kristo Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 (edited) I've picked up a Regal RD-05 resonator bass and had my local luthier change the cone for a Beard legend, and fit a Seymour Duncan pickup. This thing is awesome now! Upon fitting the cone it became apparent that the workmanship inside was pretty shocking! I'm now over the moon with it, it sounds great unplugged in my trio and lovely plugged in. Here it is with it's little brother: [url="http://s277.photobucket.com/user/krisbales/media/8C071DAC-9680-4725-83BA-6C6B0C47EDA6_zps2gjsijor.jpg.html"][/url] Edited August 15, 2015 by kristo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 (edited) Shiny! How loud is it unplugged? I got rid of my electro-acoustic partly because it was too quiet to compete with - well, pretty much anything, TBH. Edited July 23, 2015 by alyctes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristo Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 I play it with a thick pick and it's fine for playing intimate gigs / open mikes. Anything louder with mic'd vocals and I'd use an amp anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Interesting, I had never really thought of a resonator as an alternative to an electro acoustic... Looks fantastic! We're the upgrades costly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 (edited) [quote name='uk_lefty' timestamp='1437843257' post='2829498'] Interesting, I had never really thought of a resonator as an alternative to an electro acoustic... Looks fantastic! We're the upgrades costly? [/quote] IIUC resonator guitars were originally designed to compete unamplified with brass sections, so it seemed obvious to me they'd be louder. I could be wrong Edited July 25, 2015 by alyctes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristo Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 (edited) The Beard cone was fairly expensive, but the pickup is just a SCPB3. However, I'm likely to change that for a Fralin in the future. The biggest cost was the labour needed to sort the shoddy insides Edited August 15, 2015 by kristo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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