Fazley RSN-30 roundneck biscuit-bridge resonator guitar

This could be a good guitar. Its faults are enough for me not to want to keep it. If you know how to get the best out of it, then I think you'd be happy with its sound.

Build is good. Solid and robust all over, except the resonator, the machine heads, and the tailpiece, which give the impression of flimsy cheapness.

The set-up from the factory wasn't good. The action made it unplayable straight from the box. The neck was bowed way too much and needed adjustment. After that, the fret-board was perfect up to the 12th fret, but upwards from there the frets were wrongly sited, and as a consequence, they tuned sharp.

The electrics on this one, when they worked, sounded good. However, the circuitry inside the guitar kept cutting out without warning.

The factory installed strings weren't great, and whilst detuning the top E it broke.

I would recommend this thing highly if these niggles are addressed, or you are prepared for them and can sort them to your satisfaction. It sounds great unplugged and through an amp, and using the slide gave it authority.

For a guitar to arrive without attention to these details is a poor show. QC should be much better. That said, it's potentially a market-buster. I hope Fazley can make good on it- at the moment, it feels like a wasted opportunity.

nice body and neck the frets and fingerboard let it down the frets have been filed and left full of file marks so i had to sort that out and polish fretboard has chips out in places fret ends also need attention on the plus side bone nut and saddle!!

Have just received a b stock of these resonator guitars, and I must say very playable especially though my acoustic amp, yes probably paying a lot more will be necessary for the professional guitarist but this model is great value, I would certainly consider this brand in the future