Washburn Resonators R45RCE Resonator Electric Guitar, Natural

I'm sorry the other reviewer had bad luck.. My Washburn must have been built by someone conscientious .. Mine sounds like the deep Delta unplugged. Its very playable and mine was set up perfectly for slide/finger picking..The cut-out allows for traveling a good distance up the neck. I was concerned that the "electronics" would interfere with the acoustic sound, of course I can't know what it would sound like without the lipstick pickup but I don't think it could get much better. Its a good size guitar with weight giving it a solid feel. The neck shape is perfect for me. its a little stout and for me that's a very good thing.. speaking of the pick-up.. I read from another source of reviews that the pickup is a bit weak.. I agree, but luckily for me I have some good compressor/preamps and running into my ProSonus "channel one" this is not a problem in fact I can dial in a sound almost like its unplugged which is connected D I to my DP 32. .. At the present time I have 3 resonators besides the Washburn. A tri-cone, a spider and a biscuit. even though the other 3 are much higher in the price department, the Washburn is by far the best. I have no reason to "gush" over this guitar, frankly I was quite sure I would be disappointed and send it back, but the opposite is the case, I can't put it down. I've had my share of junk guitars that I have returned but this one is definitely a keeper. Lastly, it should be said that one needs to know how to get that delta sound.. I don't mean to be over dramatic but playing delta is someone of an art form, it certainly helps to have a good sounding guitar but you need to work on this style.. finger picking/slide. I know I'm still working at it. **UPDATE** I use this guitar mostly for busking with a Roland Wedge battery powered amp. I sounds veery"bluesy" when mixing in the electric with the acoustic sound. The play-ability is really great.. plays like an electric... The neck is a little beefy which is great for me. There are obviously more expensive resonator and I own a few but this guitar for all its little cosmetic faults, is my favorite guitar. Its a Heavy guitar, built like a brick but the neck is so perfect for me.. I finger pick.. don't know what is would be like with flat-picking. running it thru the wedge, adjusting the volume and tone it sounds perfect when I play Robert Johnsons "Crossroads" When I recorded a demo, I miked the amp with a dynamic and miked the the guitar with a ribbon mike.. blending the amped sound with the acoustic resonator sound, well it makes me sound like I play better then I really do.. can't ask for more then that...Another Update.. inre: strings.. Testing strings has been an eye opener. I have found that this guitar using the pickup sounds alot like early Muddy Waters.. Can't be Satisfied, I feel like Going Home etc. I tried 4 brands.. 12-54 gauge.. Thet all sounded good acostically but didn't make the grade for electric.. .. I ended up with a perfect string for electric but although the sound is Delta acoustically, sounds real goodI haven't tried miking it.. that's for later.. The Martin M14080/20 bronze.. 12-054 does the trick.. Mogami cable from the guitar to a low powered class A amp back to a pre/compression then LowZ to the recorder This guitars using slide and fingers sounds very bluesy, the slide, as an example, sounded great with my recording of the Alternate take of R.J. Crossroads...I don't know if I mentioned it above.. this guitar is HEAVY.. heaviest guitar I ever owned and like you guitarist, I have had many guitars over the years.. its a beast.. more later.UpdateThis guitar is really "broken in" now.. Its been awhile since I owned it and I noticed another wasn't happy with his. I think he got a bad deal.. but for anyone thinking about this guitar, should really consider making the purchase. I've got "blending" the pickup (into my dp-32) and acoustically I have a mid priced ribbon mike. that seems to really like the R45.Placement of the mike obviously is important. this method records sweet with a little edge. By itself, (I have other resonators. This isn't the loudest or the softest) (depending how you hit the strings). I finger pick and slide (using a glass slide) and the sound of the guitar alone is sweet and a bit edgy. Pliability is great, especial;ly with the cut out.If I do a little street playing I have The Wedge by Roland which is battery powered and although its solid state its still has the attributes I already mentioned. One thing is for sure, it sure is the heaviest guitar I ever owned. Some musicians expect to get the guitar out of the box and sound like there in the delta.. but you need to coax that sound from a guitar when playing blues...

I have been playing guitar for 40+ years and have never received a guitar so poorly packed for shipping. The volume and tone pots did not work at all the cone cover plate was bent muting the strings and a gouge was taken out of the fretboard .there also was no factory paperwork with this guitar.I do not know where Amazon got this guitar but there is a reason it is so cheap it is totaly defective.I would not like to see a young person with limited funds get burned.Stay away from this guitar.

I found out that a resonator is not a guitar.