Thanks terapln, I've got the Stew Mac catalog. They're running a series of articles now on building a do-it-yourself resonator guitar for under $100. I suppose that is using a cheap cone, not the Quarterman. The question is, will it be better than a Dean or a Johnson?I just watched "Can't You Hear The Wind Howl?" last week. My wife had checked it out of the library for my birthday. I wonder how well verified the information is? It was very interesting. I also got the two-CD set of RJ's recordings the same day.