A modern tricone resonator guitar, with electric pickup

Ellis 8 string baritone tricone resonator guitar guitar played by James Michael Thompson

A resonator guitar or resophonic guitar is an acoustic guitar whose sound is produced by one or more metal cones (resonators) instead of the wooden soundboard (guitar top/face). Resonator guitars were originally designed to be louder than conventional acoustic guitars which were overwhelmed by horns and percussion instruments in dance orchestras. They became prized for their distinctive sound however, and found life with several musical styles (most notably bluegrass and also blues) well after electric amplification solved the issue of inadequate guitar sound levels. Image File history File linksMetadata Triconegravir1_big. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Triconegravir1_big. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Ellis Guitars is a company based in Perth, Western Australia producing handmade acoustic guitars and acoustic stompboxes . ... Mustapick Deep Baritone Guitar The baritone guitar is a variation on the standard guitar, with a longer scale length that allows it to be tuned to a lower range. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... James Michael Thompson is the co designer and sole player of the world first Ellis 8 string baritone tricone resonator guitar. ... A steel string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound. ... A resonator is a device or part that vibrates (or oscillates) with waves. ... The sounding board is the largest part of a string musical instruments body. ... Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music. ... Blues music redirects here. ...

Resonator guitars are of two styles:

• Square necked guitars designed to be played in steel guitar style.
• Round necked guitars, which may be played in either the conventional classical guitar style or in the lap steel guitar style.

There are three main resonator designs: A Dobro style resonator guitar Steel guitar, strictly speaking, refers to a method of playing using a metal slide (or steel) on a guitar played horizontally, with the strings uppermost. ... A classical guitar, also called a Spanish guitar, is a musical instrument from the family of musical instruments called chordophones. ... Chandler electric lap steel guitar, a modern solid body with the classic Weissenborn profile. ...

• The "tricone" ("tri" in reference to the three metal cones/resonators) design of the first National resonator guitars.
• The single inverted-cone design of the Dobro.
• The spiderless single cone "biscuit" design of other National instruments.

Many variations of all of these styles and designs have been produced under many brands. The body of a resonator guitar may be made of wood, metal, or occasionally other materials. Typically there are two main soundholes, positioned on either side of the fingerboard extension. In the case of single cone models, the soundholes are either both circular or both f-shaped, and symmetrical; The older "tricone" design has irregularly shaped sound holes. Cutaway body styles may truncate or omit the lower f-hole. The National String Instrument Corporation was the company formed to manufacture the first resonator guitars. ... A modern Gibson Dobro Dobro is a trade name now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar. ... For other uses, see Brand (disambiguation). ... A cello with f-holes A guitar with a round hole A sound hole is a hole in the upper sounding board of a string musical instrument. ...

History

National tricone

The resonator guitar was developed by John Dopyera, seeking to produce a guitar that would have sufficient volume to be heard alongside brass and reed instruments, in response to a request from steel guitar player George Beauchamp. Dopyera experimented with configurations of up to four resonator cones, and cones composed of several different metals. John Dopyera holding one of his hand-constructed violins John Dopyera (1893-1988) was a Slovak-American inventor and entrepreneur, considered by many to be the provider of the crucial bridge between the world of acoustic instruments and that of electric instruments. ... A Dobro style resonator guitar Steel guitar, strictly speaking, refers to a method of playing using a metal slide (or steel) on a guitar played horizontally, with the strings uppermost. ... George D. Beauchamp (1899 - 1941), inventor of musical instruments and co-founder of National Stringed Instrument Corporation and Rickenbacker. ...

In 1927, Dopyera and Beauchamp formed the National String Instrument Corporation to manufacture resonator guitars under the brand name National. The first models were metal-bodied and featured three conical aluminium resonators joined by a T-shaped aluminium spider which supported the bridge, a system called the "tricone". Wooden-bodied tricone models were also produced with bodies sourced from the Regal Musical Instrument Company and other established guitar manufacturers. Cheap plywood student instruments were particularly used for conversion to resonator instruments. Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National String Instrument Corporation was the company formed to manufacture the first resonator guitars. ... The Regal Musical Instrument Company was established in 1908 in Chicago. ... Toy constructed from plywood. ...

