Electro Resonator

In 1995 Beltona introduced the first metal electro-resonator guitar to be seen. It combined magnetic and piezo cone pickups and was a very popular model. Now, we produce a resin-bodied version with similar but updated electronics.

The electro-guitar is a small, shallow, hollow-bodied resonator instrument which is very lightweight due to its glass and carbon fibre construction. It can be amplified in one of two ways -

1. The P90 magnetic pickup in the neck position with the piezo resonator pickup on the cone combine to give a wide variety of amplified tones. The pickup configuration can be either -
- a magnetic P90 type pickup and a piezo resonator pickup wired together into an onboard preamp with a volume control for each pickup onboard and a mono line out.
- or the same two pickups wired to a stereo jack, no controls onboard but a split lead to two amplifier channels for separate adjustment .

2. a simple piezo resonator cone pickup alone.

The Hi-Life Guitar

This is a version of the Electro-resonator guitar but without the pickups. The guitar body is altered slightly increasing its depth from 60 mm (2 3/8") up to 76 mm (3") giving this small-bodied instrument its full acoustic sound. A full size resonator cone and scale length together with a small, robustly built body and its light weight make this instrument an excellent choice for someone looking for an acoustic resonator guitar which has a great sound, is a pleasure to play and can also be an easy travel companion.