioned. but i got absolutely np space on that dobro to squeeze that in. he had it fixed with ducttape! hi jwells393: i expect it to sound like an elctric guitar. if that works good. if there are any special "sound dimensions" good too. i had a piezo installed in the bridge of that dobro. crappy. i have another resoguitar with a schatten design pup in the cone. thats pretty good too. but all that is complicated business to play live and loud. if that dobro is a killerslidemachine with a cool look i will be happy. __________________ My Drum/Guitar-Duo: www.myspace.com/captaintwangandhisrhythmcat

June 27th, 2006, 12:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
televiking Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Finland, Helsinki Age: 37 Posts: 477 18 Photos	Looks cool I like the look of reso-teles. I wish I had a reasonable sane reason to have one.. Televiking __________________ "As soon as you start playing to impress other musicians, you have completely lost the whole point of playing music." Keith Richards

June 27th, 2006, 01:04 PM	#7 (permalink)
jwells393 Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 64 Posts: 12,210 101 Photos	To take it a step further .............. a resonable sane reason to own more than one guitar ................... I don't think so. __________________ Jack's Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" _ Guys - learn to disable the flash on your digital cameras.

June 27th, 2006, 02:54 PM	#9 (permalink)
jwells393 Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 64 Posts: 12,210 101 Photos	I bought it from Stew-Mac. It mounts to the cone with double-stick tape. Here's a picture. I have the 4286. I used a biscuit cone and bridge because of their smaller diameter. Spider cones are larger and a Telecaster doesn't provide enough room for one. McIntyre Feather Pickup at Stew-Mac ............................ __________________ Jack's Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" _ Guys - learn to disable the flash on your digital cameras.

June 30th, 2006, 01:58 AM	#10 (permalink)
Tele295 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Haunted Amp, CA Posts: 3,380 14 Photos	Does it dampen the cone at all? I'd like a pickup for my '35 Duolian (biscuit bridge) __________________ "Turn it up and it doesn't need any reverb." - Danny Gatton www.dannygatton.info Tiger Town Aces - Music That Bites Back In Redd we trust! Free Bill Kirchen! If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?

June 30th, 2006, 03:04 AM	#11 (permalink)
resotele TDPRI Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bern Switzerland Posts: 59 5 Photos	Mine is a modded Squire Affinity Tele (China). I have two piezos (unknown origin) similar to jwells under the bisquit and on the cone. This is where the dobroish sound lives (but they tend to feed back...) The Tele Neck PU is a Rockinger, and I love it on this guitar. I think that the cone and the biscuit bridge give this PU a different sound, more "airy" (???) Love to mod Teles. resotele __________________ I miss Timbo Last edited by resotele; June 30th, 2006 at 03:21 AM. Reason: tipos and photo