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Vintage Dobro Model 35 Metal Bodied Resophonic Guitar, Resatored
Estimated price for orientation: 1 795 $
Category: Resonator
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Description Brand: Dobro Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Design: Single-cone, Spider Bridge Body Material: Brass Exact Year: 1939 MPN: M-35 Type: Acoustic
This piece came to me from an estate in PA and was an absolute wreck when I got it. The previous owner played it Dobro style with a raised nut and when the neck got a bit loose he reinforced it by adding a metal strap below the heel to tie it back to the body (note the three screws filling the holes in pic #8). He eventually broke the headstock too and then put it in the closet. Not sure who removed the paint but it was like that when I got it. The brass is bare. I repaired the headstock and then added a maple fillet to the heel (pic # 12) to fill in where he had cut out the wood for the metal strap. It's glued and reinforced with three dowels. Then I had the neck refinished with nitro lacquer and the decal replaced. The bridge saddle was plastic and cracked so I installed a new Replogle ebony/maple saddle contoured for the neck. The tailpiece was cracked so I added an aftermarket replacement (pic #11) modified to fit around the edge. The frets don't show much wear but there are some uneven frets higher up the neck. The tuners are not original but they are vintage Kluson from that period with no cracked buttons and work fine. The instrument doesn't have an adjustable truss rod. The neck is a wide (1 3/4" @ the nut), very full, a deep "C" shape, and has a slight radius. It's currently set up with GHS SF1650 resonator strings. These work great for slide but I'd go a bit lighter for fingerstyle playing. It has the original lugged pan and short spider and the tone is full, mellow, and well balanced. It's not particularly loud up close but really projects well out in front. While it's definitely not a museum piece it's a great looking guitar, sounds really good, and is a lot of fun to play. The sound with a slide is really authentic. I know that there are dozens of excellent reproductions on the market but here's a chance to own the real thing. There's still plenty of real Mojo left in the old gal. There's no case but we'll ship it in a good quality gig bag. Thanks for looking.....ps: Free domestic shipping = a 20% discount on international shipping and is only offered at the listed price.pps: WE DO NOT SHIP TO ZERO FEEDBACK BUYERS.
Description
| Brand: | Dobro | Country/Region of Manufacture: | United States |
| Design: | Single-cone, Spider Bridge | Body Material: | Brass |
| Exact Year: | 1939 | MPN: | M-35 |
| Type: | Acoustic |
This piece came to me from an estate in PA and was an absolute wreck when I got it. The previous owner played it Dobro style with a raised nut and when the neck got a bit loose he reinforced it by adding a metal strap below the heel to tie it back to the body (note the three screws filling the holes in pic #8). He eventually broke the headstock too and then put it in the closet. Not sure who removed the paint but it was like that when I got it. The brass is bare. I repaired the headstock and then added a maple fillet to the heel (pic # 12) to fill in where he had cut out the wood for the metal strap. It's glued and reinforced with three dowels. Then I had the neck refinished with nitro lacquer and the decal replaced. The bridge saddle was plastic and cracked so I installed a new Replogle ebony/maple saddle contoured for the neck. The tailpiece was cracked so I added an aftermarket replacement (pic #11) modified to fit around the edge. The frets don't show much wear but there are some uneven frets higher up the neck. The tuners are not original but they are vintage Kluson from that period with no cracked buttons and work fine. The instrument doesn't have an adjustable truss rod. The neck is a wide (1 3/4" @ the nut), very full, a deep "C" shape, and has a slight radius. It's currently set up with GHS SF1650 resonator strings. These work great for slide but I'd go a bit lighter for fingerstyle playing. It has the original lugged pan and short spider and the tone is full, mellow, and well balanced. It's not particularly loud up close but really projects well out in front. While it's definitely not a museum piece it's a great looking guitar, sounds really good, and is a lot of fun to play. The sound with a slide is really authentic. I know that there are dozens of excellent reproductions on the market but here's a chance to own the real thing. There's still plenty of real Mojo left in the old gal. There's no case but we'll ship it in a good quality gig bag. Thanks for looking.....ps: Free domestic shipping = a 20% discount on international shipping and is only offered at the listed price.pps: WE DO NOT SHIP TO ZERO FEEDBACK BUYERS.