Anyone know how Jerry/Mike plays those heavenly high pitched slides? Harmonics/high up on the neck with lots of reverb or studio magic? Sounds almost like pedal steel at times.

Update: The number on it is: 1896484 and below the serial it says OTHER PATS PEND.

Was doing a delivery route several years ago with my old boss (RIP) who owned an antique shop. While I was driving the delivery van I see this guitar case with a For Sale sign taped to the top of the guitar case out in the yard leaning on a china hutch cabinet. At first I figured the person who put it out there was just using an old guitar case to hold the For Sale sign up for the china hutch. I asked my boss if I could turn around and check if there was anything in the guitar case. We pulled up to the drive way and the home owner came up to us and asked if we were interested in the china hutch and I said “actually I was wondering if there’s anything in that guitar case. He said oh yeah that’s my grand dad’s old guitar and asked if I could open the case, to my surprise this is what I saw. When I saw the dobro logo on the headstock I knew immediately this was old and that it was very well maintained. Out of curiosity I asked the homeowner if he was interested in selling it and proceeded to ask me how much would you give me for it and I just threw out a lowball number and said $45.00. The guy didn’t hesitate at all and just said sure deal! I almost shit my pants. I’ve done a lot of research on this thing back many years ago but couldn’t find anything certain. It has a “spider” resonator, could definitely be a cheapo one that you’d order from a catalog back in the day. I was wondering if anyone could help me ID this. Another detail, the case has a purple diamond on it and I did track down that type of case a long time ago but can find any more info on it but it was extremely old.

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Was doing a delivery route several years ago with my old boss (RIP) who owned an antique shop. While I was driving the delivery van I see this guitar case with a For Sale sign taped to the top of the guitar case out in the yard leaning on a china hutch cabinet. At first I figured the person who put it out there was just using an old guitar case to hold the For Sale sign up for the china hutch. I asked my boss if I could turn around and check if there was anything in the guitar case. We pulled up to the drive way and the home owner came up to us and asked if we were interested in the china hutch and I said “actually I was wondering if there’s anything in that guitar case. He said oh yeah that’s my grand dad’s old guitar and asked if I could open the case, to my surprise this is what I saw. When I saw the dobro logo on the headstock I knew immediately this was old and that it was very well maintained. Out of curiosity I asked the homeowner if he was interested in selling it and proceeded to ask me how much would you give me for it and I just threw out a lowball number and said $45.00. The guy didn’t hesitate at all and just said sure deal! I almost shit my pants. I’ve done a lot of research on this thing back many years ago but couldn’t find anything certain. It has a “spider” resonator, could definitely be a cheapo one that you’d order from a catalog back in the day. I was wondering if anyone could help me ID this. Another detail, the case has a purple diamond on it and I did track down that type of case a long time ago but can find any more info on it but it was extremely old.

Edit: The number on it is: 1896484 and below the serial it says OTHER PATS PEND.

Griffis #94, 250th july 4th edition. It sounds amazing I'm so happy with it. This is my first "nice" dobro, upgrading from a Phil Ledbetter recording king.

I need to update my scheerhorn and am wanting to try a Legend Vesper for the first time. I've been using standard Legend cones for years. Beard is sold out of them (and lots of other parts) right now. Any other places these can be found?

I inherited what I think is an early O.M.I-era Dobro 12-string. It was set up for 6-string for as long as I can remember. I just got it back from the shop having returned it to its 12-string glory. What an amazing sound. Anyone know about these? Serial is D578 stamped at the top of the headstock.

Might pull the trigger on this guitar but wanted to check with my trusty Reddit friends to see if there are any reviews or warnings

Looking to get a new instrument and wondering if there are different sounds or stylistic considerations for the different hole shapes, or if it is just aesthetics

Has anyone played this before? Considering getting one to start on, I play guitar and ukulele harmonica etc but always wanted to have a crack at the dobro. I dont see many reviews of this model

Im in australia and a square neck dobro seems pretty limited for choice here. Any help would be greatly appreciated

I got my first guitar yesterday, a resonator with metallic and piezo pickups. I also play bass, piano and harmonica. So i know music theory etc.

Yesterday i used open g, but im a little afraid to rely on this tuning. I dont want to rely on capo etc for different keys or change tuning to play different modes and scales etc. In terms of chords. How versatile are open tunings for different keys and chords without capo or retuning? Both with and without slide. Could like double drop d or something else be more versatile? If i want to play minor, 7th, maj7th chords etc.

I dont know how to play guitar yet, so its not easy to test out these things since my technique is bad. So looking for any insight. I just feel like relying on capo is a little cheap + it removes like half your range in a lot of keys. I will also play with harmonicas on a rack.

Thanks in advance.

Greetings, I play a lot of instruments professionally and dobro is pretty low on the list of where I should be investing money... Still, I would like to add a pickup to my spider bridge guitar. It is a Liberty brand if that matters.

A local repair shop recommends the fishman Nashville spider pickup but $250 plus installation that's really pushing it as far as what I can justify. If it truly is the best pickup and worth the money, I will do that- but if you all can recommend anything cheaper, bonus points if i can install it myself. I should limit what I spend on dobro until I start making money with it lol. My main instruments are double neck pedal steel and double bass, boy do those things take time and money to maintain!

Thanks in advance

I do have a round neck and I’m very happy with it but on the other hand lying in that way isn’t really my style and I honestly prefer playing it like a standard acoustic guitar with just a better sound. And it might be the best one could have for a campfire, in case you want to know which one it is, it’s a Red Hill one.

With that said, on the other hand, I might eventually try out the square neck version, which also wouldn’t be too bad for camping I guess. I can’t say much about it, but it seems it’s a good bit similar to a lap steel as far as the style is concerned. Thus I‘d like to ask those who have experience in both how it feels when the strings ain‘t that close to the fretboard. we know that dobro players in bluegrass and country normally use the square neck one and I really can understand why. Of course you could use the round one in bluegrass also but more in the way I do, meaning standard guitar playing without a bottleneck. at the same time, you could also use the square neck in Blues. One example is the late Jeff Healey, who doesn’t per se count as a dobro Player and I don’t think he ever played a resonator, But due to being blind did play guitar in a lap form. of resonator might actually be the better one. So should I perhaps try it out?

Im a beginner and see in most videos I’ve watched they use metal picks but I got some plastic from ones and I’ve also liked they’re warmer tones (even though the ones I got kinda suck and hurt). Any advice or recommendations for picks? Thanks!

Just bought a dobro this week from Guitar Center. This wooden piece fell out of the body of the dobro after I took it out of the box. Is it part of the bracing of the dobro or is it more likely packaging?

Figured you guys would enjoy!

So first off I am kind of old to be learning music at all at 48 I taught myself cello and then picked up whistles (super basic compared to cello, just melodies and counter melodies) and then a Concertina.

Kind of ashamed of myself for not picking music up earlier to be honest about it I have always sang, being military it wasn’t feasible all the time.

Now a bit of a fast forward I turn 51 next month thinking of learning Dobro.. square neck because of broken hands and lack of finger tips on my left hand enough to place on a string like cello but they don’t like complex shapes like I see on most guitar 🎸 necks to make chords so…

Tips tricks resources….

Any information is good information being military I am used to sorting the bull to find the magic mushrooms on the other end….

I love playing just looking to learn more and be more versatile, I only play at church and myself…

(Kind of hoping the dobro Reddit is as cool as the cello Reddit is)