No, arguably you did the sensible thing
And invested in good quality guitars. I wouldn't say modding my Vintage SG is turd-polishing, but I'm trying to get the best I can out of a fairly cheap guitar.

But then I have only just bought myself a resonator, so the idea of forking out for a Gibson is a bit silly at the moment.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 10 Feb 2010, 14:15, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

that's fair enough
The Vintage stuff isn't too bad. I've got a Vintage Stingray copy bass, and it is absolutely superb. Not quite as good as my mates real Stingray, but it cost me 1/16th of the price.

What resonator have you got? Singer in my band just bought one. It's lovely.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 10 Feb 2010, 14:18, Reply)

Ozark 3515-E
Still at the cheaper end of the scale, but I've been really impressed with it so far. They set it up for me in the shop with a nice set of .13s, and with a glass slide against it, I can actually believe that one of these days I'll be able to sound like Son House or Bukka White. Also has a pickup built-in already in case I ever need to make it any louder.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 10 Feb 2010, 14:23, Reply)

that looks really fucking nice
we've had a lot of success just using a mike in front of my mates one.

www.recordingking.com/resonators_rm991.html
that's what my mate has. Sounds lovely, and looks like it has the Transformers logo on it.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 10 Feb 2010, 14:28, Reply)

That's absolutely beautiful
And thanks to this sub-thread, I am now going to save up for a resonator.
Well done.
(TheColonel, Wed 10 Feb 2010, 15:28, Reply)