I bought a cheap Johnson spider-reso from Thomann for £111 (cheapest I could find from UK), dropped in a Quarterman cone from Resound ( c£45) & have a VERY loud, fine-sounding reso; the Quarterman cone is way thinner than the stock ( .016" compared to .025"), has a lovely rich bass & singing trebles - I do also own an old (1930) roundneck National Tricone, & while the Johnson doesn't have the rich complex tone of the National, it has way more bass, & is a very acceptable alternative...I did have to rout out the top a little, to fit the Quarterman in there, but it was easy enough - I've also had good results from dropping National cones into cheap biscuit-type resos; 75% of the sound for 15 - 20% of the cost..

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