Yesterday I took possession of a resonator guitar whose cone is made entirely of wood. It was made by a builder named Jeff Jamieson in San Luis Obispo, CA. Jeff runs a high a high-end wood-working shop, and, about twenty years ago, he figured out how to make a non-electric resonator guitar with a wooden cone. For many reasons, he put the project aside. Last year, a mutual friend who knows of my interest in unusual instruments introduced me to Jeff. I went to Jeff's shop and was bowled over by the instrument. A few months later, I asked Jeff to make such an instrument for me, and yesterday he delivered.
I joined this forum for the purpose of finding out whether Jeff is the only guitar maker to offer non-electric wooden coned resonators. I am aware of Dave Begalka's really great looking and sounding Lapros, but these instruments, because they are electric, are, i think, fundamentally different than what Jamieson is offering. If anyone else has a wooden-coned resonator, or knows about the existence of one other than mine, I'd love to hear about it. (Just to be very clear, I am not writing about an aluminum-coned resonator with a wooden body. I am writing about a resonator guitar whose cone is made entirely of wood.) Thanks to anyone who has any info about the existence of any other guitars that fit this description.
Cheers,
Garry Eister
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