Definition of "dobro" [dobro]

• An acoustic guitar with a metal resonator (noun)

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• "With the blues as a central influence in his life, DeLuca discovered the resonator guitar, often called the dobro, and made it his instrument of choice."
• "It's also technically classified as a dobro, due to the body being of all-woodconstruction, and instead of a biscuit bridge being mounted on a single cone, it uses a "spider" bridge."
• "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."