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I  got  the  same  problem joe  I'm using  audacity  and   I  dont  get  enough  signal  Ive  tried  a  pre  amp  and  it  just  about  gets  there  . my  instruction book  says  take  the  feed  for  the  interface   from the  mixer  but  as  my  mixer  is  a  huge  thing  I  really  dont  want  to  drag it  from my  store room to  the  house  , it  worked  well on my  old  computer  so  I'm at  a  bit  of  a  loss  have  a  couple  of  mini  mixers  but  I  dont  think   they  give  any signal boost    but  I'll  let  you know  if  it  works .Good  thing  is  though   I  can now  deselect  the  on board mic .

I like  this  Jim  its  got  great  potential

Well done Jim ,liked it  its good  to  hear  how  the writer  perceives  his  song as its  not  always  obvious from the  transcript ,very  Bob just    loosen up a bit  and project  as Phill  says  and  wait  for  the  applause .

when I  write   I  aim for  three  to  4 mins   ,some  end  up  under   but  not  usually  over  what  doe  happen though  is  when we  do it  live   the  song  can take on  a  whole new  character  what  was  3 mins  can become  6 or  what  was  4  can   end up  less. Because  sometimes  we  have to  play    very long  sets  in Crete   4-5hrs  sometimes  with  only a  short  break  we  do  rend  to  play  things  twice but the  second time  it always  seems  more  frantic  ,our  normal set  is  about  2hrs  to  2hrs 15 so I  think  when writing  it  is  good  to  have  more than one  version of  a  song ,Check  out  some  of  Neil Youngs  stuff  they  are  good examples  of  long  and  short  versions .

GB blues with Cindy Scholl

Kev J with Cindy

Chris Bailley with Desponia Petralaki

Cindy with   the  girls

good job they  didn't   say baked  beans  ,tins  are  harder!!!!!!!!!!

Joyo classic overdrive same as a tso8 tube screamer at a fraction of the cost annd a bit of delay from what ever echo/reverb you have  I also add a trebble boost just to give a brighter tone helps cut through the bass and drums

Hi Jim my every day resonator is a guvnor resonator I bought it new for about 110 pounds around 8 yrs ago it is wooden body one  not like the other two I have I added an old P90 type pickup and it sounds  great.I cant really coment on the two you mention  but if I were buying another I would probably look at somthing from micheal messers range of resonators as they are top quality at a sensible price. If you havent heard micheal check him on you tube great player and a nice guy.I think the imortant factors are that the action is high enough to give a good tone when playing slide buut low enough not to make it uncomfortable when you pick it .I use 10s guauge strings on all mine as I swap between slide and finger style and the heavy strings most come with are uncomfortable for me.I would suggest that what ever you buy has a factory installed pickup.Two last things worth considering ,weight the metal bodied ones can be very heavy especialy if you stand to play and some times you may find the tail piece on some rests lightly on the resonator causing a horrible vibration my cheapo guvnor did this when I first had it and I was forced to add apacking piece to raise it a little in order to stop it.Summing  up if you fancy one get one that has a good quality resonator as this is the hear of the thing certainly the meser will be good but I would also take a look at vintage before you decide as there range is very well priced and good quality .when you get one you will enjoy the range of alturnate tunings that can be used ,open G is good for a start.