Re: wooden-cone resonator mandolins: opinions?
Three demos of Richard Morgan instruments on YouTube:
Mandolin
Mandola
Mandocello
I think that the "mandocello" is really a re-necked acoustic bass guitar, not Morgan's construction; it's also being played amplified, so not really answering OP's question.
Not sure that you can call these "resonator" instruments, since it seems that the entire top is heat-pressed into a conic form, rather than having an imbedded disc like a Dobro or National. Nevertheless, the voice of the mandolin and mandola does sound midway between a standard carved mandolin top, and a resonator instrument.
Quite strong projection from both of them, with the usual caveats about low-fi YouTube sound etc. Australian, apparently?
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