I got this Chinese (?) Dobro-clone new from Hobgoblin
in London in 1999. It was just £175 but I have since
spent quite a bit having it set up. I was really looking for a square
neck for steel playing but it sounded
so good I got it anyway & fitted a nut extender I got from
Paul
Beard to raise the action.
The resonator is the spider-bridge type. Maybe my ears need cleaning,
but it sounds
as good to me as the real thing.
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