We have just updated our Mandolins In-Stock Section, Resos In-Stock Section, and Acoustic Guitars In-Stock Section!

All have new instruments available for purchase! 100% Made in the USA

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HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM REDLINE

(back left to right:) Dirk, Chris, Steve, and Ryan
(front left to right:) Jason, Carol, and Molly

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Well, our customers asked, and I feel that we have delivered!  Many of you, while impressed with our line of resophonic guitars and mandolins, have wondered why we don’t make an instrument YOU can play.  So, for all you guitar players out there, we are now making a line of acoustic guitars.  Our first two entries in this, our latest instrument adventure, are the Parlor Guitar and the RL-45.

The Redline Parlor Guitar offers excellent tone, volume, and playability in a very comfortable size.  Not a “baby guitar” by any means, the design of our Parlor Guitar was heavily influenced by some of the turn-of-the century parlor and OM sized guitars, many of which are still around and sounding great today.  We have modernized the shape a bit, added a truss rod, and use high quality wood components and hardware througout.  These initial pictures show our Parlor Guitar made of myrtle wood and Carpathian Spruce.  Our production models will be available with either mahogany or rosewood back and sides, coupled with Carpathian, Sitka, or Engelemann spruce tops.  Necks are mahogany, with a comfortable  fret scale length of 24 3/4″.  Standard nut width is 1 3/4″.  The overall body length is 18 1/2″, with a lower bout dimension of 13 1/2″.  Other amenities include ebony fretboard, mother of pearl fret dots, ebony pyramid bridge, and fully bound body.  Finish is nitrocellulose lacquer, with various sunburst options available.

The other guitar that we are pretty excited about is our RL-45 Acoustic Guitar.   This fine and attractive guitar leans heavily on a tried and true design that has been around since the early 1940’s.  The design of this guitar includes a jumbo body size, with an overall body dimension of 20″, and a lower bout dimension of 16″. and “sloped-shouldered” sides where they meet the neck.  The fretboard and bridge are made of East Indian Rosewood.  The fret scale is 24 3/4″.   This guitar is available with your choice of either mahogany or rosewood for the backs and sides.  The neck is mahogany as well, and includes a bone nut with a standard width of 1 11/16″ .  You also have your choice of either Carpathian, Sitka, or Englemann spruce on these guitars, as well.

Great tone, easy playability, plenty of volume, and a great looking guitar, all at a very reasonable price.  What more could you ask for?

If you are interested in either of these fine new acoustics, be sure to get in touch with us.  Both models will be available in January of 2010!

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Here we have a video clip of our friend Mike Tatar picking out a tune on a recently built RedLine RL-45 Acoustic Guitar.  We currently have quite a few of these guitars in process, so be sure to get in touch with us if you like what you hear!

Thanks, too, to our pal Rob Haines for creating this video for us.

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We now offer our Army Navy Pancake Style Mandolin Kit in our store!

Check it out by clicking HERE!

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In an attempt to appeal to a wider range of stringed instrument players, we have embarked upon yet another product here at RedLine Resophonics.  Introducing the RL-45 Acoustic Guitar!

We based the initial design of this guitar on a tried and true jumbo acoustic guitar that has been around since the early 1940’s.  We have paid meticulous attention to design details on many vintage instruments, especially the ones that we have found to be real “cannons” in the sound department.  At this point, we can’t tell you how great they sound, because the first ones are still making their way through the shop.  The first two are currently in the finish room color on, so it shouldn’t be long before we can put up a sound clip or two.  So, as they say, Stay Tuned!

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Listen to “Shenandoah” Played by Dan Rold on this RedLine Ramber Deluxe!

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On the fence with the decision of getting yourself a RedLine Traveler Mandolin?
Click on the images below to see the new Traveler mailer and put your mind at ease.
Click HERE to see what we have in-stock!

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The Pictures in this gallery are of our new Big Body resophonic guitar.  As true RedLine “ResoHeads”, we are big fans of the traditional, older “Regal” style reso. body, but we have had so many requests from friends and customers to build a “more contemporary” larger bodied resophonic guitar.  Well, here it is.  In the shop we have nicknamed this one the “Peabody”, for no real reason, really.  It makes about as much sense as “L” or “E”, come to think of it.

This is our first Big Body reso, but it sure has some power.  Hey!  Power = P = Pea = P-Body = PeaBody!  Anyway, we goofed around some while designing and building this one.  The body is not only bigger, but it is tapered, as well, being thicker at the tailpiece end than at the neck end.  This one is fitted with a Scheerhorn spun cone, topped with a Crafters of Tennessee spider, which is topped with an ebony capped vertical grain maple bridge insert.  There is also a removable baffle inside the body, just beneath the sound holes.  These sound holes have been fit with lathe turned ebony rings, which have in turn been fit with screenless chrome rings, for a very unique, and classy look.

Sound and tone?  I guess “powerful” is as good a word as any.  Plenty of volume comes from this one, and it can be driven hard, yet it can be played lightly for a sweet and delicate voice.  Even though that is so, banjos beware!  The Peabody is here!!!

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