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Topic: Jay Turser Resonator Guitar |
Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 14 Jul 2011 9:54 am |
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How many members play the Jay Turser resonator guitar ?
It has some unique features; a piazzo pickup under the bridge and a separate magnetic pickup, which can be blended. Its main fault lies in that it has a thin body, like the Fender Coronado or the Hofner Verithin, which means that, when played acoustically and not plugged into an amplifier, it doesn't have a great booming volume like a Dobro. Played electrically it sounds pretty good, and the resonator sound comes out well.
As it comes, the guitar is built to be played as a regular guitar. I have a nut riser on mine and keep it tuned to open G. It has a bolt-on neck, so I'm thinking of building a new square-section neck for it. I might convert it into an 8-string when I do that. |
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Jim Sallis
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Arizona, USA
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Posted 14 Jul 2011 1:53 pm
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| I have a "regular" (i.e., not thin, non-cutaway) Jay Turser reso with the same configuration. You can get some interesting sounds with the two pickups. Played it with an adaptor in high G for quite a while; finally put on a higher bridge and a higher bone nut, and now play it in C6. |
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 25 Nov 2012 9:43 am
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| I'm surprised that in such a large steel guitar fraternity there aren't more members who own one of these. |
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 25 Nov 2012 11:21 am
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why, alan? how many were made?
i think it's a cool looking guitar...i'd try using it as a guitar. |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 25 Nov 2012 11:48 am
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| Alan Brookes wrote: |
| I'm surprised that in such a large steel guitar fraternity there aren't more members who own one of these. |
Well, it's not designed to be used as a lap steel, and there are many different squareneck resonator guitars with pickups that sound better than these guitars. I'm glad you like yours, but I wouldn't want one myself.
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 25 Nov 2012 11:52 am
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I'd like to have one for bottleneckin'! Can't afford the similar National. How much do these go for? Still available? What's the name/model number?
Edit; JT-Res, still available. $319 from Musician's Friend. Anyone wanna trade for a squareneck Morrell? |
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