It has been almost 100 years since the resonator guitar was born of necessity. In the days before amplification, musicians needed a way to make their acoustic guitars louder, and the striking ...

A strange old instrument that was thought to be extinct has made a stunning comeback, with even Harry Styles jumping in on the action. In the days before amplification, musicians needed a way to make ...

First designed by John Dopyera and George Beauchamp in the late 1920s, National resonator guitars were a solution to two problems plaguing guitarists. First, volume: prior to the invention of electric ...

Tim Scheerhorn, the genius behind the coveted Scheerhorn Resonator Guitar and recent inductee into the Michigan Country Music Hall of Fame, led me into his ascetic, sub level workshop and offered me a ...

So what do you do if your solo performance set list includes compositions featuring parts for electric guitar, banjo and Dobro? You can either try to simplify the arrangement or attempt some ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This guitar was made in Japan and ...

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