The Republic HIGHWAY 61 - Standard tuning demo jam..!!

The small bodied but HUGE sounding singlecone reso from Republic guitars, Texas!!
I've got some clips here showing it in open tunings, here's a clip that shows how nice this guitar works in standard tuning..

The cutaway is useful and as always, it takes a while to get used to the shorter scale.
But after 5 minutes of playing I don't even think of it..

Here I have 0.10-0.46 strings and it really works well, so easy to play.
The sound is often better on biscuit reso's with lighter string gauges..

The action is great, but for open tunings and bottleneck style I go for much heavier strings!!

I've played this one since November now and I really love this guitar!

Now it's recorded on a few songs on my coming CD, this album containing only my own songs is due for release in March/April!!!

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[12Radius]

what gauge strings do you like on that guitar?

and do you know what they come with? thanks. love your stuff.

[BottleneckJohn]

@12Radius

I think they come with 0.13-0.56, here I have 0.10-0.52!!

[rogerstill71]

Amazing playing on a beautiful guitar. Guys like you are why I haven't played in a while LOL

[BottleneckJohn]

@rogerstill71

Oh man, play now!! :-)

And thanks a lot, I appreciate your kind comments!!!!!!

[GlobalJukebox]

@BottleneckJohn Don't worry. Guys like you are why I'm gonna be grabbing one of these. I do a lot of travelling, so the size seems like a bonus there. Also, my first guitar was a Squire Bullet 3/4 Electric. A beat up old piece of shite, but I loved the small neck and low action.

I watched a demo of the National Tricone (German Silver.) I was blown away by how it sang at high notes.

You mentioned on another video how you would save the Tricone if you could only one guitar. Why is that?

[BottleneckJohn]

@GlobalJukebox

A tricone is the ultimate slideguitar, if I had to pick just one, that would be it! But it's cool to have different models.. :-)

[12Radius]

@BottleneckJohn Thanks they feel heavy. I got some .12-53 here I might try 1st then maybe .10-52. I like how yours plays for you.

[adesign101]

Okay, after listening, I ordered this guitar!!! I am 67 years old and have wanted a reso-phonic for over 25 years. I can't wait. This is like getting a Harley!

[DavidGilBelando]

I just read an article about it, it would cost 830€ in Germany (about 1200 US$). Do you think it would be worth it?

[ShaneThompson94]

would have any tabs from this jam??