Hey Toxer,
I played a couple of fender resonators not so long ago. They were all quite disappointing. The tone was dull and certainly not loud for a reso. Kinda sounded like a small body laminate acoustic with a bit of twang. I remember playing a dobro a few days later at another store and boy, there was a world of difference. I also played a few Johnson resos. Don't really remember how they sounded, but I do remember I was not impressed. Hence, I wouldn't recommend either of them. 600 bucks is not bad...think about waiting a few more months, saving a little more and going in for a better guitar. I'd say dobro, but getting that shipped all the way to moscow would probably increase the price by quite a bit. Might want to look into it anyway.
The mexican strats are decent guitars. But for the sake of everyone who listens to you play, yourself included, please don't use anything lower than .10 gauge strings. .09s sound like a silk thong stretched over a cigar box. .11s would be best, but your gonna have to get the store to set them up to whatever gauge you choose.
Never played a tornado.
If the barret series are the samick archtops (jazz guitars), then those things sound pretty good for the price. i've played the la salle or something like that. Nice tone...acoustic as well as plugged in. If you plan on sliding on it, use roundwounds. Lots of stores put flatwounds on them.
My 2 cents.
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