The Resonator guitar; well it’s not quite a “resonator” per se.  An electric guitar; well it’s obviously not just an electric.  Resolectric?  That’s is more like it, the best of both worlds.  A solid mahogany body with a sycamore top, ivoroid binding, mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard and a Seymour Duncan stacked P-90 pickup in the neck.  So far we have what would be any good electric guitar.

But wait, there’s more!  Say now what’s that big round metal plate on the guitar?  Well that’s a good ol biscuit bridge styled resonator.  Now sure unplugged in the guitar sounds like a resonator; surprisingly much so even though it’s a solid body.  But what happens when you plug it in?  Here you have a Stacked P-90 with a rich, warm and creamy tone, but what about this big ol resonator cone?  That’s where the K and K Pure Resonator Pickup come into play. The Pure Resonator BB is designed especially for biscuit bridge resonator guitars. It’s a screw-mounted pickup for best possible sound transmission with maximum feedback resistance.

And boy does it sound good.  But wait, that’s right, there’s more!  The resolectric also comes with the K and K PowerMix Pure Onboard Preamp, an internal preamp with amazing mixing capability.  With this nifty little devise your able to combine the tonal characteristics of the P-90 and the resonator cone for some very fun combinations of tone. The preamp features 3-band EQ plus a gain control for each individual channel.  From the preamp the signal goes to separate volume controls for the P-90 and the resonator pickup, and a tone that effects the P-90 pickup; leaving the reso pickup hot to cut through the mix with what is that classic resonator tone.  Bring in the P-90 to smooth out and thicken the overall tone; roll down the P-90 tone and get groovy with some dark bass esque tones.  Let us not forget the push/pull pot that lets us tap the stacked P-90 for a tone that’s more subtle, but very clear and focused.  This guitar is a versatile instrument.  It effortlessly moves from blues to country picken, bluegrass and then some.

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Specs

The Specs…

24 5/8 inch scale

1 11/16 inch wide nut

22 medium jumbo frets

Ebony Fretboard

12 inch Radius Fretboard

Mahogany “True Bolt On”* neck

Mahogany body

Sycamore top with matching head plate

Ivoroid binding on the body

Seymour Duncan Stacked P-90

K and K pure Resonator BB Pickup

K and K Power mix Pure Onboard Preamp

Grover Rotomatics

Beard Resonator Cone*

Beard Resonator Cover Plate

A Compensated Maple Biscuit Bridge

Lacquer finish

• “True Bolt On” refers to the fact that the neck is actually bolted onto the body of the guitar.  Brass inserts are placed into the neck and actual bolts, not screws, keep it all in place.  This makes for a very stable and sturdy neck joint with excellent tone transfer as well.

All Photos by Wes Davis of Wes Davis Photography