Dobro Resonator Guitars, Twelfth Fret, Canada

The history of the resonator guitar is long and convoluted. Originally created by John Dopyera in 1925, the resonator guitar was at first made by John and his brother Rudy, under the National name. Business disagreements led to John's resignation from National in 1928. In 1929 John created the Dobro resophonic guitar design, and began the company of the same name.

On November 12, 1993, the company was purchased by Gibson guitars, who are carrying on the tradition of fabricating world class resonator guitars of the highest quality.

DWHB "Hula Blues"	larger wood body meeting neck at 12th fret yellow palm tree/hula dancer silk screened motif
DM88 "Steel 88"	round neck/radiused fingerboard painted steel body 14 fret neck joint 10 1/2" resonator/spider
DM89 "Steel 89"	as above with flat fingerboard and 9 1/2" National style cone

Classic 60 Series

Designed mainly for "standard" playing with 12 fret neck joint, radiused fingerboard and 10 1/2" resonator/spider cone.

DWF60 "F Hole Classic"	"F" holes rather than chrome screens no binding
DW60 "Classic 60" Regular	as above but with chrome screens instead of "F" holes white binding
DW60 "Classic 60" Square	as above but with square neck for lap style

Jerry Douglas with his signature model Dobro

Bottleneck 90 Series

Designed specifically for bottleneck playing with a flat fingerboard, 14-fret neck joint, 9 1/2" National style biscuit/cone and Moon and Stars coverplate.

DW90 "Wood Body 90"	wood body version
DW90DLX	as above with bound peghead and custom fingerboard inlay
DS90 "Steel Bottleneck 90"	as above with steel body painted in a dark sunburst finish
DM90 "Bottleneck 90"	as above with triple chrome plated bell brass body

Josh Graves with his signature model Dobro

"F" Hole 33 Series

10 1/2" National style biscuit/cone, radiused rosewood fingerboard, 14-fret neck joint, "F" holes.

DW33 "Wood Body 33"	3 ply maple body
DS33 "Steel Body 33"	as above but with painted steel body
DM33H "The Hawaiian"	chrome plated brass body 14 fret neck joint round neck radiused fingerboard Hawaiian scene sandblasted front & back
DM33S "The Sailboat"	as above but with sailboat scene on back and seagulls on front
DM33D "The Dobro"	as above but with "lattice work" pattern and "D" on back

Link to a feature on the Dobro " Houndog " model in our What's New section

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