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Chris Turpin

“You feel the whole guitar shaking as you’re playing it, especially when you run it through an amp”: How Mule Resophonic Guitars is reinventing the resonator

By Jamie Dickson published

When Ida Mae guitarist Chris Turpin found his traditional 12-string resonator was getting too cumbersome to tour with, Matt Eich of Michigan’s Mule Resophonic Guitars came up with an innovative yet charismatically retro alternative

Harley Benton Custom Line N-150CE NT

Harley Benton’s new resonator costs less than $200 – and looks surprisingly classy for it

By Matt Parker published

The new acoustic-electric has looks to kill and a price that eats the competition for breakfast

Close up of Gretsch resonator guitar on a blue wooden surface

Best resonator guitars: our pick of the best dobro guitars for blues, bluegrass and country

By Matt McCracken published

Release your inner hound dog with these super strummers from Gretsch, Epiphone, Fender and more

The Curse of K.K. Hammond

Meet The Curse of K.K. Hammond, the spooky resonator blues connoisseur who prefers modern guitars and gives them names like “Hell’s Belle” and “Swamp Bitch”

By Ellie Rogers published

The Robert Johnson and Skip James enthusiast acknowledges there will be “some lovers of vintage Nationals out there who’ll be horrified”, but she thinks her heavily customized contemporary resonators “just sound better”

A guitarist plays Recording King's new Minnie Bucker resonator

Recording King equips its latest Dirty 30s resonator with a mini-humbucker

By Jackson Maxwell published

Dubbed, appropriately enough, the Minnie Bucker, this guitar blends ultra-cool vintage looks with the bite and attack of a modern pickup