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Recording King RR-60-VS Squareneck Resonator Vintage Sunburst

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Recording King RR-60-VS Squareneck Resonator Vintage Sunburst
Product no: 9000-0018-2669 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

Recording King offers traditional and also reasonably priced instruments that are perfect for playing American roots music. It'll come as no surprise then that Recording King has been a popular manufacturer among fans of old-fashioned blues, bluegrass and Americana. The guitar you see here is the Recording King RR-60-VS Squareneck Resonator with a Vintage Sunburst finish. As its name states, this guitar has a square neck, which means it's meant to be played as a lap steel guitar.

Construction

The basis of this beautiful resonator guitar is its mahogany body and hefty mahogany neck. What's more, despite the moderate price of this instrument, Record King didn't skimp on its components, which you can tell from the ebony fretboard and high-quality bell brass tailpiece. The heart of the RR-60 naturally is its resonator cone, made of hand-spun aluminium. The two covered sound holes above the cone help create more volume.

Square neck

Even though they were originally designed to give guitarists more volume, resonators quickly become popular as lap steel guitars. When played as a lap steel, a slide is used and the guitarist has the guitar on his or her lap. The volume, metal twang and impressive sustain of resonator guitars makes them the perfect instruments for this playing style. What's more, square neck guitars were specifically designed for this type of playing. The square neck allows it to lay better in your lap, and ensures that it's rugged enough for alternate tunings.

Specifications

Product features

Sustainable product not specified
Number of frets 19
Fretboard wood ebony
Body material mahogany
Round neck / square neck square neck
Includes pickup no
Colour burst
Includes cover no
Includes case no

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging) 3,8 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging) 110,0 x 51,0 x 15,0 cm

Product specifications

  • square-neck resonator guitar
  • model: RR-60-VS
  • colour: vintage sunburst
  • ideal as a slide guitar for blues and bluegrass
  • body type: resonator
  • sides and back: laminated mahogany
  • top: laminated mahogany
  • neck: mahogany (square)
  • fretboard: ebony, with white inlays
  • number of frets: 19
  • sound holes: dual round
  • cone material: hand-spun aluminium
  • number of frets: 20, vintage
  • nut width: 49.2mm (1-15/16 inches)
  • scale length: 25 inches (635mm)
  • bridge saddle: ebony and maple
  • tailpiece: high-quality bell brass, 'spider'
  • tuners: open gear
  • hardware: nickel-plated
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Recording King RR-60-VS Squareneck Resonator Vintage Sunburst
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Recording King RR60

Al jaren heb ik een speciale band met resonator-gitaren oftwel dobro’s en daarin heb ik inmiddels een aardige verzameling opgebouwd. De recente aankoop Recording King (verder RK) RR60 heb ik vooral vergeleken met een Dobro Hounddog Deluxe van Epiphone en een Paul-Beard Special van Goldtone omdat die ook een ‘spider-bridge’ hebben.

Uiterlijk maakt de RK RR60 op mij geen geweldige indruk. De vintage sunburst kleur tegen de mahonie achtergrond is in direct zon-/lamplicht best mooi, maar zonder dat vrij somber. De transparante toplaag is feilloos aangebracht, gelukkig niet te dik. De hardware heeft een chromen toplaag en dat komt kil over, nikkel oogt warmer. De positiemarkeringen met stippen zijn voor dobrobegippen erg pover. Het logo in de kop is wel uiterst fraai.

Het geluid van de RK RR60 is meteen zeer overtuigend. Het volume is enorm, de sustain is super, de balans hoog/laag prima. De klankkleur is natuurlijk afhankelijk van de stemming. De standaard dobro-stemming open G (GBDGBD) geeft een jubelende country toon. Een open D stemming (DADFisAD) geeft iets meer een klagende blues toon.

De RK RR60 doet qua geluid absoluut niet onder voor de twee-keer-zo-dure Paul-Beard Special. Je hoort alleen wel verschil tussen het subtiele van mahonie versus het expressieve van maple (RK biedt ook een maple-versie type RR65). De ongeveer even-dure Dobro Hounddog Deluxe wordt op alle fronten verslagen.

De constructie van RK RR60 is helemaal in orde. Het gewicht is lekker licht (3 kilo) en de balans is gewoon goed. De Grover mechanieken zijn niet de allerbeste maar voldoen voorlopig best. De ebben toets staat zeker niet mis, maar omdat je die –anders dan bij een gitaar- niet beroert is dat overdadig, liever had ik iets duidelijkere positiemarkeringen gezien.

Voor dobro’s, trouwens slide in het algemeen geldt, dat je zo dik mogelijke snaren moet nemen, passend bij de stemming en binnen de mogelijkheden van de constructie. In de doos trof ik een label van het merk d’Addario maar zonder typenummer. Waarschijnlijk is de nu aangebrachte set speciaal voor open (country) G: 1e hoge D-snaar 15/16, 2e hoge B-snaar 18/19, 3e hoge G-snaar ong. 28 en 4e lage D-snaar ong. 36.

Bij de 5-e lage G-snaar en de 6-e lage-D snaar kreeg ik het gevoel dat de spanning te hoog werd, daarom heb ik die omgewisseld met dunnere 42 resp. 52. Met de schroef kun je de druk op de conus bijstellen, niet te strak want dan wordt het volume gedrukt, niet te los want dan krijg je vervelende bijgeluiden.

Bijna al mijn dobro’s -zo ook deze- hadden als manco, dat de buiging van de snaren achter de brug te gering is, waardoor vooral de dikke/lage snaren hinderlijke bijgeluiden kunnen produceren. Dat is op te lossen door in de snaarhouder sleufjes te vijlen en/of door vlak achter de brug schuimrubber tegen de snaren te hechten.

Afgelopen jaren heb ik meerdere dobro’s binnen deze prijsklasse getest. De RK RR60 is misschien niet de fraaiste maar qua geluid -en daar gaat het uiteindelijk om- wel veruit de beste. Er kleven kleine minpunten aan de staat bij aflevering, maar met elke dobro moet je enkele dingen zelf afstemmen /-stellen.

Zet vooral ook je bedenkingen omtrent de (waarschijnlijk) Chinese makelij opzij, RK produceert gave instrumenten tegen schappelijke prijzen. Kortom: deze Recording King RR60 kan ik iedereen super aanbevelen!


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