Harley Benton Delta Blues Resonator

This is probably the cheapest 'Dobro' style guitar you can buy, but it actually sounds quite good with a little setup and it will allow you to explore this style without spending a fortune. Although it sounded ok out of the box, I did a few things to optimise the sound. I replaced the thin factory strings (12-53) with a set of (16-56) resophonic strings - but in order to do this I had to widen and deepen the nut slots so the strings fitted and to make sure the top of all the strings were level with the top of the nut and at the same time replaced the split bridge saddle with a new single piece saddle, cutting the slots in it to match the nut, in other words so the tops of all the strings are level with the top of the saddle. If the strings are not level across the whole of the neck you will get unwanted buzzing from strings that are lower. Finally, I had to file back the nut slightly as it was over-hanging the fretboard a little - I had to remove about 1mm to get it flush with the top of the fretboard. It now has a nice balanced sound, no buzzes, good intonation up to the 12th fret and is very comfortable to play :)