Cool ol' video of my National Reso through my Boogie Amp

[rockabilly69]

I stopped playing reso on stage a while ago but I always liked this tone. It's from 14 years ago. The pickup is a Flatbucker.

https://youtu.be/JJTOLHiw_Fs?feature=shared

 

Edited January 14 by rockabilly69

[tbonesullivan]

Sounds great, both the guitar and the vocals! A resonator is one thing I've always loved the look and sound of, but I'm just not a good enough player to really make one sound good.

Is that one of the Dual Caliber amps? I also think I spy a Fulltone pedal on top of it. Yes I am that guy who is often more interested in gear than anything else.

[bolero]

Yeah that was great!

"my metal guitar, amplifier & a suitcase"

I saw my tech friend fixing a Mesa Nomad today, what a nightmare to work on: overheating problems, terrible airflow, pain in the ass to disassemble. No thanks.

[rockabilly69]

15 hours ago, tbonesullivan said:

Sounds great, both the guitar and the vocals! A resonator is one thing I've always loved the look and sound of, but I'm just not a good enough player to really make one sound good.

Is that one of the Dual Caliber amps? I also think I spy a Fulltone pedal on top of it. Yes I am that guy who is often more interested in gear than anything else.

Thanks! As for playing resonators, the big thing about them is that they are loud and that could me intimidating at first! And the break angle at the bridge makes them feel much different than acoustic guitars. I find them harder to flatpick, but I love playing them fingerstyle like in this video! Yes that's a "Dual Caliber"  DC2 Boogie and a Fulltone Fulldrive II Mosfet. That's for the dirty side of the signal. There's also an RE-20 Boss Space Echo in there too! And the reso also has a mic on it for the acoustic tone.

51 minutes ago, bolero said:

Yeah that was great!

"my metal guitar, amplifier & a suitcase"

I saw my tech friend fixing a Mesa Nomad today, what a nightmare to work on: overheating problems, terrible airflow, pain in the ass to disassemble. No thanks.

Thanks, and yes that metal guitar, amplifier, and suitcase have bounced around in the back of car for many gigs! As for the Boogie, I've had it about 20 years and not one blip. That amp is ridiculously relaible. It still gets used in the rehearsal room at some decent volume most every Monday night. I did change the speaker to my favorite though, a Weber 12A125A, which is my favorite all time speaker. I have one in my Princeton Reverb, Tophat Club Deluxe, Clark Beaufort, and this Boogie! In a few days I'm going to try one in my Vox AC15HW1.

Edited January 15 by rockabilly69

[rwinking]

Any info on the pickup? I have never played my reso live and not sure I will. However, it is always cool to be prepared. And I have never been opposed to new gear.

[rockabilly69]

1 hour ago, rwinking said:

Any info on the pickup? I have never played my reso live and not sure I will. However, it is always cool to be prepared. And I have never been opposed to new gear.

I don't think that guy Thomas Grassel is still making the Flatbucker, but there's a guy in the USA making killer RESO pickups Krivo. I have one on my National Tricone at it slays. It's one of the few magnetic pickups (like Flatbucker) that is microphonic enough to pickup up the difference in tone on resos.

https://www.krivopickups.com/store/p2/Krivo_Humbucking_Pickups_for_Resophonic_Guitars..html

Mine is just mounted with two sided foam tape.

[Kuz]

Killer video and what an awesome production of the video!