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Cant wait for Saturdays gig at the Pickering Beer festival when I will be reunited with two of my favourite guitars from my collection in Crete. Thanks to Kev Jones shipping them back for me .My old Eko ranger 6 which I've had for 46 years and my Governor resonator which has been my go to resonator for about 15yrs ,Time to play the blues .
Nice.
Wish I could hear you and the band live.
Bill
Never played a resonator... but they were part of my original lure to getting into playing. I'm not good enough, still. I think if I were though, I'd be glad to be reminiscing with one! Enjoy your OGD!
I love resonators I have 3 different ones I like the Governor best even though it was the cheapest
These are vids of Brian Viall and my self on stage at Earth Dance 2013 in Heraklion I'm playing the Governor an Brian has a LAG Tramontane
Happy guitar reunion day Graham!
I tried to play a rezzie when I was about 15 and was learning my first E chord. That thing was so heavy, I believe it had a steel body, but I sure love that sound. Nothing like it and you play it well, Graham. Loved both tunes and left notes.
Bill
Thanks for the comments on YouTube Bill ,made me smile.
Re the weight of resonators ,the one in the vids has a wooden body and is pretty light but I have a gold plated Steel bodied one which weighs very heavy but sounds and looks amazing .I also have a resonator bouzouki which is nickel plated both came from Ozark guitars in the UK and I believe were made originally as display models ,although a few weeks ago I came across a very similar guitar in York which was gold plated but it had no pickup or the ornate mother of pearl inlays which mine has 
Beautiful!!!!! Price?
Bill
I think I gave about £600 for it about 4 yrs ago not sure though as it was part of a job lot with bazoukis and banjos from a dealer in the UK
That's a beauty!
I was bidding on one a few years ago on ebay but it went a little higher than I was willing to go.
Both videos were cool Graham. The firedancers took me by surprise. A little bit of Polynesia in Crete.
They are a Hippy dance troop called the" Frantic freaks " from Rethymno in Crete ,great bunch we've worked with them a few times but on this occasion they turned up and surprised us by joining in with our set .
That's a real work of art, Graham ... beautiful.
Just a follow up post to this subject to thank Kev J for bringing my guitars back for me I played the resonator in my set at the Pickering beer festival and had a great time John Prince and I closed the show last night to a great and very apreciative crowd .Also many thanks to the Sun inn at Pickering for the nice beers and ciders .I would urge any one who is in the area today to visit and sample the hospitality and more live music from 12 today
Got the EKO out of its box and gave it a clean and a polish ran through a few numbers ,this guitar has such a mellow tone I really love it sounds as good amped as it does acoustic wish I had two then i wouldnt worry about gigging this one .
Mark's Knopfler's "National" graces the cover of Dire Strait's "Brothers in Arms" album, and we're all familiar with his finger-picking it for the song "Romeo & Juliet". He was chatting about it at a concert, and referred to all of the embossing on it (palm trees, lovers, scrolling, etc.) as being vulgar. For whatever reason that's stuck with me, as I'm not entirely sure what he meant. The steel resonators are indeed beautiful, and I hope to play one some day.
vulgar can also mean flamboyant.
Pickering is a great place, usually stop there on our way to Robin Hoods Bay. Would have loved to call in at the beer fest but just got back off holls on Zante. BTW, can you remember what strings you're using?
Check out Newtone Strings, made about a mile away from here.
On the resonator I have Martin 11s it came with heavier strings but had tuning issues I think they may have been sticking in the nut .I'll check out newtone,thanks.
Here's the clip I referred to earlier, with Mark speaking about & playing his resonator. You'll recognize the song immediately:
Here's the clip I referred to earlier, with Mark speaking about & playing his resonator. You'll recognize the song immediately:
A said before it seems he is talking about it being flambount
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