Gretsch G9201 'Honey Dipper' Metal Resonator Guitar | Featured Demo | Gretsch Guitars
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- Jon Rauhouse takes the the Gretsch G9201 Honey Dipper Metal Resonator for a whirl.
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I love resonators played like this instead of with a slide
Valeu pelo link, Brunelli. :)
And this is why I love Gretsch.
I second the request for blues slide demo.
Though I do agree a video split between finger style and slide would have made more sense, I don't know if Jon plays slide very well and since he demo'd all the other Roots series instruments, they went with the guy they had. Not every one plays slide on metal reso's, Chris Whitley taught us that!
I don't mind made in Japan, I was just going for as Authentic as I could for my dad's sake. I don't play, just collect and pick. The Penguin is one of the best sounding guitars I've heard in that style.
What kind of sake does your dad drink?
that's the odd thing, I have a feeling gretsch must have requested to have these demos kept to a very basic level , Jon Rauhouse can play anything, country, blues, slide, rock and roll, folk, anything, and kill it every time, I couldn't believe he didn't play slide on this guitar,
love mine . . . If they made tricone, oh, man . . . even national would be like . . . I think tricones are republic and recording king (I own both but the honey dipper kills them in the playability dept) but i love my honey dipper, I haven't ran into the single cone biscuits from RK or epiphone's hound dog but there is a japanese store video on the hound dog, doesn't sound as good as the honey dipper. Review below:
TLDR: playability, action, is very good, action between low and medium workmanship is very good. worth the price? yes. tone is decent / good for the price. craftsman ship is good, clean, consistent. fretboard is clean, no fret sprout, no sharp edges. guitar build is solid.
The review: I was surprised at this guitar. The playability is very nice. Comparing to my recording king nickel plated brass tricone (current price is $1000 USD while honey dipper is 699), the playability is way better on the gretsch, for reasons that I won't get deep into since this is about the honey dipper. I did give the RK glowing reviews (but was newer at guitar fiddling so that affected since I wasn't playing near the 12th fret, but now I am). Both the recording king and honey dipper has 13's (honey ships stock with 12's ), and the honey dipper is way easier to play. Action is semi low (double credit card / dime thickness) .
Action notes: I tend to like medium action, since I also bottleneck slide, low action to me is US dime width / credit card width but I think the luthier definition is in gauges (like spark plug gauges).
One thing to note is the honey dipper has strong V neck that ranges from mid V to softer V (on mine its softer towards nut and stronger to 12th fret). I personally like V's as on my Fender teles and strats that is my preferred neck. But I am flexible and use other necks.
So if one is anti V neck, might want to skip this one.
The tone is good. It's a single cone biscuit so it has that punch. Comparing to the Recording king's tricone, the tone is louder but honeydipper has less sustain. ALso the RK has more bell like ring and notes have more clarity, however that is more tricone / design diff (the RK is copied from national's tricone style series). It does have that resonator tone.
The honey dipper does sound good regarding chord and notes for a single. The thing that got me was in the reviews, the honey dipper has that banjo tone / raw delta swamp sound. Mine doesn't have that as much. It's possible since I'm learning the blues but play regular songs in standard tuning for resonators. For alt tuning the honey dipper handles well and maintains the tone quality that standard tuning enjoys, unlike certain acoustics that sound weird with lower tuning (another reason why I use 13's).
Also the guitar stays in tune, which is pretty good (looking at that top manufacturer that rhymes with chib and ends in son), given that despite manufacturing for over 50 years and thousands of guitars later still make guitars that go out of tune every other song and major recording studios often have players swap out for their axes in their collection to record with instead.
I do like the honey dipper's tone, and for the price, it sounds well and comparable. They have videos of people swapping out the cone in side for national which may have some diff. I saw a video with the epiphone hound dog metal reso (from a japanese shop video), but that sounds more hollow / thin / shrill than the honey dipper I have) and that's around the same price on sweetwater.
Craftmanship, fit and finish. Very impressive for the price and also where it came from. Gotta hand it to those chinese factories that pump out the fenders and gretschs, this thing is near immaculate. Fretboard is nice, no sharp edges, no sprouts, and its even. The set up and action is very nice, it was clean. Finish is good. It says weathered pump house roof, which can be kinda descriptive, but flaking part rusted, corroded / patina is what comes to mine. To me its more fine sanded (not rough as it feels smooth) and unpolished brass finish.
