My brother has one for about 2 years now. It's a black one and they are Asian made. Not bad. Of course it's not a Scheerhorn like Jerry Douglas plays, but I've monkeyed with it and it's quite playable and sounds OK. Quality assurance is a bit hit or miss. He liked it so much that he bought a Regal all metal version and it fell apart after a couple of days. They made good on it and replaced it. I saw it get knocked over a few weeks back at a jam and it seemed no worse for wear.

Fender also makes a low end Asian model, probably pretty similiar except the f holes are like the Fender logo.

Go ahead. Take a chance. Bashful brother Oswald would have been proud of you.