Cradle Your Guitar Like A Baby!

February 2, 2009
Author: StringMan

All acoustic guitars produce sound via the vibration of strings.  The tones they make however, vary in volume.  By and large, tones from resonator guitars are louder than those generated by standard acoustic guitars.  The causes are the metal cones or resonators in resonator guitars, which are not like the typical wooden soundboard. 

Here are a few other interesting facts about resonator guitars:

1.      This type of guitar has two styles:  the square neck and the round neck.
2.      Resonators have three main designs:  the tri-cone or three metal cone resonator, the single inverted cone, and the spiderless single cone biscuit.
3.      The bodies of these guitars may be built from wood, metal, or other materials.
4.      John Dopyera developed the resonator guitar because he wished for a guitar loud enough to be heard beside brass and reed instruments.
5.      These guitars are often used in blues and bluegrass music.


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