I went against my better judgement and ordered a new Hey 49 tenor . This one has the distressed steel look. I have been previously convinced that a resonator needs a National cone.
This one sounds great!
At one point I had a 6 string National Reso Rocket. This has all the look of that one with a smaller body and a tenor neck. The nut is wiiiide, and I like it that way. It's loud. I won't be able to play it while the Mrs. watches baseball, this will go into my basement office and the 5-17T will come upstairs.