Pie Plate Resophonic Guitar
resophonic333@gmail.com
This is the pie plate special! This guitar started out over 20
years ago as a $3 Regal From salvation army. I had badly
wanted a Resophonic guitar but had no money. So I cut a
plywood top from some scrap, made a ring for the resonator
(pipe plate) to rest on and found just the right 25 cent pie
plate at the sally ann. The pie plate special saw me through
hard times and had serious street music MOJO. Little old
ladies loved it and made sure I didn’t go hungry. It came
along to Arkansas in 1990 and was rebuilt with a walnut top,
as time went by the cobbled together nature of the wee
beasty became evident, the top split, the neck needed a reset
and it was sent to the dark corner of the basement ( at this
point I had a ” Real” national guitar)
A flood was nearly the end of this guitar,and it moldered
away, all but forgotten. But no, lightnin bug to the rescue. The
bits and pieces were sitting around the combined lightnin bug
guitars shop,so one day Mic challenged me to a power guitar
building session. All that we could save was the original
sides, the neck and the old pie plate that still had the 25 cent
price tag on it from 20 years ago. 4 days later the pie plate
special was gloriously reborn in its third incarnation. You can
hear its voice on the the tunes page www.muttmotorpool.
com/ottertunes.html on the “circle roun de sun ” track
Ok its not a 1932 National Duolian but its got its own unique
sound, it was fun to build and play and has now been passed
on to a friend that needed a unique guitar to play......:-)
years ago as a $3 Regal From salvation army. I had badly
wanted a Resophonic guitar but had no money. So I cut a
plywood top from some scrap, made a ring for the resonator
(pipe plate) to rest on and found just the right 25 cent pie
plate at the sally ann. The pie plate special saw me through
hard times and had serious street music MOJO. Little old
ladies loved it and made sure I didn’t go hungry. It came
along to Arkansas in 1990 and was rebuilt with a walnut top,
as time went by the cobbled together nature of the wee
beasty became evident, the top split, the neck needed a reset
and it was sent to the dark corner of the basement ( at this
point I had a ” Real” national guitar)
A flood was nearly the end of this guitar,and it moldered
away, all but forgotten. But no, lightnin bug to the rescue. The
bits and pieces were sitting around the combined lightnin bug
guitars shop,so one day Mic challenged me to a power guitar
building session. All that we could save was the original
sides, the neck and the old pie plate that still had the 25 cent
price tag on it from 20 years ago. 4 days later the pie plate
special was gloriously reborn in its third incarnation. You can
hear its voice on the the tunes page www.muttmotorpool.
com/ottertunes.html on the “circle roun de sun ” track
Ok its not a 1932 National Duolian but its got its own unique
sound, it was fun to build and play and has now been passed
on to a friend that needed a unique guitar to play......:-)