Chords for How to select a Resonator Guitar and Bottleneck Slide for Blues
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Hello, this is Kenny Lee Burgess.
I receive many nice letters from my friends on YouTube
and many of them ask, how do I go about selecting a resonator guitar or where can I purchase
a bottleneck slide?
So that's why I'm doing this video.
First I'd like to talk a little
bit about the history.
The resonator guitar was invented just before the 1930s by a man
named John D'Opria.
The first instrument he invented was called the tricone guitar and
the first guitar right here is an example of that.
Inside the tricone was three small
aluminum discs that were attached together by a T-bar.
So when the strings vibrated,
those discs vibrated causing the sound.
This instrument was expensive to make because of
those small cones, but by far had a superior tone from bass to treble.
But because it was
expensive, he had to invent a different guitar that was a little more economical and that's
where he came up with the single cone.
Now inside the single cone is one aluminum disc
that looks like this, very thin aluminum and on top sits a bridge made of wood that they
call a biscuit.
You can see how that would work.
Now because of some bad business deals,
he lost the [C] patents and he [N] could no longer use them.
So the first company that he formed
called National Guitar, he had to reinvent himself and come up with a new resonator.
So he came up with the company Dobro and Dobro short for Dopria Brothers.
Now that cone he
came up with was an inversion of the other cone, you can see it looks more like a pie
pan and on top sits this spider bridge, an aluminum spider web kind of a shape and that's
what they call it, a spider bridge.
Now it just so happens that today most country and
western players who play slide guitar, who play it on their lap, they actually sit the
square neck so you can't play it like a regular guitar.
They prefer this spider bridge setup,
usually a wooden body and it has a very nice sweet tone.
Early blues players like Sun House
and Bucca White, they preferred the single cone mainly because it was economical and
it also had a kind of a high end banjo kind of a sound to it.
Now let's talk a little
bit about selection of a guitar.
Now the first way to go would be to buy a vintage
instrument.
Vintage instruments are great but I'm going to tell you, you should beware
because there could be some problems.
Now here's the major problem, back in the 1930s
when they made guitars, they didn't put in a truss rod into the neck.
Now a truss rod
is basically a metal support rod that runs through the neck and has an opening on the
top that has a bolt so you can adjust the neck.
Now what happens in time because of
the tension in the strings, the neck pitches forward so you can use that truss rod to
keep it straight.
Now if there's no truss rod, that neck is just going to bend and stay
like that.
Now that's a problem because one, the strings move away from the fingerboard,
it's harder to fret the notes but also the guitar is not pitched right so the intonation,
that means the way the notes sound as you go higher up the neck don't ring correctly
so it plays all out of tune.
And then the biggest problem is because now that the strings
are away from the guitar, you don't have that downward pressure that causes the cone to
ring correctly.
So if you buy a vintage guitar, be careful, you might have to have the neck
reset which means they have to take the guitar apart and re-pitch the neck or you might have
to have a brand new neck put on.
My old 1935 National Daulinian, that's exactly what I
did, I put a brand new neck on because I can't say this enough that really, bottleneck is,
the guitar is set up very similar to standard.
It's not high away from the fingerboard, it's
really a matter of using the right string gauge and the right tuning and having the
neck set up just right that it plays up and down the fingerboard just like a standard
guitar.
So be careful buying vintage.
Now you could buy new.
Now if you're going to
buy new, there's two ends, there's which I'd say higher end guitars which are about 1500
to $3500 and these guitars are made really well.
Now if I was going to suggest somebody,
I would say National Resophonic guitars.
Here's an example right here of a 1993 one made by
Don Young.
It's a very nice instrument, about $1500.
If you're looking for a really nice
instrument, I would go see him.
Now the other end is entry level, about $300 to $600.
Now
this is good if you're a beginner or if you want a guitar that plays well but you want
to take it somewhere and not worry about it.
Now if I would suggest a company, I would
suggest that you visit a friend of mine, Frank, at www .RepublicGuitars.com. Now he makes very
nice guitar.
Actually that tricone right there is an example of his guitars.
They're made
very well, they're built correctly, they have a truss rod in them, they sound nice, they
play nice and I really encourage you to check him out.
And if you do decide to purchase,
make sure you tell him Kenny Lee sent you.
He's a really nice guy and he'll take good
care of your order.
Now that's pretty much about selecting a guitar.
I have to say that
it really doesn't matter.
You could use a Spyder or a Biscuit Bridge or a Tricone.
It
doesn't matter really what guitar, resonator type you choose.
They all are very fine for
bottleneck.
It all comes down to the tone.
