Posts Tagged ‘recording king’
Friday, January 29th, 2010
We wrote earlier this month about the rumor that Recording King would be partnering with Eric Schoenberg on some new acoustics - and it turns out our source was in the know. This week Recording King announced the release of the Recording King RP1-626 and the Recording King RP2-626 - a single 0 parlor size cutaway and a 00-size with a cutaway body respectively. Both guitars are intended to provide players with an even frequency response, clarity and a winder neck with a cutaway providing good access to the upper frets.
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
We have been fans of Recording King guitars since playing the beautiful and reasonably priced Recording King ROS-626 in 2008. We have been huge fans of Eric Schoenberg since about the same time since we were in Schoenberg’s store when we played it.
So you can imagine our excitement when we learned from a very reliable source that Recording King and Eric Schoenberg have been working together to develop a new guitar that will be launched at the Winter NAMM Show this week.
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Tags: acoustic, NAMM, recording king, schoenberg guitars
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
We know that you would normally wait until the end of the year to start recapping the top items of the year, but here at Fretbase we like to do things differently. We know that people are considering guitars for that special someone right now and so we thought it would be worthwhile to let our users know now which were our most popular guitars in 2009.
So far this year over 400,000 people have visited Fretbase to get information about a guitar, gear, artist or song and we figure those 400,000 people probably know quite a bit (heck, they are reading Fretbase aren’t they?). So we have compiled a list of the most popular guitars as determined by looking at the number of our readers looking at each of these guitars. So without any further delay, let’s get to the list.
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Tags: Epiphone, ESP, Fender, Gibson, gretsch, recording king, Seagull
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Recording King has announced a new resonator guitar to their line up - the Recording King Professional Resonator RR-60-VS. Resonators are fantastic guitars for achieving that traditional bluegrass and blues slide guitar sound. They get their distinctive sound from metal cone instead of a wooden soundboard and were originally designed to be louder than conventional acoustics to allow the player to cut through the sound of the band.
Recording King’s new Professional Resonator is a well-built guitar that uses high quality parts to achieve a great tone. Full story…
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Recording King has announced a new addition to their Century Jubilee Series called the “Classic Small-Body” or as it’s known by it’s serial number the RNJ-26.
The Recording King RNJ-26 is due out in the Summer of 2009 but Fretbase has the latest pictures and stats on this beauty of a guitar. In our opinion the Recording King guitars represent one of the best values for your dollar in terms of getting a quality built instrument with some of the best tone woods available. Check out the pics…
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Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Gibson J-45
Recording King RAJ-26
With the Dow falling below 7,000 points yesterday, there has never been a better time to choose what we at Fretbase like to refer to as a “Downturn Guitar.” A Downturn Guitar, as we have discussed before, is a guitar that is built with a similar shape and materials to a classic guitar. Most importantly, a Downturn Guitar is also much cheaper usually because it is built by a less well-known manufacturer and built offshore in China or Korea. A Downturn Guitar often won’t live up to the original, but it will come close at a fraction of the price. Today, we are looking at a nice alternative to the all-time classic Gibson J-45, the slope-shouldered dreadnought which has been a favorite of artists from Bob Dylan to John Hiatt. Full Story…
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Thursday, January 29th, 2009
We’re big fants of Recording King’s new Century line of guitars. We find them to be very reasonably priced for all solid wood guitars that seem very well made. In fact, we’re such big fans that we gave them a glowing review last October and also earlier this month. So you can imagine how excited we were to open up our latest issue of Acoustic Guitar Magazine and learn that they share our enthusiasm for these fine small-bodied guitars. Full Story.
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Brian and I are still catching up after being dazzled by so many beautiful guitars at NAMM. One brand that continues to impress us with its reasonably priced and well made guitars is Recording King. We have written before about the all solid spruce/mahogany Recording King ROS-626. Well, at NAMM we were lucky enough to try the Recording King ROS-627 - sometimes known as the 626’s rosewood brother (at least that is how it is sometimes known by us).
In most respects, the ROS-627 is similar to the 626. It has the same AA Sitka Spruce Top, the same beautiful slotted headstock, the same vintage “V” profile neck, an ebony bridge and Grover Butterbean tuners. But instead of solid African Mahogany back & sides, this one has solid East Indian Rosewood - giving it a little more punch. Most impressive is the price. While the Martin 00-28VS is a beautiful and wonderful sounding guitar, it will set you back over three grand. The Recording King ROS-627 will only set you back about $900 on the street. This one definitely seems worth consideration.
Recording King ROS-627 on Fretbase
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Thursday, January 8th, 2009
For acoustic guitar players, there has been a lot of interest lately in parlor guitars. These extra small bodied guitars have a shorter scale, a wider nut (often 1 7/8″), a slotted headstock and are reminiscent of the guitars that were popular around the turn of the century (last century). They are great for fingerstyle playing and acoustic blues. They are also very comfortable to play on your lap. But with the economy being what it is, you might not feel ready to plunk down $52,000 for a 1906 Martin 0-45.
To help you out, we have compiled a list of 2 excellent parlor guitars that won’t break the bank.
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Tags: Blueridge, Parlor, recording king
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
Brian and I were recently at Schoenberg Guitars in beautiful Tiburon, California and even though we went in eager to see some low-priced Blueridge 000’s, we came out awfully excited about the new Recording King Century Series guitars. With your invested savings dwindling in the market, there has never been a better time to consider a foreign-made (i.e., cheaper) alternative to a new American guitar. The new Recording King ROS-626 - part of their Century Series - seems like a great choice. It is a smaller body guitar based on a 1902 original with only 12 frets. It is very comfortable in your lap and very nice for fingerpicking.
In addition, despite its low price, its specs are top-notch. It features an AAA solid Sitka spruce top, solid figured mahogany back
and sides, one-piece mahogany neck with a vintage ‘V’ profile and
slotted headstock. It is also quite a stunner in person. In addition to the photo here, check out some more photos from Schoenberg. At under $750 street price ($699 from Schoenberg), this one is definitely worth a look.
Recording King Century Series ROS-626
Recording King Century Series ROS-626 Photos from Schoenberg
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