Lightning Joe’s is always at the ready to accommodate the unconventional musician, and that’s why we stock lots of resonator guitars and lap steels on our shop floor. Want a square neck? How about a round neck? Metal body? Wood body? No problem—we have them all! Pull out your metal slides, glass slides, round bars, butterknives, pieces of pipe, lap dawgs, and get to it!

Here is a list of our current availability by type:

Round-Neck Resonators:

• Epiphone Dobro Hound Dog Deluxe, wood body $699

• Epiphone Dobro Hound Dog M-14, metal body $749

• Gretsch G9220 ‘Bobtail’, wood body $649

• Gretsch G9240 ‘Alligator’, wood body $549

• Gretsch G9241 ‘Alligator’, wood body, acoustic/electric $649

• National NRP-B Black Rust Steel, metal body $4,200

• Recording King RM-993-VG Swamp Dog Parlor Resonator, metal body $799.99

• Recording King RM-997-VG, Vintage Green, Swamp Dog Style-0 Resonator $799.99

• Recording King RR-36-VS ‘Maxwell’ wood body $479.99

• Recording King RR-41-VS ‘Rattlesnake’ wood body $499.99

Square-Neck Resonators:

• Gretsch G9210 ‘Boxcar’, wood body $449

• Gretsch G9230 ‘Bobtail’, wood body, acoustic/electric $699

• Recording King RR-36S-VS ‘Maxwell’ wood body $499.99

• Recording King RR-75PL-SN Phil Leadbetter Signature, wood body $749.99

Lap Steels:

• Epiphone Electar Century 1939 Lap Steel w/gig bag, ebony finish $349

• Recording King RG-31-NA Lap Steel w/P90 pickup, natural finish $249.99

• Recording King RG-35-SN Lap Steel w/humbucker, sunburst finish $249.99

  We also have a nice selection of used resonator guitars and lap steels in stock, which you can view here

Information current as of January 3, 2024

Note: All products listed on this page are NEW. Some have been for sale in the shop for longer than others, but absolutely still include any applicable manufacturer warranty or guarantee and are unmodified from original specifications.