Yes, these Rondo SX lap 2 steels are a steal!
They sound just as one would hope, deep and resonant! After I quit playing the sustain kept on going for quite a while (plugged into an old school Fender Princeton Reverb). The American Ash is very heavy and seems to add to that sustain. The SX 2 lap steal had a centered bridge and strings and a beautiful glossy sunburst finish. The tuners on this one were smooth and stayed in tune with minor stretching from the stock strings.
The pickup worked great and had a very classy tone when paired with the Fender amp (with the reverb dialed up to give it a hall sound).
Tone and Volume pots worked flawlessly. The tone knob took it from treble to bass with a noticeable and distinct difference. A low hum was present but may be my old Fender amp.
The only problems I encountered was a small finish chip on the headstock and the strap button on the bottom end wasn’t centered. These are relative minor cosmetic problems that can easily be corrected and adds to the mojo of this great little instrument.
All parts are upgradable, if you would like to go that route, but I found the SX perfect the way it came.
I ordered the hardshell case as an option (perfect case and doesn’t smell like a hyde glue pot) the SX also came with a fairly decent gig bag.
It was very well boxed to protect it in the shipping!
All in all an incredible ” Steal” for a very low price. All of the previous is, of course, IMHO 🙂
p.s. I tuned the SX to open D tuning DADF#AD.

I was concerned when I purchased this lap steel several months back that it might not be the best quality, but I’ve really been pleased with its sound.

Mine came with a couple of minor scratches in the finish, but otherwise it is a beautiful instrument and very fun to play.