Dobro

Main article: Dobro

A dobro style resonator guitar

In 1928, Dopyera left National to form the Dobro Manufacturing Company with his brothers Rudy, Emile, Robert and Louis, Dobro being a contraction of Dopyera Brothers' and also meaning "good" in their native Slovak language. They released a competing resonator guitar with a single resonator with its concave surface uppermost, often described as bowl-shaped, under a distinctive circular perforated metal cover plate with the bridge at its centre resting on an eight-legged aluminium spider. This system was cheaper to produce, and produced more volume than National's tricone. A modern Gibson Dobro Dobro is a trade name now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar. ... Download high resolution version (480x637, 41 KB)Steel guitar in the Dobro style by user:KayEss One of my guitars. ... Download high resolution version (480x637, 41 KB)Steel guitar in the Dobro style by user:KayEss One of my guitars. ... A modern Gibson Dobro Dobro is a trade name now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A modern Gibson Dobro Dobro® is a trade name now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar. ... The Slovak language (slovenčina, slovenský jazyk), sometimes referred to as Slovakian, is an Indo-European language belonging to the West Slavic languages (together with Czech, Polish, Cashubian and Sorbian). ...

National biscuit

National countered the Dobro with their own single resonator model, which had previously been designed by Dopyera before he left the company, while also continuing to produce the tricone design which many players preferred for its tone. Both the National single and tricone resonators remained conical with their convex surfaces uppermost; The single resonator models used a wooden biscuit at the cone apex to support the bridge. Both companies at this stage were sourcing many components, and notably the aluminium resonators themselves, from Adolph Rickenbacher. Adolph Rickenbacker (1886-1976) was the founder of the Rickenbacker guitar company. ...

National Dobro, Hound Dog, and Gibson

Epiphone "biscuit" resonator guitar.

After much legal action, the Dopyera brothers gained control of both the National and Dobro companies in 1932, and subsequently merged them to form the National Dobro Corporation. However all production of resonator guitars by this company ceased following the US entry into the Second World War in 1941. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (245x604, 11 KB) Summary Epiphone biscuit resonator guitar. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (245x604, 11 KB) Summary Epiphone biscuit resonator guitar. ... Epiphone Emperor The Epiphone Company is a guitar manufacturer. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A modern Gibson Dobro Dobro® is a trade name now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ...

Emile Dopyera (also known as Ed Dopera) manufactured Dobros from 1959, before selling the company and name to Semie Moseley, who merged it with his Mosrite guitar company and manufactured Dobros for a time. Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Semie Moseley (1935-1992) was a guitar maker and the founder of Mosrite guitars. ... Mosrite was an American guitar manufacturing company, based in Bakersfield, California, from the late 1950s to the mid 1990s Founded by Semie Moseley, Mosrite guitars were played by many rock and roll and country artists such as Kurt Cobain, Joe Maphis, Larry Collins, Buck Trent, The Ventures, the MC5, Arthur...

In 1967, Rudy and Emile Dopyera formed the Original Musical Instrument Company (OMI) to manufacture resonator guitars, first branded Hound Dog. In 1970 they again acquired the Dobro name, Mosrite having gone into temporary liquidation. Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... The Original Musical Instrument Company (often known as OMI) was formed in 1967 by two of the original Dopyera brothers, Rudy and Emile, to manufacture resonator guitars. ... Year 1970 ([[Rf 1970 == January 1 - The Unix epoch begins at 00:00:00 UTC January 2 - The last studio performance of The Beatles oman numerals|MCMLXX]]) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

OMI was acquired by the Gibson Guitar Corporation in 1993, who announced they would defend their right to exclusive use of the Dobro name, which had come to be commonly used for any resonator guitar. As of 2006, they produce several round sound hole models under the Dobro name, and cheaper f-hole models both under the Hound Dog name and also their Epiphone brand. All have a single resonator, and many are available in either round or square neck. The Gibson Guitar Corporation, of Nashville, Tennessee, USA, is one of the worlds best-known manufacturers of acoustic and electric guitars. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Epiphone Emperor The Epiphone Company is a guitar manufacturer. ...

Other National instruments

The famous Brothers in Arms album from Dire Straits, featuring a National Style 0 Resonator.

After the formation of the National Dobro Corporation, the term National was often used to mean an instrument with a non-inverted cone, to distinguish these designs from the inverted-cone Dobro. Makers particularly used it for single-cone biscuit designs, as the relatively elaborate and expensive tricone was for some time out of production. Players and collectors also used the term for the older tricone instruments, which despite their softer volume and rarity were still preferred by some players. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms album cover Used on Wikipedia under fair use guidelines: Low resolution copy of the album cover RedWolf 05:13, Jan 28, 2004 (UTC) Re-uploaded due to apparent loss of first image. ... Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms album cover Used on Wikipedia under fair use guidelines: Low resolution copy of the album cover RedWolf 05:13, Jan 28, 2004 (UTC) Re-uploaded due to apparent loss of first image. ... Brothers in Arms is the fifth studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released in 1985. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A modern Gibson Dobro Dobro® is a trade name now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar. ...