So having the ability to go to a store and
play the guitar is really the best.
But a lot of times people end up having to buy them
via the internet.
If you're going to do that, I would say go to a reputable dealer when
you do that.
Finally, let's talk about bottleneck slides.
You can make a bottleneck slide and
there are videos up on YouTube about that so check them out.
Or I suggest that you visit
another one of my friends, Greg at www .bottleneckstore.com. He makes a really nice slide.
They come packed
in a nice little pouch.
What I would suggest going to him is he'll really work with you
and give you what you want.
The first thing is getting the right size.
I like slides that
fit snugly on my fingers so they don't slide around.
He has a ring gauge system that you
can use to get the right slide.
Also, he'll help you get the right length.
I like a long
slide, not too long, so I can go across all six strings.
Sometimes I like to do that.
He'll cut it any way you want and polish.
So just check it out.
I hope this video was
helpful.
I hope it answered some questions.
Please feel free if you're looking for a guitar
and you want a suggestion or you find something on eBay that you want me to give you my advice
about because I'm always looking on eBay.
Please feel free to write.
I hope this is
[C] helpful.
Take care and I'll talk to you soon.
I receive many nice letters from my friends on YouTube
and many of them ask, how do I go about selecting a resonator guitar or where can I purchase
a bottleneck slide?
So that's why I'm doing this video.
First I'd like to talk a little
bit about the history.
The resonator guitar was invented just before the 1930s by a man
named John D'Opria.
The first instrument he invented was called the tricone guitar and
the first guitar right here is an example of that.
Inside the tricone was three small
aluminum discs that were attached together by a T-bar.
So when the strings vibrated,
those discs vibrated causing the sound.
This instrument was expensive to make because of
those small cones, but by far had a superior tone from bass to treble.
But because it was
expensive, he had to invent a different guitar that was a little more economical and that's
where he came up with the single cone.
Now inside the single cone is one aluminum disc
that looks like this, very thin aluminum and on top sits a bridge made of wood that they
call a biscuit.
You can see how that would work.
Now because of some bad business deals,
he lost the [C] patents and he [N] could no longer use them.
So the first company that he formed
called National Guitar, he had to reinvent himself and come up with a new resonator.
So he came up with the company Dobro and Dobro short for Dopria Brothers.
Now that cone he
came up with was an inversion of the other cone, you can see it looks more like a pie
pan and on top sits this spider bridge, an aluminum spider web kind of a shape and that's
what they call it, a spider bridge.
Now it just so happens that today most country and
western players who play slide guitar, who play it on their lap, they actually sit the
square neck so you can't play it like a regular guitar.
They prefer this spider bridge setup,
usually a wooden body and it has a very nice sweet tone.
Early blues players like Sun House
and Bucca White, they preferred the single cone mainly because it was economical and
it also had a kind of a high end banjo kind of a sound to it.
Now let's talk a little
bit about selection of a guitar.
Now the first way to go would be to buy a vintage
instrument.
Vintage instruments are great but I'm going to tell you, you should beware
because there could be some problems.
Now here's the major problem, back in the 1930s
when they made guitars, they didn't put in a truss rod into the neck.
Now a truss rod
is basically a metal support rod that runs through the neck and has an opening on the
top that has a bolt so you can adjust the neck.
Now what happens in time because of
the tension in the strings, the neck pitches forward so you can use that truss rod to
keep it straight.
Now if there's no truss rod, that neck is just going to bend and stay
like that.
Now that's a problem because one, the strings move away from the fingerboard,
it's harder to fret the notes but also the guitar is not pitched right so the intonation,
that means the way the notes sound as you go higher up the neck don't ring correctly
so it plays all out of tune.
And then the biggest problem is because now that the strings
are away from the guitar, you don't have that downward pressure that causes the cone to
ring correctly.
So if you buy a vintage guitar, be careful, you might have to have the neck
reset which means they have to take the guitar apart and re-pitch the neck or you might have
to have a brand new neck put on.
My old 1935 National Daulinian, that's exactly what I
did, I put a brand new neck on because I can't say this enough that really, bottleneck is,
the guitar is set up very similar to standard.
It's not high away from the fingerboard, it's
really a matter of using the right string gauge and the right tuning and having the
neck set up just right that it plays up and down the fingerboard just like a standard
guitar.
So be careful buying vintage.
Now you could buy new.
Now if you're going to
buy new, there's two ends, there's which I'd say higher end guitars which are about 1500
to $3500 and these guitars are made really well.
Now if I was going to suggest somebody,
I would say National Resophonic guitars.
Here's an example right here of a 1993 one made by
Don Young.
