Working on a resonator guitar

Steve Schaefer · From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

I have a Black Widow liberty guitar. I would like to tinker with it to see if I could improve the tone and stop some small buzzing problems. The tone and sustain on the high DBG string seems OK, but the low strings lacks sustain and have a muffled sound.

It has a 10 1/2 inch spun resonator cone and a Spider Bridge but it’s not a Quarterman. The Nut is made of plastic and I am not sure what the bridge is made out of.

How hard is it to shape and cut the slots in the bridge and nut?

Since the cone is spun do I need to upgrade this to a Quarterman?

Also where is a good place to purchase parts besides Elderly?

I have the Paul Beard Video on repair and maintenance and he makes it look like I could do the work my self or should I just ship it off to somebody that knows what they are doing?

Thanks

Steve Schaefer

Ron Randall · From: Dallas, Texas, USA

Hi.
Stewart McDonald catalog or stewmac.com has lots of reso parts.
Most good reso setups use a maple insert for the bridge, and a bone nut. Stewmac has the blanks. Buy 2, they are cheap.

If you are handy with little files and sandpaper, you can do this yourself.
Check out www.resonatorguitarist.com/

Ron

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