In 1942, the National Dobro Corporation, which no longer produced Dobros or any other resonator instruments, was reorganised and renamed Valco. Valco produced a large volume and variety of fretted instruments under many names, with National as their premium brand. By the early 1960s, Valco was again producing resonator guitars for mail order under the National brand name. These instruments had biscuit resonators and bodies of wood and fibreglass. Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969. ... There is a disputed proposal to merge this article with glass-reinforced plastic. ...

In the late 1980s, the National brand and trademark reappeared with the formation of National Reso-Phonic Guitars. As of 2006, they produce 6 string resonator guitars of all three traditional resonator types, focusing on reproducing the feel and sound of old instruments. Their other resonator instruments include a 12-string guitar, ukeleles and mandolins. The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... National Reso-Phonic Guitars is a manufacturer of resonator guitars and other resonator instruments including mandolins, ukeleles and 12 string guitars. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... (Redirected from 12 string guitar) The twelve string guitar is an acoustic or electric guitar with twelve strings, which produces a richer, more ringing tone than a standard six string guitar. ... Ukulele The ukulele (pronounced OO-koo-LAY-lay, or the Anglicised YOU-ka-LAY-lee), or uke, is a fretted string instrument which is, in its construction, essentially a smaller, four-stringed version of the guitar. ... This article is about the musical instrument. ...

Playing

Resonator guitars are most often used:

• In bluegrass music, traditionally a square necked Dobro played as a steel guitar.
• In blues, traditionally a round necked National pattern, often but not always played with a bottleneck.

These stereotypes are often disregarded by top players. Crossing musical boundaries is an even stronger tradition of resonator guitar playing. Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music. ... A modern Gibson Dobro Dobro is a trade name now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar. ... A Dobro style resonator guitar Steel guitar, strictly speaking, refers to a method of playing using a metal slide (or steel) on a guitar played horizontally, with the strings uppermost. ... Blues music redirects here. ... A bottleneck is literally the neck of a glass or pottery bottle. ...

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Styles and positions

The resonator guitar is most often played as a lap steel guitar, and the more common square necked version is limited to this playing position. Square neck instruments are always set up with the high action favoured by steel guitar players, and tuned to a suitable open tuning. Chandler electric lap steel guitar, a modern solid body with the classic Weissenborn profile. ... In guitar playing, an open tuning is one where the strings are tuned so that a chord is achieved without fretting, or pressing any of the strings. ...

The round necked version is equally capable in either lap steel or Spanish guitar position. It may be set up with a variety of action heights, ranging from the half inch favoured for steel guitar (making use of the frets almost impossible) to the small fraction of an inch used by conventional guitarists. A compromise is most common, allowing use of a bottleneck on the top strings but also use of the frets as desired, with the guitar played in the conventional position. This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

Many different tunings are used. Some square neck tunings are not recommended for round neck resonator guitars, owing to the high string tension required, which in turn requires the stronger square neck. Slack-key guitar tunings are most suitable for bottleneck playing, and conventional E-A-D-G-B-E guitar tuning is also popular. Slack key guitar is a style of guitar fingerpicking that originated in Hawaii. ...

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In bluegrass music

The resonator guitar was introduced to bluegrass music by Josh Graves, who played with Flatt and Scruggs, in the mid-1950s. Graves utilized the hard-driving, syncopated three-finger picking style developed by Earl Scruggs for the five-string banjo. Modern players continue to play the instrument this way, with one notable exception being Tut Taylor who plays with a flat pick. Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music. ... Josh Graves American bluegrass musician. ... Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs were influential bluegrass musicans during the 1950s and 1960s. ... the first thing that was invented was the automatic DILDO. Education grew explosively because of a very strong demand for high school and college education. ... Earl Scruggs performing at The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 12th, 2005 Earl Eugene Scruggs (born January 6, 1924) is a musician noted for creating a banjo style (now called Scruggs style) that is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. ...

Tuning for the resonator guitar within the bluegrass genre is most often an open G with the strings pitched to D G D G B D or G B D G B D, from the lowest to highest. Occasionally variant tunings are used, such as an open D: D A D F# A D In guitar playing, an open tuning is one where the strings are tuned so that a chord is achieved without fretting, or pressing any of the strings. ... Open D tuning is an open tuning for the acoustic or electric guitar. ...

