Johnson Chicago Blues Resonator

[tot_Ou_tard]

tjcurtin1 & I each have one coming so I'm starting a thread on it.


Here is Rachel van Zanten playing hers

I've never heard of her.

Apparently all of the songs on this album were played on the Johnson through an AC30. She must've installed a pup.

http://cdbaby.com/cd/rvz



http://www.rachellevanzanten.com/

http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/rachelle-van-zanten/Aug-06/22548


What are the screens in the two sound holes for?

To keep the flies out?

 

[tjcurtin1]

Well, that's certainly encouraging for a $99 purchase! Glad to hear about the cone quality as well...

 

[piebaldpython]

Johnson Chicago Blues

Good luck with your resos. As to the screens....the screens are purely for decoration as the "openings" are auxiliary soundholes, just like the F-holes in some arch-tops. The idea was that they didn't want to leave just open circular holes in the tops, so they put little screens over them to gussy them up. My reso has a type of copper latticework over the hole, instead of a screen.

 

[tot_Ou_tard]

Good luck with your resos. As to the screens....the screens are purely for decoration as the "openings" are auxiliary soundholes, just like the F-holes in some arch-tops. The idea was that they didn't want to leave just open circular holes in the tops, so they put little screens over them to gussy them up. My reso has a type of copper latticework over the hole, instead of a screen.

They look like fly eyes to me.

 

[tot_Ou_tard]

I understand.

The screens are not to keep the flies out, but to keep the spider in.

There's no mojo without the spider.

(see my avatar for a pic of the spider mojo hand at the screen)

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Rachel will be playing on cbc radio on jan 23.

January 23, 2009

CBC Radio Broadcast
Listen to CBC Radio 2 at www.cbc.ca
8 pm prairie time

 

[tjcurtin1]

I understand.

The screens are not to keep the flies out, but to keep the spider in.

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