Dobro
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Dobro is an American brand of resonator guitars owned by Gibson and manufactured by its subsidiary Epiphone. The term "dobro" is also used as a generic term for any wood-bodied, single-cone resonator
Dobro–style tenor guitar, 1934
"Spider"-shape resonator detail
Lap steel guitar
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The lap steel guitar, also known as a Hawaiian guitar or lap slide guitar, is a type of steel guitar without pedals that is typically played with the instrument in a horizontal position across the per
Dobro
…tricone and biscuit designs produced by the National String Instrument Corporation. The Dobro name appeared on other instruments, notably electric lap steel guitars and solid body electric guitars and on other resonator instruments such as Safari resonator mandolins. The roots of the Dobro story can be traced to…
Fender Champion electric lap steel guitar
Rickenbacker Electro Bakelite Hawaiian 7 string model lap steel c. 1938 – a type played by Sol Hoopii. Note that it is a solid block with only a token resemblance to a guitar shape.
Rickenbacker Console 758 tripleneck steel
Dobro guitar – Dobro guitar played standing. Note the height of strings off fretboard.