Del Vecchio Dinamico Resonator Electric

1960’s Del Vecchio Dinâmico Resonator in excellent condition. It has a mahogany body and neck with a rosewood fretboard and features a single blade style pickup. The electric Dinamico had a brief production run, making it rare and collectible today. Players like Chet Atkins and Ry Cooder famously played Del Vecchio resonators, praising their unmistakable tone. The guitar’s quirky appearance, featuring a slotted headstock, round soundholes, and a metal resonator plate, gives it a distinct look.

Del Vecchio has been building instruments in Sao Paulo, Brazil, since the early 1900’s, and their first resonators were produced in the 1930’s. Were it not for this model’s very famous association with Chet Atkins, North American exposure to the Del Vecchio Dinamico would likely never have occurred at the scale that it did. But thanks to Chet’s frequent use of the Dinamico in the studio and on stage, the model has become almost as synonymous with the guitar great as the Gretsch Country Gentleman.

The Del Veccio Dinamico is a single-cone wood-bodied resonator with a biscuit style bridge, big classical guitar neck, and a silk and steel or nylon string set-up. The guitar’s body and coverplate are rosewood, and its neck is built in the traditional classical guitar style with a Spanish foot, and ebony reinforcement. The fingerboard has a slight radius, 25.4″ scale, and a zero fret adjacent to the 2″ wide nut.

SPECIFICATIONS

Body: Hollow-body construction with a laminated body (usually maple or mahogany).
Resonator: Single aluminum spun resonator with a biscuit bridge.
Neck: Typically mahogany or maple, with a slotted headstock and bound fingerboard.
Fingerboard: Rosewood, with dot inlays.
Scale Length: 25 inches.
Electronics: A single-coil pickup (mounted near the neck) with volume and tone controls.
Hardware: Open-gear tuners, trapeze tailpiece, and floating bridge.
Finish: Usually sunburst or natural lacquer finish.
Other features: Lightweight construction with minimal bracing to maximize the resonator’s effectiveness.