It is still the flagship instrument of the new National Guitar Company, who make faithful reproductions of the original Nationals along with new and exciting designs of their own.Īs the world sank into the Great Depression of the 1930’s the tri-cone suddenly was too expensive for most musicians to afford. Hawaiian music was all the rage during that time and the National Tri-cone quickly rose to prominence and popularity. It was marketed under the National Guitar brand and became quite popular among Hawaiian guitarists. Dopeyera considered it his greatest invention. Tri-cones are a joy to hear, see and play. Mr Brozman deserves a lot of credit for the resurgence of these wonderful instruments today and his mastery of the instrument is second to none. The list of notable guitarists who play a tri-cone is long, but guitar wizard Bob Brozman is at the top. The unusual design of the body, made of German Silver alloy with art deco lines, was unlike any guitar before or since. The tone is balanced, the sustain is good and the volume is LOUD! It is a marriage of form, sound and functionality. The cones act as speakers, amplifying the sound without the need for electricity. Dopyera’s original guitar was a tri-cone model consisting of 3 small aluminum cones, about 6 inches in diameter, resting on a mechanical bridge that transferred the vibrations of the strings to the cones. When someone says “Dobro” the picture that immediately springs to mind is an acoustic guitar with a shiny hubcap-like object in the middle where the soundhole usually resides.Īctually, there are at least three distinct flavors of reso-guitars, each with its own unique sound. The word “Dobro” has become synonymous with resonator guitars much in the way that “Xerox” has with photocopy machines. The man behind the invention was a Slovak-American craftsman, inventor and musician named John Dopyera who later went on to found the Dobro guitar company. It was born in the Jazz Age of the roaring 20’s, an era prior to the invention of the first electric guitar, as a means of mechanically amplifying the sound to be heard above an orchestra. A Guest Post by Al resophonic, or resonator guitar, has a distinct tone that sets it apart from other acoustic and electric guitars.
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