The bummer part is no gig bag. My guitar collector friend who has hundreds of guit fiddles, says the $300-1000 USD range ALWAYS used to have gig bag, and even 800+ would get cases, and definitely in the 1K + range . . . yet that was 1990's / 2000's but now you're considered lucky if your 2K USD guitar comes with a gigbag and a case is considered pushing it.
HOever he said in that eras even the best guitars had the 20 problem (out of 100 guitars, 20 of the sucked bad either tone, playability, or quality) and he says now 90% are good in all price ranges.
The guitar came in from sweetwater double boxed (YAY!, triple box if you count the foam container for the honey dipper) and I have the hobo case (styrofoam form fitting box) to use until a gigbag arrives.
Over all, well with the price. If this got lost, stolen, walked away, definitely replacing it with another.
I agree with everything written in the review however HIS honey dipper doesn't have that punch because he didn't keep the same gauge that it comes with, you need the thinner gauge AND chrome fingerpicks to make it sound like a banjo, or long fingernails.
Gretsch make the best guitars.
I got one of these about a month ago. The consensus seems to be Martin strings.
Boris Chang .12 or thicker, flatwound. See what brand sounds best for you
I've got a resonator
That really makes me sad. I guess I'm going to have to buy vintage. I started looking at Gretsch because it was my dad's guitar in the 60's that he had until he pasted away several years ago. I'm trying to find something like his (6119 Tennessee rose) but if it's made in Japan, it's not going to have the same appeal to me. Thanks for the info. I was just going to blindly order one from Guitar center because they said the expensive ones were made here in the states. :0/
NerdsGT some of the Japanese guitars surpass American made quality .
@@tuco8734
Amen!
Well I guess I am fifth. They have a special on this at Ultimate Guitar and I came here thinking I'd hear slide - not straight finger picking. Which, honestly, wasn't very interesting. Some Knopfler would be nice.
All that I have heard so far have a bit of a muted string sound at times. Is this the case with this style guitar?
What's better value for money: the epiphone dobro hound dog or the gretsch g9200?
sounds marginally better than the gretsch alligator video ❕😣❕ 🎻 🐸🍀
do they also come in wood ?
Own and love this guitar, but in search of a good case. Any suggestions on something reasonably sturdy that doesn't break the bank?
@@keithclark486 Much appreciated. I'll give that a look.
I second the request for b
Is this made in the USA? I can't bring myself to buy another Korean. At the price point, I'm going to assume it's not. Is there a place on Gretsch's website that you can look for only US made guitars?
+ John Why should it be built in the USA? Gretsch (owned by Fender) is a US company, apparently they benefit from building things somewhere else. Does Made in USA really stand for more than the place it's built in? Apparently you like this korean gretsch, so if you want it, you can buy it.
FYI, Only customshop gretsches have anything to do with the US.
The midrange gretsch are made in japan
***** Oh, you're one of 'those' guys...
I know at minimum the $2k+ guitars are made here as well as having a custom shop.
if the design was more modern people would appreciate it more
Can we have the tabs? Or name of the song
Just got one of these. What strings do you recommend?
If you don't know what strings to put on this guitar...you shouldn't own it. Dimwit.
Bowser?
Plucky 😊😊😊
My high ass thought he would be playing metal on a resonator guitar smh
Too bad you can't intonize that puppy. Yeah, I know it's "intonate". Someone needs to design an adjustable bridge for resonators so they'll play in tune when fretted.
I bet it was a high nut slot
@@craigkidd9524 No doubt, and the B string is too short. JMHO
Shouldn't a country blues player have demoed this?
YES!!! Very poor demo!!!
Third!
Z-Z-Z No blues. No slide. Just basic rolls and 3 chords. Gretsch apparently has areally nice guitar here. Why not walk down the street, pick the first bluesy busker you find and have him demo it. Anybody else who plays blues at any level would have been much better. Just sad, really.
It’s so out of tune it’s hard to actually listen to what he’s playing or the sound of the instrument
All you're doing is playin' common chords. If we're gonna hear a Dobro we want to hear some pickin'. Can U do that?
Out of tune. Unbelievable.