Resonator Guitars

Dean Resonator Cutaway Acoustic Electric Guitar, Natural

SKU: DERCENMMFR: RCE NM

Mahogany body resonator guitar offers rich tone.
Single cone resonator ensures classic sound quality.
Cutaway design allows easy access to all 21 frets.
Acoustic-electric Dean guitar with lipstick pickup.
Rosewood fretboard provides smooth playability.

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Dean Resonator Acoustic Electric Bass Guitar, Classic Black

SKU: DERESBASSCBKMFR: RES BASS CBK

Mahogany body resonator bass offers rich tone.
Dean resonator guitar with smooth rosewood fingerboard.
Acoustic-electric bass guitar for versatile playing.
Classic black finish resonator provides stage presence.
Humbucker pickup delivers powerful bass guitar sound.

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Resonator Guitars

Resonator guitars are used in the blues, bluegrass, and other types of acoustic folk music. Their most distinctive feature is a large round aluminum plate that surrounds the bridge. This plate covers the resonator itself, which is a speaker-shaped cone of thin aluminum that projects the tinny, metallic sound that resonator guitars are known for. There are also resonator banjos and basses, but they’re less common than guitars.

Playing styles

Resonators can be played the same way as other guitars, but they really excel as “slide” guitars. Players can use a bottleneck slide over one finger, interspersing slides with fretted notes. It’s also common to modify a resonator with a nut that raises the action extremely high to create a “dobro” guitar, which is laid flat on a player’s lap and played only with a slide.

Strings and tuning

Resonator guitars benefit from heavier-gauge strings than other acoustic guitars, both for sound and to stand up to the pressures of a slide. Bronze or nickel-wound strings with a high E gauge of .016 are common. While most resonators are tuned to standard guitar tuning, players who use them exclusively for slide playing prefer multiple open-chorded tuning.

Resonator Guitars

Dean Resonator Cutaway Acoustic Electric Guitar, Natural

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Dean Resonator Acoustic Electric Bass Guitar, Classic Black

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