Reso Family

[Eddie Sheehy]

'61 National Guitar, National RM-1 mandolin, Griffin Reso Mandola, '29 Dobro Tenortrope

[dcoventry]

Real nice.

It SEEMS you are missing the Rigel Reso, though.

[Eddie Sheehy]

Yep, I shudda held on to that one...

[dcoventry]

That mando looks like it should be played by Darth Vader on the Deathstar.

"Come to the Dark Side! You need no Scroll..."

[JeffD]

Nobody beats the rez.

[Eddie Sheehy]

Nobody.

[Chief]

I actually owned that Rigel. Got it from Martin(who took that picture). I had a pickup put in. And I kick myself almost every day that I moved it on to a new owner. It was a sweet instrument and I hope the present owner is enjoying it.

[mandroid]

Yep, I shudda held on to that one...

one of those came and sent back, It really needed a new bridge piece made to have the Intonation offsets,
So thicker wood and then shaped .

[SincereCorgi]

What does the tenortrope sound like?

[Eddie Sheehy]

Like a Tenor Guitar resonator... Pretty much like a National.
I have it tuned GDAE.

[Jake Wildwood]

Eddie: Were you the lucky rat that scored that red Nat'l short scale on fleaBay? I was watching that and forgot to bid on it. I really wanted something to keep in Nashville tuning for recording and knew that'd be the ticket. Cool guit! Can't say I'm too badly-off, though, as I've now scored a '31 Duolian 6-string. I love your tenortrope, by the way, too!

And, in other news...? I really, really, REALLY kick myself for selling a Supro-branded Nat'l reso mandolin from the late 30s. That was one heck of a piece of kit. My plans these days involve a 4-string reso-mando homebrew in the near future.

[zedmando]

I love resos--those are cool--and now I have some GAS...

[Mandocarver]

Eddie,
Great family photo.
Does that Tenortrope have a Dobro-type soundwell inside or does the cone just sit on a recess? I'm in the early stages of building one and am wondering how they made them originally.
Thanks !
Dean

[Eddie Sheehy]

Eddie,
Great family photo.
Does that Tenortrope have a Dobro-type soundwell inside or does the cone just sit on a recess? I'm in the early stages of building one and am wondering how they made them originally.
Thanks !
Dean

I'm not sure what you mean. How would I tell?

[Mandocarver]

I'm not sure what you mean. How would I tell?

By soundwell I mean something that looks like this , or alternatively the cone might just rest on a recessed lip, but to see you'd need to remove the coverplate and I don't want you to do that until you need to so no worries. Thanks anyway and enjoy it.
Dean