Actually, I wanted to add one more bit to the "leadbelly's sound" thing. There's only been one acoustic arch top 12 string that I've played, and it duplicated the sound of Huddie's guitar pretty well with LIGHT strings yet. The steep neck angle is the key. I've often wanted to do a conversion on some old Harmony arch-top, but was never sure if the bracing would be heavy enough for the extra 6 strings.

Rick

Oh, and also, thanks to Mudcatter Paul Mills for giving all us Borealis folk GREAT sound at Cleveland.