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Post by nickblahblahblah on May 21, 2020 12:10:31 GMT
Hi, this is my first post and I'm not sure the photos will upload/display properly, but here goes. I got a Dobro off ebay several years ago and I wondered if anyone can give me some details about it.
The serial number on the headstock reads: "X2 196 92 D". As far as I've been able to find out that means it's an X2 body, it was the 196th such one made and it was made in 1992. No idea what the D at the end means. Can anyone tell me what the X2 body was, or give me any details about this fine thing? For the record since getting it I've replaced the nylon nut (it was right-handed, was bought by a left-hander who just widened the nut slots for the big strings, leaving the nut a bit of a mess) with a Tusq one and replaced the 14:1 three-on-a-plate tuners with individual Grover 18:1 Sta-Tites. The only issue with it is that the cover plate was fitted slightly wonkily. So the tailpiece, bridge, fretboard and nut are perfectly alligned, but the cover's a few millimetres off-centre. |
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2020 12:46:59 GMT
FYI, go to 'reply' and 'add attachment'.
I can't access dropbox from work PC, but I'd like to see the pics.
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Post by nickblahblahblah on May 21, 2020 12:53:33 GMT
Cheers Mr 2, here are some photos of it then 
Should have said that it's got a biscuit bridge, surely unusual for a Dobro?
I also got a National hotrod cone and scraped the black crap off the bridge to look better with the body.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2020 17:32:05 GMT
The D at the end means it's a wood body.
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Post by pete1951 on May 21, 2020 17:55:08 GMT
And the ‘92’ means it was made in 1992
Pete
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2020 7:35:12 GMT
Next revelation. Dobro means different things to different people. Gibson will say dobro means their Dobro(r) guitars. Some may it's say any guitar with 'Dobro' on the headstock regardless of the cone. Some even say it's a style of bluegrass music. For me, it's a guitar with a spider bridge. Ymmv.
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Post by nickblahblahblah on May 22, 2020 12:39:56 GMT
Thanks for the updates, chaps.
My guess is that it's probably a bottom-of-the-line model, having a plain maple body, not even sunburst. Can anyone confirm where "X2" bodies fitted into the Dobro range of the early 90s?
I like to think that being (possibly) their cheapest model available, it's what old blues guys would have played back in the 20s/30s if it had been about.
Do Dobro still make biscuit bridge models, or just spiders?
Any and all information welcome. Thanks again.
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Post by resotonic on May 22, 2020 15:33:20 GMT
It looks like a 'Hula Blues' without the graphic...don't know if they still make those - they had a biscuit setup.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2020 15:58:25 GMT
I like to think that being (possibly) their cheapest model available, it's what old blues guys would have played back in the 20s/30s if it had been about. I can't say for sure, but I disagree that this is what they would have done. They knew their way around guitars, and would have get the best they could. Whether this ended up being the cheapest, who knows, but I really doubt they would seek out the cheapest guitars as a point. No-one really does that now, why would they be any different? TT |
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Post by nickblahblahblah on May 22, 2020 16:04:43 GMT
Hi Deuce,
I just remember reading somewhere that black musicians of the 20s and 30s were not loaded with money and bought whatever guitar they could afford. Perhaps some had top-of-the-line tricones, but a lot had bottom-of-the-line Nationals.
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