It's a very nice instrument, about $1500.
If you're looking for a really nice
instrument, I would go see him.
Now the other end is entry level, about $300 to $600.
Now
this is good if you're a beginner or if you want a guitar that plays well but you want
to take it somewhere and not worry about it.
Now if I would suggest a company, I would
suggest that you visit a friend of mine, Frank, at www .RepublicGuitars.com. Now he makes very
nice guitar.
Actually that tricone right there is an example of his guitars.
They're made
very well, they're built correctly, they have a truss rod in them, they sound nice, they
play nice and I really encourage you to check him out.
And if you do decide to purchase,
make sure you tell him Kenny Lee sent you.
He's a really nice guy and he'll take good
care of your order.
Now that's pretty much about selecting a guitar.
I have to say that
it really doesn't matter.
You could use a Spyder or a Biscuit Bridge or a Tricone.
It
doesn't matter really what guitar, resonator type you choose.
They all are very fine for
bottleneck.
It all comes down to the tone.
So having the ability to go to a store and
play the guitar is really the best.
But a lot of times people end up having to buy them
via the internet.
If you're going to do that, I would say go to a reputable dealer when
you do that.
Finally, let's talk about bottleneck slides.
You can make a bottleneck slide and
there are videos up on YouTube about that so check them out.
Or I suggest that you visit
another one of my friends, Greg at www .bottleneckstore.com. He makes a really nice slide.
They come packed
in a nice little pouch.
What I would suggest going to him is he'll really work with you
and give you what you want.
The first thing is getting the right size.
I like slides that
fit snugly on my fingers so they don't slide around.
He has a ring gauge system that you
can use to get the right slide.
Also, he'll help you get the right length.
I like a long
slide, not too long, so I can go across all six strings.
Sometimes I like to do that.
He'll cut it any way you want and polish.
So just check it out.
I hope this video was
helpful.
I hope it answered some questions.
Please feel free if you're looking for a guitar
and you want a suggestion or you find something on eBay that you want me to give you my advice
about because I'm always looking on eBay.
Please feel free to write.
I hope this is
[C] helpful.
Take care and I'll talk to you soon.
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_ _ _ _ Hello, this is Kenny Lee Burgess.
I receive many nice letters from my friends on YouTube
and many of them ask, how do I go about selecting a resonator guitar or where can I purchase
a bottleneck slide?
So that's why I'm doing this video.
First I'd like to talk a little
bit about the history.
The resonator guitar was invented just before the 1930s by a man
named John D'Opria. _
The first instrument he invented was called the tricone guitar and
the first guitar right here is an example of that.
Inside the tricone was three small
aluminum discs that were attached together by a T-bar.
So when the strings vibrated,
those discs vibrated causing the sound. _
This instrument was expensive to make because of
those small cones, but by far had a superior tone from bass to treble.
But because it was
expensive, he had to invent a different guitar that was a little more economical and that's
where he came up with the single cone.
Now inside the single cone is one aluminum disc
that looks like this, very thin aluminum and on top sits a bridge _ made of wood that they
call a biscuit.
You can see how that would work.
Now because of some bad business deals,
he lost the [C] patents and he [N] could no longer use them.
So the first company that he formed
called National Guitar, he had to reinvent himself and come up with a new resonator.
So he came up with the company Dobro and Dobro short for Dopria Brothers.
Now that cone he
came up with was an inversion of the other cone, you can see it looks more like a pie
pan and on top sits this spider bridge, an aluminum spider web kind of a shape and that's
what they call it, a spider bridge.
_ Now it just so happens that today most country and
western players who play slide guitar, who play it on their lap, they actually sit _ _ the
square neck so you can't play it like a regular guitar.
They prefer this spider bridge setup,
usually a wooden body and it has a very nice sweet tone.
Early blues players like Sun House
and Bucca White, they preferred the single cone mainly because it was economical _ and
it also _ had a kind of a high end banjo kind of a sound to it.
Now let's talk a little
bit about _ selection of a guitar.
Now the first way to go would be to buy a vintage
instrument.
Vintage instruments are great but I'm going to tell you, you should beware
because there could be some problems.
Now here's the major problem, back in the 1930s
when they made guitars, they didn't put in a truss rod into the neck.
Now a truss rod
is basically a metal support rod that runs through the neck and has an opening on the
top that has a bolt so you can adjust the neck.
Now what happens in time because of
the tension in the strings, the neck pitches forward so you can use that truss rod to
keep it straight.
Now if there's no truss rod, that neck is just going to bend and stay
like that.
