NAMM report - Acoustic Guitars

Gary Blanchard said:
I love the brand name snobbery, and it does seem to be strong in the bluegrass community. Martin guitars and Gibson banjos and mandolins. And God help you if you have an oval-hole mandolin, or an open-back banjo, or a 12-string guitar. :facepalm: (Guilty on all three counts. :grin:)
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True....

But to be honest, out of all the acoustic guitars I have played (and that number has to exceed 500 - not joking) the ten best were all very expensive guitars. Only one Martin on the list though, and no Gibsons, no Taylors...
 
With the Bluegrass crowd money is not so much of an issue as the name. You can have an instrument that is more expensive, but if Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt didn't play one you ain't no part of nothin'. messedup0
 
Gary Blanchard said:
With the Bluegrass crowd money is not so much of an issue as the name. You can have an instrument that is more expensive, but if Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt didn't play one you ain't no part of nothin'. messedup0
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Your probably right. I've seen Bluegrass players on another forum in a tizzy when some good players liked their upper end Blueridge Acoustics (Chinese made) better than their Martin D-28's or D-35's.
 
There is (as usual) another big argument at Banjo Hangout about 6-string banjos. They get as worked up over that as they do gay marriage and global warming. As far as they are concerned, all three go against God's word. :lol:
 
Just an update..I'm currently waiting for the paperwork to become a Recording King dealer..I spoke with them on Friday...
 
I have heard a lot of good things about the Recording King banjos, and Greg Rich, who is with RK, was once with Gibson and more recently involved with the Blueridge guitars. I think you made a good decision, Mark. :thu:
 
Gary Blanchard said:
I have heard a lot of good things about the Recording King banjos, and Greg Rich, who is with RK, was once with Gibson and more recently involved with the Blueridge guitars. I think you made a good decision, Mark. :thu:
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I think it will be a good fit.

Denverdave said:
Cool....

Who is the distributing company in the US for that line?
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I don't remember :embarrassed: It's on the catalog I have in my office - TMI or something like that. They have a company that makes Mandolins and Archtops that was really cool, too.
 
Does anybody have experience with Recording King resonator guitars?

I've tried other imported resonators and nothing compared to National.
 
Sorry, but I've not played any Recording King guitars. Resonator guitars are a crap shoot. What are you wanting to use it for?
 
Kerouac said:
Have you tried one? I like A-styles better than F-style. :embarrassed:
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I didn't try a mandolin (I don't play) but I was happy with the Archtop for the pice. Even their CHEAP steel string was pretty good:

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"The Loar" mandolins have gotten some nice reviews, though I question the sanity of naming your budget mandolin brand after the Holy Grail of mandolins, the Gibsons made by Lloyd Loar.
 
Gary Blanchard said:
Sorry, but I've not played any Recording King guitars. Resonator guitars are a crap shoot. What are you wanting to use it for?
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Slide, blues, fingerpicking. I have a National Tricone. I am curious about a single cone. Nationals are so expensive yet no other resonator can compare. Recording King would be one of the few brands I never tried.
 
Mark Wein said:
Just an update..I'm currently waiting for the paperwork to become a Recording King dealer..I spoke with them on Friday...
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Did this ever happen? I noticed that they have some really reasonable models. I have been wanting a smaller bodied acoustic and might be willing to see if I can get my current one sold. Maybe.
 
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