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A resonator guitar or resophonic guitar (often generically called a "Dobro" [1]) is an acoustic guitar that produces sound by conducting string vibrations through the bridge to one or more spun metal cones , instead of to the guitar's sounding board (top). Resonator guitars were originally designed to be louder than regular acoustic guitars ...
Stacy Phillips (born Melvin Marshall; September 29, 1944 – June 5, 2018) was an American Grammy Award winning resophonic guitarist and fiddler, noted for his unusual chord-based resophonic guitar playing. Phillips is also noted for producing a large volume of instructional material for the fiddle and for the resophonic guitar.
This category is for musicians who play any form of resonator guitar, including the Dobro, National guitar, and other similar guitars. Pages in category "Resonator guitarists" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total.
Allan Slutsky, also known by his pen name, Dr. Licks, (born c. 1952) is an American music arranger, producer, guitarist and historian. He has authored several books including biographies on musicians James Jamerson and Bobby Rydell .
Dobro (/ d oʊ b r oʊ /) is an American brand of resonator guitars owned by Gibson and manufactured by its subsidiary Epiphone. The term "dobro" is also used as a generic term for any wood-bodied, single-cone resonator guitar. The Dobro was originally a guitar manufacturing company founded by the Dopyera brothers as
The Dobro or resonator guitar is a uniquely American lap steel guitar with a resonator cone designed to make a guitar louder. [15]: 109 It was patented by the Dopyera brothers in 1927, [15]: 109 but the name "Dobro", a portmanteau of DOpyera and BROthers, became a generic term for this type of guitar. [44]
Phillips is also noted for producing a large volume of resophonic guitar instructional material. He died in 2018. Tut Taylor: Veteran resonator guitarist, he is notable for being one of the few steel guitarists to use a flat-pick (plectrum) rather than the more common finger-and-thumb picks. His long career has included collaborations with ...
Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos that reflect characteristics of the human singing voice. It typically involves playing the guitar in the ...