I personally don't like Landola guitars and I've tried a few.They don't really resonate and have,to my ears,an annoyingly tinny,trebley sound they are well constructed though but definitely not my glass of whisky.The question of guitar or player brings to mínd something I read about Charlie Parker playing many different brands of horns including a plastic alto for a while and still retaining the same tone regardless of horn used.He apparently viewed quality tone production as originating with the player rather than with the instrument.I think that generally speaking good players only sound good because of years of practice/constant playing rather than because they have a specific instrument that makes them sound good.I'm a firm believer of ability making the musician rather than the instrument.