I gotta admit, when I think bluegrass I see an F-Style mandolin, a resonator banjo, and a square neck dobro resonator. This seems more like an oldtime/folk vibe, but I hope these are great instruments that people enjoy and play whatever they please on!
Wait, huh? I think you're confusing bluegrass with blues, because most bluegrass wouldn't typically have any type of resonator or slide guitar. Drumtop banjos, standup or washtub bass, acoustic guitars, mandolin, and fiddle is pretty well the standard.
@Bob Papadopoulos Nope, you can find bluegrass with square neck resonator players at least as far back as Flatt and Scruggs, and Jerry Douglas is pretty well known in bluegrass. It's not an essential bluegrass instrument and is the least common that's accepted by fans and players of the genre, but there are some very killer dobro players. I play and listen to a bunch of bluegrass, amongst other things.
compre uno y es genial gracias fender.. i buy one resonator an its a beatiful sound construccion.. i love it.. i stay playing hours and hours.. and cant stop playing this amazing resonator..
Nobody in bluegrass plays a round neck resonator. Bring back the Gretsch Boxcar Squareneck. In fact, Fender really dropped the ball here, the Gretsch folk instruments are great bang-for-the-buck instruments, and should have been marketed better. The people I know who have them, love them based on sound, playability, and especially value. Bluegrass players also prefer closed-back resonator banjos, and F-style mandolins, though the mandolin shown is acceptable for some use. I'm sure who was consulted on the "Bluegrass" line, but I can't imagine they know much about bluegrass music. Perhaps these will be marketed to non-bluegrass players in Kentucky.
@@RebeccaHindle Open-back is best suited for quiet rhythm, and it's used more on old-time, stringband, blues, Americana-influenced music. The lack of a back allows sound inside the head to escape out the back, and rests in a softer sound with shorter duration (sustain). They are generally played in a clawhammer or "failing" stye. Closed-back banjos push the sound out the front, and are therefore louder and clangy-sounding. They are used in country music FAR more often. Put simply, open-backs say "Ploonka-ploonka-ploonka," and closed-backs say "blang-blang-blang." LOL
Banjo arrived today. I feel terribly disapointed. This is a very low quality instrument, with bad finishes, made in China. Why do they hide this? I was not expecting an american one, but maybe korean... I had to work on it for about an hour to try to put it into play fit. And yet it does not stay in tune well. Going beyond fret 7 will sound out of tune. Considering that it comes with a pickup included, just take off the price of this and you can get an idea of the real value of the instrument itself. I own a Fender Stratocaster MIJ I bought in the 80s and a Fender Telecaster American Standard bought only 6 years ago made in the USA. Both of them are really great instruments. But this banjo is not. I relied on the brand but right now I am considering returning to the vendor. If Fender is going to sell this quality I suggest they consider using another an alternative low cost brand to avoid missleading clients (Squire?), just to keep their flagship unharmed. This should not be sold under the Fender name. For a few more bucks I am considering changing this for a Deering Goodtime, which is made in the USA. It comes with no electronics, but that can be sorted out buying a portable pick-up. Honestly, consider either the one mentioned before or if under a tight budget the Recording King Dirty 30s. GRRRRRRR!!!! :-(
Agreed. If you actually listen to bluegrass these instruments are nowhere near the right tone. At first I thought these were all plugged straight in with a cheap pickup. They didn't even get a bluegrass picker to demo.
Fender ought to have consulted with actual bluegrass musicians, because these are not the sort of instruments typically played in bluegrass bands. This introduction is another sad chapter in Fender's long history of failure in acoustic instrument marketing.
I gotta admit, when I think bluegrass I see an F-Style mandolin, a resonator banjo, and a square neck dobro resonator. This seems more like an oldtime/folk vibe, but I hope these are great instruments that people enjoy and play whatever they please on!
Yea a round neck resonator isn’t really much use in bluegrass compared to a square, it would be cool if they could of done both.
Wait, huh? I think you're confusing bluegrass with blues, because most bluegrass wouldn't typically have any type of resonator or slide guitar. Drumtop banjos, standup or washtub bass, acoustic guitars, mandolin, and fiddle is pretty well the standard.
@Bob Papadopoulos Nope, you can find bluegrass with square neck resonator players at least as far back as Flatt and Scruggs, and Jerry Douglas is pretty well known in bluegrass. It's not an essential bluegrass instrument and is the least common that's accepted by fans and players of the genre, but there are some very killer dobro players. I play and listen to a bunch of bluegrass, amongst other things.
I cannot believe fender is making a banjo! I've been looking to buy one and learn how to play. This is perfect!
Fender has been making banjos since the 1960s...
That is the most mellow-sounding banjo I've ever heard
When are they adding a Banjo and Mandolin path on Fender Play...!!! 🎸🎸👍👍
That Resonator is a fine piece indeed, might have to buy one soon enough.