Now that's a problem because one, the strings move away from the fingerboard,
it's harder to fret the notes but also the guitar is not pitched right so the intonation,
that means the way the notes sound as you go higher up the neck don't ring correctly
so it plays all out of tune.
And then the biggest problem is because now that the strings
are away from the guitar, you don't have that downward pressure that causes the cone to
ring correctly.
So if you buy a vintage guitar, be careful, you might have to have the neck
reset which means they have to take the guitar apart and re-pitch the neck or you might have
to have a brand new neck put on.
My old 1935 National Daulinian, that's exactly what I
did, I put a brand new neck on because I can't say this enough that really, _ bottleneck is,
the guitar is set up very similar to standard.
It's not high away from the fingerboard, it's
really a matter of using the right string gauge and the right tuning and having the
neck set up just right that it plays up and down the fingerboard just like a standard
guitar.
_ _ So be careful buying vintage.
Now you could buy new.
Now if you're going to
buy new, there's two ends, there's which I'd say higher end guitars which are about 1500 _ _
to $3500 and these guitars are made really well.
Now if I was going to suggest somebody,
I would say National Resophonic guitars.
_ Here's an example right here of a 1993 one made by
Don Young.
It's a very nice instrument, about $1500.
_ _ If you're looking for a really nice
instrument, I would go see him.
Now the other end is entry level, about $300 to $600.
Now
this is good if you're a beginner or if you want a guitar that plays well but you want
to take it somewhere and not worry about it.
Now if I would suggest a company, I would
suggest that you visit a friend of mine, Frank, at www _ _ .RepublicGuitars.com. Now he makes very
nice guitar.
Actually that tricone right there is an example of his guitars.
They're made
very well, they're built correctly, they have a truss rod in them, they sound nice, they
_ play nice and I really encourage you to check him out.
And if you do decide to purchase,
make sure you tell him Kenny Lee sent you.
He's a really nice guy and he'll take good
care of your order.
_ Now _ _ that's pretty much about selecting a guitar.
I have to say that
it really doesn't matter.
You could use a Spyder or _ _ a Biscuit Bridge or a Tricone.
It
doesn't matter really what guitar, resonator type you choose.
They all are very fine for
bottleneck.
It all comes down to the tone.
So having the ability to go to a store and
play the guitar is really the best.
But a lot of times people end up having to buy them
via the internet.
_ If you're going to do that, I would say go to a reputable dealer when
you do that.
Finally, let's talk about bottleneck slides.
_ You can make a bottleneck slide and
there are videos up on YouTube about that so check them out.
Or I suggest that you visit
another one of my friends, Greg at www _ _ _ .bottleneckstore.com. He makes a really nice slide.
They come packed
in a nice little pouch.
What I would suggest going to him is he'll really work with you
and give you what you want.
The first thing is getting the right size.
I like slides that
fit snugly on my fingers so they don't slide around.
He has a ring gauge system that you
can use to get the right slide.
Also, he'll help you get the right length.
I like a long
slide, not too long, so I can go across all six strings.
Sometimes I like to do that. _ _ _
He'll cut it any way you want and polish.
So just check it out.
I hope this video was
helpful.
I hope it answered some questions.
_ Please feel free if you're looking for a guitar
and you want a suggestion or you find something on eBay that you want me to give you my advice
about because I'm always looking on eBay.
Please feel free to write.
I hope this is
[C] helpful.
Take care and I'll talk to you soon. _
I receive many nice letters from my friends on YouTube
and many of them ask, how do I go about selecting a resonator guitar or where can I purchase
a bottleneck slide?
So that's why I'm doing this video.
First I'd like to talk a little
bit about the history.
The resonator guitar was invented just before the 1930s by a man
named John D'Opria. _
The first instrument he invented was called the tricone guitar and
the first guitar right here is an example of that.
Inside the tricone was three small
aluminum discs that were attached together by a T-bar.
So when the strings vibrated,
those discs vibrated causing the sound. _
This instrument was expensive to make because of
those small cones, but by far had a superior tone from bass to treble.
But because it was
expensive, he had to invent a different guitar that was a little more economical and that's
where he came up with the single cone.
Now inside the single cone is one aluminum disc
that looks like this, very thin aluminum and on top sits a bridge _ made of wood that they
call a biscuit.
You can see how that would work.
Now because of some bad business deals,
he lost the [C] patents and he [N] could no longer use them.
So the first company that he formed
called National Guitar, he had to reinvent himself and come up with a new resonator.
So he came up with the company Dobro and Dobro short for Dopria Brothers.
