So I just got this guitar in the mail today. I've been messing around on the guitar for about 15 years now and only recently became obsessed with delta blues and slide guitar. I've been looking for an inexpensive guitar to pick up and mess around with more and saw this one on line. As far as I can tell this is a unbranded version of the Johnson acoustic resonator that sells for $195. The nice feature about the one I purchased is that it came with a piezo pick up and equalizer for plugging in. The Johnson version has a maple soundwell and likely a better cone and spider. When mine arrived it had a cover plate that was banging around inside the well. Not a big deal since I knew I would be taking the thing apart as soon as I got it anyway. Overall the guitar looks very nice. Nice round neck, solid, straight neck, good action, easy to fret. The finish looked cheesey on the pictures but in person it is beautiful. The big hang-up is the cone which is a stamped version that is too thick and not properly set up. It has a nice tone in the upper ranges but lacks any power in the bass chords. I have a mechanical background and plan to grind it down to make loosen it up and plan to manipulate the spider a little to get the best tone out of this as I can. Certainly a little work and not something that a proferssional would want to mess with but my guess is that I can make this thing rival a Gold tone at 1/8 the price. The only question is how well it will hold up. But at $105 dollars (bought online at a wholesale store) I'm willing to take the chance. Happy playing.Get more detail about NEW RESONATOR - Acoustic Guitar - Steel Pan - BLUES +++.
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