Other notable bluegrass players include Jerry Douglas, Mike Auldridge, Rob Ickes, Phil Leadbetter, Sally Van Meter and Andy Hall. For other individuals named Jerry Douglas, see Jerry Douglas (disambiguation). ... Mike Auldridge is widely acknowledged as a premier resophonic guitar player. ... Rob Ickes is a dobro player in the contemporary bluegrass band Blue Highway. ... Phil Leadbetter is one of the leading players of the resonator guitar. ... Andy Hall is musician. ...

In country music

The resonator guitar was used in older country music, notably by Bashful Brother Oswald of Roy Acuff's band, but has been largely supplanted by the pedal steel guitar. country music, see Country music (disambiguation) Country music, the first half of Billboards country and western music category, is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States. ... Bashful Brother Oswald was the stage name of Beecher Ray Kirby (born December 26, 1911, died October 17, 2002), an American country musician who popularized the use of the resonator guitar and Dobro. ... Roy Acuff on the cover of The Great Roy Acuff (1964) Roy Claxton Acuff (15 September 1903 – 23 November 1992) was an American country musician. ... Pedal steel guitar with two 10-string necks The pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal slide to stop the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. ...

In blues music

The resonator guitar is also significant to the world of blues music, particularly the Southern style of country blues that grew out of the Mississippi Delta and Louisiana. Unlike country and bluegrass players, blues players play the resonator guitar in the standard guitar position, with the strings facing away from the player. Many use slides or bottlenecks. Historic Southern United States. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The shared flood plain of the Yazoo and Mississippi Rivers The Mississippi Delta is the distinct northwest section of the state of Mississippi that lies between the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ...

Many players in the 1920s and 1930s, including the great Son House, and others like Bukka White, Tampa Red and Blind Boy Fuller, used the instruments because they were louder than standard acoustic guitars, which enabled them to play for a larger crowd in areas that did not yet have electricity for amplifiers. For the same reason street musicians like Arvella Gray used resonator guitars while busking, e.g. on Chicago's Maxwell Street. The instrument is still used by some blues players, notably Taj Mahal, Eric Sardinas, and Alvin Hart. The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... The 1930s (years from 1930–1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known as the World Depression. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Bukka White album cover Booker T. Washington Bukka White (November 12, 1906– February 26, 1977) was a delta blues guitarist and singer born near Houston, Mississippi. ... Tampa Red (1904-1981), born Hudson Woodbridge, was an influential American musician. ... Blind Boy Fuller (born Fulton Allen) was an American blues guitarist and vocalist. ... Arvella Gray on cover of Heritage HLP 1004 Arvella Gray (January 28, 1906 - September 07, 1980) Blues Singer and Guitarist (real name either James or Walter Dixon), born in Texas but spending the latter part of his life performing folk, blues and gospel music at Chicago’s Maxwell Street flea... Busking is the practice of doing live performances in public places to entertain people, usually to solicit donations and tips. ... West Maxwell Street, is a short street in Chicago, Illinois, near Halsted Street and Roosevelt Road. ... Henry Saint Clair Fredericks, better known by the stage name Taj Mahal (born May 17, 1942), is an American blues musician. ... Eric Sardinas Eric Sardinas, is an American blues-rock guitarist born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1970. ... Alvin Youngblood Hart (born 1965) is an American blues musician who also experiments with ragtime and dixieland. ...

Varieties of resonator guitar

Single resonator guitars with a bowl resonator and spider (Dobro style) are often heard in bluegrass music, while tricone (National style) instruments are still preferred by many blues players. Single-resonator biscuit (also sometimes called National style) instruments are also currently produced, and give a different sound again. Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music. ... Blues music redirects here. ...

Many bluegrass players prefer wooden bodies, blues players either metal or wood. The early metal-bodied instruments were generally of better quality than the earliest wooden-bodied ones, but this may not be the case with more recent instruments. Metal bodies may be brass, aluminium or steel. Fibreglass has also been used as a body material, and a marble bodied resonator guitar is commercially available. Both metal and wooden bodies are often painted, or wooden bodies may be stained or lacquered, metal bodies may be plated or plain. There is a disputed proposal to merge this article with glass-reinforced plastic. ... For other uses, see Marble (disambiguation). ...

Bluegrass players tend to use square necks, while blues players tend to prefer round necks. Square-necked guitars give a slightly greater variety of possible tunings, while round-necked guitars give a much greater variety of playing positions.

Single resonator instruments can have round sound holes with screens, round sound holes without screens which many players used to remove anyway to improve the bass response, or f-holes, often with gauze screens which are also sometimes removed but have an important function in strengthening the belly particularly if the body is of wood.