Now that cone he
came up with was an inversion of the other cone, you can see it looks more like a pie
pan and on top sits this spider bridge, an aluminum spider web kind of a shape and that's
what they call it, a spider bridge.
_ Now it just so happens that today most country and
western players who play slide guitar, who play it on their lap, they actually sit _ _ the
square neck so you can't play it like a regular guitar.
They prefer this spider bridge setup,
usually a wooden body and it has a very nice sweet tone.
Early blues players like Sun House
and Bucca White, they preferred the single cone mainly because it was economical _ and
it also _ had a kind of a high end banjo kind of a sound to it.
Now let's talk a little
bit about _ selection of a guitar.
Now the first way to go would be to buy a vintage
instrument.
Vintage instruments are great but I'm going to tell you, you should beware
because there could be some problems.
Now here's the major problem, back in the 1930s
when they made guitars, they didn't put in a truss rod into the neck.
Now a truss rod
is basically a metal support rod that runs through the neck and has an opening on the
top that has a bolt so you can adjust the neck.
Now what happens in time because of
the tension in the strings, the neck pitches forward so you can use that truss rod to
keep it straight.
Now if there's no truss rod, that neck is just going to bend and stay
like that.
Now that's a problem because one, the strings move away from the fingerboard,
it's harder to fret the notes but also the guitar is not pitched right so the intonation,
that means the way the notes sound as you go higher up the neck don't ring correctly
so it plays all out of tune.
And then the biggest problem is because now that the strings
are away from the guitar, you don't have that downward pressure that causes the cone to
ring correctly.
So if you buy a vintage guitar, be careful, you might have to have the neck
reset which means they have to take the guitar apart and re-pitch the neck or you might have
to have a brand new neck put on.
My old 1935 National Daulinian, that's exactly what I
did, I put a brand new neck on because I can't say this enough that really, _ bottleneck is,
the guitar is set up very similar to standard.
It's not high away from the fingerboard, it's
really a matter of using the right string gauge and the right tuning and having the
neck set up just right that it plays up and down the fingerboard just like a standard
guitar.
_ _ So be careful buying vintage.
Now you could buy new.
Now if you're going to
buy new, there's two ends, there's which I'd say higher end guitars which are about 1500 _ _
to $3500 and these guitars are made really well.
Now if I was going to suggest somebody,
I would say National Resophonic guitars.
_ Here's an example right here of a 1993 one made by
Don Young.
It's a very nice instrument, about $1500.
_ _ If you're looking for a really nice
instrument, I would go see him.
Now the other end is entry level, about $300 to $600.
Now
this is good if you're a beginner or if you want a guitar that plays well but you want
to take it somewhere and not worry about it.
Now if I would suggest a company, I would
suggest that you visit a friend of mine, Frank, at www _ _ .RepublicGuitars.com. Now he makes very
nice guitar.
Actually that tricone right there is an example of his guitars.
They're made
very well, they're built correctly, they have a truss rod in them, they sound nice, they
_ play nice and I really encourage you to check him out.
And if you do decide to purchase,
make sure you tell him Kenny Lee sent you.
He's a really nice guy and he'll take good
care of your order.
_ Now _ _ that's pretty much about selecting a guitar.
I have to say that
it really doesn't matter.
You could use a Spyder or _ _ a Biscuit Bridge or a Tricone.
It
doesn't matter really what guitar, resonator type you choose.
They all are very fine for
bottleneck.
It all comes down to the tone.
So having the ability to go to a store and
play the guitar is really the best.
But a lot of times people end up having to buy them
via the internet.
_ If you're going to do that, I would say go to a reputable dealer when
you do that.
Finally, let's talk about bottleneck slides.
_ You can make a bottleneck slide and
there are videos up on YouTube about that so check them out.
Or I suggest that you visit
another one of my friends, Greg at www _ _ _ .bottleneckstore.com. He makes a really nice slide.
They come packed
in a nice little pouch.
What I would suggest going to him is he'll really work with you
and give you what you want.
The first thing is getting the right size.
I like slides that
fit snugly on my fingers so they don't slide around.
He has a ring gauge system that you
can use to get the right slide.
Also, he'll help you get the right length.
I like a long
slide, not too long, so I can go across all six strings.
Sometimes I like to do that. _ _ _
He'll cut it any way you want and polish.
So just check it out.
I hope this video was
helpful.
I hope it answered some questions.
_ Please feel free if you're looking for a guitar
and you want a suggestion or you find something on eBay that you want me to give you my advice
about because I'm always looking on eBay.
Please feel free to write.
I hope this is
[C] helpful.
Take care and I'll talk to you soon. _