Seems like America Day in our wee corner of Lancashire; first the election victory, then I watch the South Park episode All About Mormons, after which I was moved listen to Paul Robeson's superlative rendering of Ballad for Americans, and now I've just this minute taken delivery of a sturdy little black plastic Gibson Tonette - Inspiring young musicians since 1936, via ebay of course because you never see these in British shops.

Any of you Americans ever played these? Maybe some of you still do... Advice? Folklore? Anecdotes?