dobro

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I had no idea there was such a thing as a dobro, I mean, resophonic ukelele.

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  • The dobro, mandolin, and tabla may sound like weird instruments to include in rock-n-roll, but that's the point: when no one else includes these instruments in their music, they help make Fire Bug's music stand out. —  The Rock and Roll Report
  • The record conveys the enthusiasm of live performances while adding a new level of musical sophistication through a variety of new instruments including the organ, fiddle and dobro, a type of specialized guitar. —  Arbiter Online
  • Anyway, in this room there are instruments on the wall, a b**jo, fiddle, dobro (uh, resonator guitar), a couple of mandolins and so forth, instrument cases piled up in the corner and recording equipment / mikes and stuff. —  Mandolin Cafe News
  • Coincidentally, it features mandolin, dobro, banjo, autoharp, ukulele, piano, accordion and both the six - and 12-string guitars, but yet, not a single fiddle. —  Colorado Springs Independent
  • As with his brother's songs, Nels Cline's material often contains an emotional charge, most conspicuous during introspective, acoustic numbers such as dobro / guitar duet "The Nomad's Home," "The Androgyne," and "Prayer Wheel," an older conception that may be Cline's most melodically accessible appearance, suggestive of Ralph Towner's ECM releases. —  Audiophile Audition Headlines
 

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