Built in 1995, this Dobro Original Duolian comes from the mid-1990s OMI period, when Original Musical Instrument Company was still building Dobro-branded resonators in Huntington Beach, after Gibson acquired the company and brand in 1993. Dobro itself traces back to the Dopyera brothers\u2019 late-1920s resonator designs, best known for the spider bridge and outward-facing cone that became a cornerstone of bluegrass and country slide.<\/p>\n
The Duolian model is a deliberate sidestep from that classic spider setup. The Model 90 Duolian was marketed as a \u201cBottleneck Special\u201d and built around a National-style single cone with a biscuit bridge, paired with the moon-and-stars coverplate and etched \u201cHawaiian\u201d scenes on the plated bell brass body. That construction gives a quick, direct attack and a drier, more percussive midrange, which suits bottleneck blues, ragtime runs, and rootsy chord work.<\/p>\n
By the mid-1990s, OMI was one of the last US builders still making these traditional metal-body resonators in small numbers, and the Huntington Beach shop continued using many long-standing production techniques from the earlier Dobro tradition.<\/p>\n
Dobro\u2019s voice is inseparable from players like Josh Graves, Mike Auldridge, and Jerry Douglas, who pushed resonator guitar from early country into modern bluegrass and beyond. This metal-body Duolian format also shows up in the wider guitar world; a circa-1995 Dobro Duolian was included in Mark Knopfler\u2019s recently auctioned collection.<\/p>\n
This example has a slim neck, very minor playwear, and tiny dings on the neck. Frets are in great condition. Includes original case with logo. Weight is 4000g.<\/p>\n
SPECIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n Built in 1995, this Dobro Original Duolian comes from the mid-1990s OMI period, when Original Musical Instrument Company was still building Dobro-branded resonators in Huntington Beach, after Gibson acquired the company and brand in 1993. Dobro itself traces back to the Dopyera brothers\u2019 late-1920s resonator designs, best known for the spider bridge and outward-facing cone […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":51029,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[445],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-51028","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-resonators","brand-dobro","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n