An enormous number of combinations are possible, most can be found either on old or new instruments or both, and many styles of music can be played on any resonator guitar.

Electric instruments

Although the original aim of the resonator was increased volume, some modern instruments incorporate electric pickups, and players add pickups to non-electric instruments, and use the resonator purely for its distinctive tone. As the resonator is far more sensitive to audio feedback than any semi-acoustic guitar, the design of these pickups is extremely critical and specialised. Three magnetic pickups on an electric guitar. ... Audio feedback (also known as the Larsen effect after the Danish scientist, Søren Larsen, who first discovered its principles) is a special kind of feedback which occurs when a sound loop exists between an audio input (for example, a microphone or guitar pickup) and an audio output (for example... link titlebearA semi-acoustic guitar is a modified version of the classical guitar with steel strings. ...

Other resonator instruments

Advertising for a Regal resonator ukelele

As well as resonator guitars, resonators have been used on: Image File history File links This image is scanned from a 1937 sales brochure. ... Image File history File links This image is scanned from a 1937 sales brochure. ... The Regal Musical Instrument Company was established in 1908 in Chicago. ...

• Basses, available from Regal as of 2006.
• Ukeleles, produced by National and Dobro1928-1940.
• Banjos.
• Tenor guitars.
• Mandolins and mandolas.

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Manufacturers

• National Stringed Instrument Corporation.
• Dobro.
• Regal Musical Instrument Company, under licence from Dobro (the only licence granted).
• Valco.
• Original Musical Instrument Company.
• Mosrite.
• Ellis Guitars 6,7,8 string, baritone and harp resonator guitars
• Amistar.
• National Reso-Phonic Guitars.
• Numerous smaller manufacturers and individual luthiers.

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Famous names

As of 2006 the three most famous historic brands of resonator guitar, National, Dobro and Regal, were all in use, but all by different companies to the ones that produced the historical instruments, each after one or more long breaks in production: 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• The National name is used by National Reso-Phonic Guitars, founded in 1987, who specialise in reproductions of historic instruments of all brands, not just National pattern instruments.
• The Dobro name has been owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation since 1993.
• The Regal name has been a brand of Saga Musical Instruments since 1987.

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US patents

• #1,741,453 covering the tricone.

• #1,808,756 covering the Dobro.

• #1,896,484 covering the biscuit single cone resonator, lodged in the name of Beauchamp.

Players

Son House holding a biscuit-style National.

• Duane Allman
• Mike Auldridge
• Bob Brozman
• John Butler
• Rob Campanella
• Billy Cardine
• Cindy Cashdollar
• Eric Clapton
• Baby Gramps
• Jeff Lang
• Ronnie Wood (The Rolling Stones)
• Dave Matthews
• Bruce Cockburn
• Jerry Douglas
• Garrett Dutton
• Blind Boy Fuller
• Rory Gallagher
• Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
• Clifton Hyde
• Keb' Mo'
• David Gilmour
• Josh Graves of the Foggy Mountain Boys
• John Hammond
• Alvin Hart
• Corey Harris
• Bill Homans (aka "Watermelon Slim")
• Sol Hoopii
• Son House
• Rob Ickes
• Orville Johnson
• Glenn Kaiser
• Pepper Keenan
• Chris Thomas King
• Beecher Ray Kirby as "Bashful Brother Oswald" or Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys
• Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits - a National is featured on the cover of their best selling album Brothers In Arms
• Phil Leadbetter
• Taj Mahal
• Tampa Red
• Del Rey
• Emily Robison
• James Michael Thompson
• Jeff Martin
• Eric Sardinas
• Derek Trucks
• Bukka White
• Rocco Deluca
• Chris Whitley
• Johnny Winter
• Gene Wooten
• Charlie Parr
• Mike Doughty
• Ash Grunwald
• Sara Quin

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See also

• Steel guitar

A Dobro style resonator guitar Steel guitar, strictly speaking, refers to a method of playing using a metal slide (or steel) on a guitar played horizontally, with the strings uppermost. ...

External links

• Brief history of the resonator by Phil Leadbetter on the Mel Bay website.
• Resonator Guitar Website for The Dobro® Lap Style Guitar Player.
• AMERICAN FRETTED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MAKERS, pre-Civil War to WWII, comprehensive list.
• Resonator Guitars on LP/CD covers.
• MySpace page for Resonance, a newsletter for resonator guitarists.
• Beard resophonic guitars.

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