Sounds amazing, one day one day 😁 i can play like that
one day, I can pay for that 😁
I have been seeing info on the resonator and really think I'm going to do it!
Cool. Would love to see a tenor guitar tossed into this mix too.
compre uno y es genial gracias fender.. i buy one resonator an its a beatiful sound construccion.. i love it.. i stay playing hours and hours.. and cant stop playing this amazing resonator..
Ah yes...a lightweight, mellow-sounding, open-back banjo...just like Scruggs used to play
A Resonator!? NICE!
I hope you consider adding mandolin to fender play.
Why didn't you guys saw what billy strings band was playing before coming out with this set? I want to buy a close back banjo!
I want the banjo I read open back is best for country and the mandolin
Wow! Elvis Costello looks so young! He must have had some work done.
Great playing!
what type of amp (eclectic or acoustic?) should be favored with the pr-180e resonator guitar ? Philippe
Mandolin arrives Saturday, or so. Lost my Johnson in a fire. Johnson Mandolin.
Need that reso. How hard to convert to lefty I wonder?
Cannot find cone information does anyone know if these are hand spun like the gretsch bobtail, can't decide between the two very close in price .
Sweet!
Shut up and take my money!
Contacted my local Fender dealer 10 minutes ago.
Resonator certainly, that Mando sure is pretty. Never played a Banjo.
Very epic
This is a very nice guitar and has a beautiful voice.. Thank You 🎸👏👌💓🎶
Nobody in bluegrass plays a round neck resonator. Bring back the Gretsch Boxcar Squareneck. In fact, Fender really dropped the ball here, the Gretsch folk instruments are great bang-for-the-buck instruments, and should have been marketed better. The people I know who have them, love them based on sound, playability, and especially value.
Bluegrass players also prefer closed-back resonator banjos, and F-style mandolins, though the mandolin shown is acceptable for some use.
I'm sure who was consulted on the "Bluegrass" line, but I can't imagine they know much about bluegrass music. Perhaps these will be marketed to non-bluegrass players in Kentucky.
I read open back is perfect for country which is what I want to play thoughts
@@RebeccaHindle Open-back is best suited for quiet rhythm, and it's used more on old-time, stringband, blues, Americana-influenced music. The lack of a back allows sound inside the head to escape out the back, and rests in a softer sound with shorter duration (sustain). They are generally played in a clawhammer or "failing" stye. Closed-back banjos push the sound out the front, and are therefore louder and clangy-sounding. They are used in country music FAR more often.
Put simply, open-backs say "Ploonka-ploonka-ploonka," and closed-backs say "blang-blang-blang." LOL
@@johnnystevens6116 LMAO good analogy.
cool
👍🎸🎵🎶🎶🎵
I'm pretty sure that my wife would leave me if I bought a mandolin...
Hmmmmm, so are you going to buy it?
Sounds like a good trade off🤣🤣
I don’t even want to imagine what would happen if you got the banjo.😬
@@renodavid Mandolin + Banjo = new wife
@@wirmuessenhierraus 😂
Banjo arrived today. I feel terribly disapointed. This is a very low quality instrument, with bad finishes, made in China. Why do they hide this? I was not expecting an american one, but maybe korean... I had to work on it for about an hour to try to put it into play fit. And yet it does not stay in tune well. Going beyond fret 7 will sound out of tune. Considering that it comes with a pickup included, just take off the price of this and you can get an idea of the real value of the instrument itself. I own a Fender Stratocaster MIJ I bought in the 80s and a Fender Telecaster American Standard bought only 6 years ago made in the USA. Both of them are really great instruments. But this banjo is not. I relied on the brand but right now I am considering returning to the vendor. If Fender is going to sell this quality I suggest they consider using another an alternative low cost brand to avoid missleading clients (Squire?), just to keep their flagship unharmed. This should not be sold under the Fender name. For a few more bucks I am considering changing this for a Deering Goodtime, which is made in the USA. It comes with no electronics, but that can be sorted out buying a portable pick-up. Honestly, consider either the one mentioned before or if under a tight budget the Recording King Dirty 30s. GRRRRRRR!!!! :-(
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I think you missed the mark here Fender. Serious bluegrass musicians will not buy these instruments.
Agreed. If you actually listen to bluegrass these instruments are nowhere near the right tone. At first I thought these were all plugged straight in with a cheap pickup. They didn't even get a bluegrass picker to demo.
Fender ought to have consulted with actual bluegrass musicians, because these are not the sort of instruments typically played in bluegrass bands. This introduction is another sad chapter in Fender's long history of failure in acoustic instrument marketing.
@Ed Raposo -- Well, I suppose if one considers Old Crow Medicine Show and Mumford & Sons to be bluegrass....