That’s my newest guitar. It’s a square-neck resonator / “Dobro”. This type of guitar was originally manufactured by the Dopyera brothers in the late 1920s. Gibson bought the name “Dobro”, so we have to call them “resonator” guitars now. ■ That large round metal thing in the guitar is sort of like a speaker. It’s a metal cone that helps project the sound – and gives it a rather unique sound. ■ I now have two of these resonator guitars. One is a round neck (like a regular guitar), and the new one is a square-neck. The square neck you play with a “steel” – a “steel” is a piece of metal that you use to slide on the guitar strings to play the guitar. ■ If you want to know more about it check out Wikipedia, or YouTube with videos – especially Jerry Douglas. What a master! Check his out with Allison Kraus doing “Carolina In My Mind.” ■ I’m struggling with a good way to track reservations for some upcoming Kalo events. Excel is not really the tool to use, but right now it’s all I’ve got. It appears that I’m going to have to delve into Visual Basic in order to get the thing done. I’ve never worked with VB, so it’s really going to be a challenge. Help! ■ Tomorrow we’re doing ribs. Anyone want to join us?
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