3 Reso's have come up for auction locally here. They look Asian to me although one sort of looks Kel Kroydonish.
What are your thoughts?
Edited by - banjonz on 07/01/2026 18:45:47
I'm no expert on this stuff, but after looking at a few pics of the "ornate" ones I would kind of lean towards that the inlays are not as good looking in person as they do from the distance most of the pictures were taken. Notably, take a look at the last pic with the blue circle around the crack to see what I'm talking about. I'd definitely place at least two of them as (cheap?) ornamental products.
All of the KK resos I've seen pics of had some kind of contrasting color around the outer bottom edge of the circumference. I'm interested to hear what more experienced folks chime in with about them.
In comes down to what would you do with a resonator that is 25cm in diameter? Maybe that is the internal diameter. The opening for the banjo heel needs to fit whatever banjo it is installed on. I tend to agree that these are modern China or Vietnam products. The inlay work showing in the photo with the crack is pretty loose--lots of filler. At least this tells us that it is inlay, not "onlay."
the style 11 looking reso I would guess is a recording king or flint hill, used on their art deco (very much a style 11 looking resonator used on those asian built banjos) the other 2 resonators.... anyone's guess!!
The one in the middle looks like an RB10 style from Recording King or Flint Hill. The two outside resonators look like something from Antonio Tsai.
Wow, New Zealand, the shipping might end up being MORE than the price of the resonators.
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