Yeah - i bought this one off the rack. I think its similar to a style O. I played a tricone that was awesome and my local shop got a couple in as clearance stock. ONe of my students bought one, so i jumped on the bandwagon too. It was like 600 bucks, so its a good thing to have for resonator sounds if necessary. Nice cone - spun cone , much nicer than the epiphones etc and heaps more bottom than the fenders. I guess its not a national or dobro, but i am not a real missisippi bluesman! Yeah - might get down to old melbourne town soon, ill let you know!