![]() In short, Dobro is a brand while dobro is a resonator guitar type. And dobro, with a lowercase d, is just a generic name for wooden-bodied single-cone resonator guitars. These days, Gibson owns the brand name, Dobro, and its subsidiary, Epiohone, manufactures them. Features include: information on dating your Dobro, a 32-page color section, builders of resonator guitars today, a section on players from all over the world, and hundreds of photos with rare pictures never-before published. However, Dobro was originally a brand of resonator guitar. Now that danger has faded - more people play the Dobro (or resonator guitar to be politically correct) today than ever before. But each time extinction loomed a single player stepped forward to capture the interest of a new generation. At several points in its history the instrument nearly went the way of the harp guitar or the banjolele. This site is intended to showcase some of their work and help identify particular styles of instruments. ![]() ![]() This is a book about guitars, but it is also about people - the builders and musicians who, despite overwhelming odds, made the Dobro a part of our culture. From approximately 1929 to 1945 the National Dobro Corporation made resonator (mechanically amplified) guitars, mandolins,ukuleles and other instruments, all based on the original work of John Dopyera. At several points in its history the instrument nearly went the way of the harp guitar or the. This is a book about guitars, but it is also about people - the builders and musicians who, despite overwhelming odds, made the Dobro a part of our culture.
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