One other observation: Although I've seen lots of old-time southern pickers using resonator banjos for frailing and clawhammer, I've never seen any of them using a long-neck banjo. As a result, I've always associated the long neck with folkniks from up nawth. Of course, I'm a folknik from up nawth, but I've never owned a long-neck. I suspect it's a deep-seated desire to look and sound "authentic."