GroWeb wrote:
As some of you know, my other hobby is guitar (fingerstyle acoustic blues and ragtime, to be precise) and things have entered a new phase of development in that arena lately. One of the types of instrument I enjoy playing is resonator guitars, of which the best known type is the Dobro that is most often used in bluegrass music. I have a steel-bodied "biscuit bridge" resonator and a couple of "spider bridge" resonators (which is the type used by Dobro players).
Recently a lightly used sample of the original style of resonator guitar---the tricone resonator---became available a ferry ride away, at a store in Vancouver. I happen to have an archtop guitar---the type of instrument commonly used by jazz guitarists, but also such luminaries as Chet Atkins (the reason it interested me) and Elvis Presley---that I haven't made much use of and would like to sell.
So, my plan is to bring the archtop to the store in Vancouver next Saturday to commission for sale and, at the same time, to pick up the tricone resonator. In order to estimate the archtop's value before next Saturday, the store asked me to send them some photos of it. I duly sent them 14 such photos to aid them in their estimating. Because I shot those photos with MFNG and what Reagan used to call "Nikon-on-Nikon," I figured I should post a few of them in this thread. They were all taken with the 55 f/2.8 Ai-s micro on my D800E, aided by an SB-800 and three SB-600 flash units.
There are four features of this guitar that are not original equipment. Let us know if you can spot them.
Tried to play, but know nothing about guitars. Perhaps that white "fret" piece in picture #2? Regardless, and enjoyable time looking at the details of that guitar, look beautiful.
