1978 Dobro Duolian

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1978 Dobro Duolian

Serial # 8-285-5B. The Dobro tradermark has gone through the hands of numerous companies between the 1930's and today. In 1967, Ed and Rudy Dopyera founded the Original Music Instrument company (OMI), and by 1970 they had reacquired the rights to the Dobro trademark from Semi Moseley who bought the brand in 1966. The Dopyeras built Dobro guitars throughout the 1970's and early 1980's before selling the company in '85. In 1993 Gibson acquired OMI, and the Dobro trademark along with it, and has offered resonator instruments with the familiar logo ever since. The Dopyera-built OMI Dobro pictured here was built in California in 1978. The Duolian, a name usually associated with National guitars, was essentially a re-introduction of the famous 1930's model - but with modern updates. The guitar features a chrome-plated brass body with an etched Style O Hawaiian scene, a 9.5" biscuit-bridge resonator, 14 fret neck with a flat fingerboard, and a slotted peghead. Its chuncky round neck has a 1-3/4" nut and feels pretty good. The guitar has a comfortable hybrid fingerstyle/slide set up, and sounds good under a slide and finger-picked. It's in very fine condition and shows little wear.
With hard shell case
On Consignment
SOLD
1978 Dobro Duolian
  • 1978 Dobro Duolian
  • 1978 Dobro Duolian
  • 1978 Dobro Duolian
  • 1978 Dobro Duolian
  • 1978 Dobro Duolian
  • 1978 Dobro Duolian
  • 1978 Dobro Duolian

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