Johnson Guitars MG-10E

China, no scam, it's written on it but you can remove the label on the back of the headstock if it really wants. Metal body, not too big not too heavy. Somewhat flexible: she fell once, a real guitar is broken, it was just a fart impressive between the bridge and jack.

Bridge: a small wooden bar + dark matter (ebony? Plastic?) On top of the cone resonant, and a piece of metal to hang below the strings.

Wooden handle with a varnish deep mahogany, but I doubt that enough either.

19 frets, the latest frankly inaccessible.

Micro Piezo theoretically, jack in the back of the guitar.

No adjustment to make it or break it, or maybe it's already broken.

UTILIZATION

The handle can play a little, while some are downright unplayable dobros or instruments of torture.

The guitar is not too heavy, especially for the all-metal.

access to acute, not terrible at all but hey it's a dobro, not a guitar shredder.

Acoustics, sound OK, a little closer to the banjo than Mark Knopfler.

Amplified in, I went through my Vox AD30VT, I did not find his dobro, instead of the free electric personality.

It should be noted that I have not changed the original strings, which saw the price should not be very terrible. I reserve to edit when I put something else. Besides this will give an idea about the mechanics, who have not really been tested so far, but have not moved.

SOUNDS

Yeah for the style of music, so DIY is a country-style music, it goes well behind the real acoustic and electric, you recognize it, it comes out fairly well in a mix.

In fact there are only two sounds in slide, where you can get a good sound guy, and without the bottleneck, where just having something that looks a bit far, the intro of "Romeo and Juliet "by Dire Straits.

Finally, ultimate argument for the price, there is no better, the Fender is more expensive but not necessarily much better I'm not talking about or will boost Gibson Brothers. For an instrument to enhance the songs, a little extra is good enough. For those who want to give back the slide is a good tool for training before going to the "real" Dobro, whose sound is so much better but more expensive ...

OVERALL OPINION

I've had at least two years, I tried one or two other dobros before you buy: small Fender, nice but more expensive, and once a "real".

What I like most is being able to that price have a dobro in addition to my other guitars, not too afraid of damaging it, and still have good sound. In short, the value is good: far from being an M. .... we may regret having paid even 10 € is a tool usable and friendly, nice to watch with gills and no razzle-l'oeil drawings because no palm or face burned women.
If you want, you can make yourself like the old metal furniture: a coat of protective lacquer on the body, gently scrape the drawing, take a shot of acid to the tone rust and then clean thoroughly and put another nail to stabilize ... In vintage / grunge guaranteed. Well, I'm just keeping it as is, with a fart on the metal and a point of lack of polish at the junction of the neck and chest, and I play with every weekend.