Metal-Body Resonators
Metal-body resonator guitars trade a wooden soundboard for a spun metal cone and body, and the result is unmistakable: loud, brassy and built for slide. From single-cone growl to shimmering tricone sustain, these are the guitars behind a century of blues, Hawaiian and roots playing.
Our metal-body range is all Recording King, spanning nickel tricones and distressed Swamp Dog and Style-O single-cones in roundneck and squareneck configurations. Choose roundneck for bottleneck and standard play, squareneck for lap-style slide.
Recording King's roundneck tricone resonator guitar, with three hand-spun aluminum cones in a nickel-plated bell brass body for a sweeter, layered voice built for slide and blues players.
The squareneck version of Recording King's tricone resonator, built for lap-style and slide playing, with three hand-spun aluminum cones in a nickel-plated bell brass body.
Recording King's Swamp Dog in a parlor-size body, a nickel-plated bell brass resonator with the same 9.5" hand-spun cone as the full-size model, punchier and more portable.
The Swamp Dog Parlor in a distressed vintage green finish, a nickel-plated bell brass resonator with a 9.5" hand-spun cone and a patina no two guitars share.
Recording King's Swamp Dog Style-O in a distressed vintage green patina, a single-cone bell brass resonator built for the raw, cutting voice of pre-war blues guitars.
The acoustic-electric Swamp Dog Style-O, a distressed vintage green bell brass resonator with a USA-made Fishman Nashville pickup built in for plugging into stage or studio.
Recording King's Style-O metal-body resonator with the classic chickenfoot coverplate, a nickel-plated bell brass single-cone guitar built for Delta blues tone.
Recording King's Style-O metal-body resonator with a clean round hole coverplate, a nickel-plated bell brass single-cone guitar with a slightly more open top end.