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To: Albion Wilde

Is that what he’s playing? Lol, I thought it was just a cool looking guitar!


5 posted on 08/10/2023 8:12:20 AM PDT by workerbee (==)
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To: workerbee

The dobro has a wide shallow funnel shaped metal thing something like a pie plate, inside the body under the sounding hole, with half-a-dozen wire coils attached between the round grill on the top and the center of the piece below. It was a way, before the advent of electric guitars, to make a twangier sound. The neck is usually wider and flat, so that it can be used with a finger slide—again, man-made special effects before electrification.

The dobro is often hung around the neck with a longer strap so it can be held flat to be played “slide”.

Bluegrass wouldn’t be bluegrass without the dobro!


6 posted on 08/10/2023 10:44:52 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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