I notice that UK catalogue shop Argos which has offered cheap guitars (Ovation, Applause and Squier) for years, has for the first time (that I've noticed) included a wooden bodied resonator by Martin Smith (presumably another Asian-made import). Whether this is any good for a learner I have no idea. As you can't play before you buy, their guitars must be a gamble...but many US players in days of yore managed with instruments from Sears Roebuck!

RtS