Raf_V

Jonhson

yeah johnson

i've got one of there electrics cheap and also plays well

hows yours?

It plays well... I am curious how the result will be after the modifications .

= Raf =

That's a fairly nice reso dude. Who made it?

It's an "el cheapo" Jonhson triolian

I bought it for 215 USD ...

I plays very well but I have do some modding.

I have to replace the bicuit, it's made out of some light wood ... and I gonna replace it by one made out of oak.

The tuners aren't that great I need to replace them too but I don't now yet which tuners I gonna use .

For this moment I'm sanding, sanding and sanding to get that mahogany wood back

regards,

Raf

I heard good things about the Michael Messer strings, albeit from the forums on his site. Generally they're heavy gauge.

What reso you got? Any pictures?

Thanks for your reply ToneMonkey .

I will check out those Messer strings but I don't know if they are available in Belgium ?

PIctures of my reso are in in this post: My Reso

thanks,

= Raf =

Hi all ,

I need to replace the strings on my triolian resonator guitar .

What type of string should i use ?

I heard that electric strings would do great , is that true ?

thanks a lot ,

= Raf =

Sand, sand and sand some more ...

What kind of sanding paper is best to start with ?

thanks,

= Raf =

Hi all ,

The finish on my reonator guitar is a very thick layer of cristal clear finish ..

And by very thick I mean ( visible) a least 3 mm ...

So I think it would be better to remove the entire finish of the guitar .

What's the technique to remove that thick layer of shiny finish ?

thanks !

= Raf =

Krylon.

-or-

Lend it to this guy for a few months.

I would like to, but I don't know him ...

= Raf =

Any clear, natural finish. Oil (tru-oil) would look great, if you like that sort of look.

Mattia ,

What is "tru oil" ?

= Raf =

Its a wooden bodied resonator so we suggested way to dull the lacquer finish that is protecting all that wood. I also suggested a way to dull the metal but that is really more 'relicing' than 'de-glossing' - but i presumed if you hated the shiny wood finish enough to want to dull a new guitar then you might want to do something about all the shiny chrome as well.

If you rub down the guitar body and peghead with fine wire wool (i would use 0000 grade) it will get rid of the gloss nicely. I would use wax and wire wool because i prefer a bit of a shine rather than a completely flat finish

Sorry I didn't read you message very well

I'm not native english ....

What kind of wax is best to use ?

thanks,

= Raf =

I was going to suggest fine wire wool maybe with some wax on the wooden areas. It will dull it nicely.

You might want to take a bit of really fine sandpaper to the edges of some of the chrome parts to simulate natural wear, areas like the bit your hand would rest on always get the most wear. I bet there is lots of discussions on ageing metal hardware somewhere around here

It seems like I failed to explain what I want ...

I'm talking about the shiny body and peghead wood .

= Raf =

http://www.stewmac.com/tradesecrets/bridge...ts38rorick.html

Great link Tirapop !

Thanks a lot !

= Raf =

Hi guitar friends !

Yesterday I received a resonator.

Here are some pics:

The problem is that I don't like the shiny gloss ...

Do you guys have some sugestions to get rid of that shiny gloss ?

Keep in mind that I'm a complete newbie with all this kind of stuff...

thanks a lot !

= Raf =

I remember a two part trade secrets or similar from the time they were to be found in the printed Stewmac catalog. It covered, step by step, a conversion from ordinary flattop acoustic yard sales finding to a playable resonator (single cone) guitar. It was supposed to be carried out in an afternoon. Can’t find that on the Stewmac “free info” pages anymore.

What he did was simply cut up a circular hole in the top, glue a plug in the old sound hole, clear some of the braces that would interfere with the sound well, cut circular rings from plywood, cut them up in one place to be able to twist them in place through the hole in the top and glued them in place. Then he installed the cone, bridge and tail piece. With a quick and dirty cover made from scrap masonite he was ready to play it

That's exactly what I am looking for ....

= Raf =

Hi all,

This is my first post here ...

I was wondering if it was possible to make a resonator guitar out of an old acoustic guitar ?

thanks,

Raf