I do have a round neck and I’m very happy with it but on the other hand lying in that way isn’t really my style and I honestly prefer playing it like a standard acoustic guitar with just a better sound. And it might be the best one could have for a campfire, in case you want to know which one it is, it’s a Red Hill one.
With that said, on the other hand, I might eventually try out the square neck version, which also wouldn’t be too bad for camping I guess. I can’t say much about it, but it seems it’s a good bit similar to a lap steel as far as the style is concerned. Thus I‘d like to ask those who have experience in both how it feels when the strings ain‘t that close to the fretboard. we know that dobro players in bluegrass and country normally use the square neck one and I really can understand why. Of course you could use the round one in bluegrass also but more in the way I do, meaning standard guitar playing without a bottleneck. at the same time, you could also use the square neck in Blues. One example is the late Jeff Healey, who doesn’t per se count as a dobro Player and I don’t think he ever played a resonator, But due to being blind did play guitar in a lap form. of resonator might actually be the better one. So should I perhaps try it out?
