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Article: Regal RD-52 Black Lightning and RC-1 Polychrome Duolian.(Editors' Guitar Player Pick)(Product/Service Evaluation)
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- Guitar Player
- Article date:
- August 1, 2004
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Invented in the 1920s by the Dopyera brothers--Czechs who immigrated to the United States in 1908--the mechanically amplified resonator guitar has survived decades of shifting musical trends to become an iconic sound in American music. Three companies--Dobro, National, and Regal--produced most of the early resonator guitars. The history of these outfits is intertwined and convoluted, but here's what matters: The concept of adding an aluminum speaker cone to an acoustic to increase its volume and projection was embraced by two groups of musicians. First were the Delta bluesmen, who favored roundneck, metal-bodied guitars they held in the traditional "Spanish" playing ...
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