Recording King RPH-R2-E Dirty 30s Minnie Bucker Resonator Brown Sunburst

I tried really hard to like this resonator. The appearance and price point are both attractive, and the mini humbucker pickup is a nice touch. That is unfortunately where the positive things end. I had to return the first one I received because it was absolutely unplayable due to the frets all popping up from either extreme temperature fluctuations or just bad manufacturing. They were so high that they actually cut my fingers while checking them. The second one that came in was better, but still had issues. The frets still stood proud, but were somewhat playable in standard tuning. In Open D or other tunings, there was fret buzz on almost every string. In addition to the buzz, there was a vibration that seemed to be either the truss rod or the neck joint, but was unidentifiable. The tone was very muted and had the all worst qualities of laminate-body instruments. I've owned and played many laminate bodies and it is possible to make a quality instrument with them, but this was far from it. I was not able to get past these issues to bother plugging it in and testing the pickup, so I cannot speak to that portion of it. Overall, I was extremely disappointed in the manufacturer as it is clear that there are issues, even for a Chinese-made instrument. I always expect some basic setup is necessary, but this was beyond what I'd expect for an instrument in this price range

Fret ends are very sharp and a number of them were not fully seated. The hole for the g-string tuner is so far off that the tuner button almost hits the headstock. Even for a Chinese-built guitar this is pretty bad, and yet it sounds OK, especially through an amp with a bit of gain and reverb.

Just getting introduced to playing dobro. Lot to learn. I have used it once so far at open mic. Received compliments on the sound. 1st string broke minutes into playing. I like the compact size. This will do the job for my intro to dobro.

I BOUGHT IT FOR MY BROTHER. HE LOVES IT

I got this for a gift for my brother. He loves it. Never played one before, but he's Really enjoying it. As a really nice sound.

I played this model @ Guitar Center for an hour and left with it! It's not only got the mini-bucker pick up, which totally surprised me with its tone both at the Store and into my Hot Rod Deluxe Fender at home, but it looks strikingly good too. Plenty of eye candy and Classic Dobro Delta style. I didn't do setup yet, just tuned it and applied the slide, it sounds GREAT. yeah, it could use better tuning keys, an easy swap, but it's a way better guitar as is, than probably 99% of those that were used to play the greatest blues ever written.