I have a basic question regarding the Dobro lessons: Can I play Dobro style on a regular steel string acoustic?
“Dobro” and “Dobro style” are two very different things. The word Dobro is a registered trademark and it’s owned by the Gibson Guitar company. Like Kleenex, Xerox and other brands that become generically known, the word Dobro has become synonymous with the instrument — a resonator guitar played horizontally with a steel bar, usually in bluegrass or country music genres. That said, the answer to your question is yes, you can play this style on a regular guitar, providing you alter the nut so the strings are raised up off the fingerboard. You won’t get that distinctive resonator sound originally developed by the Dopera Brothers (hence the name DoBro), but you can play some pretty neat stuff. Kelly Joe Phelps teaches his bluesy songs in this style on a straight guitar (VD-KJP-GT01), and Cindy Cashdollar’s second video (VD-CYN-DB02) has a hot rockabilly instrumental played on a “normal” guitar. Q: There is no doubt that I can continue learning tunes by mimicking what I see on video, but t
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