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Topic: 10 String OMI Dobro Value |
Randy Beavers
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Lebanon,TN 37090
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Posted 9 Jan 2013 6:56 am |
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I have a 10 string Dobro I had made around '84 that never gets any use so I'm thinking of parting with it. Any ideas what the value might be? It's in great shape. Just a little tarnishing on the nickel plating on the tailpiece. Hard case is also in great shape
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Bobby Branton
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South Carolina, USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2013 8:56 am
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| Just had to pop in and say Hey Randy. I was thinking about you last week. I have not seen you around in a while. |
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 9 Jan 2013 9:12 am
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The Dobro® Model 10 had a list price of $570.00 USD in 1973. I'd guess it's worth at least twice that by now! 
Seriously, I don't think there are enough comparable instruments to come up with a good guesstimate. I checked around and couldn't find any references to any that sold recently.
There's a very small market for this many strings on a resophonic guitar. You'll probably find a buyer on Reso-Nation or ResoHangout.
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 9 Jan 2013 10:37 am
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Nice looking Dobro, but as Brad pointed out it's a small market. The majority of OMI instruments don't fetch big dollars. When I have come across a few of these 10-string jobs in the past the classic reaction seemed to be, "I wouldn't know what to do with all those strings!"
Even Mike Auldridge pointed out in a recent tribute video that after taking up pedal steel at one time he had a 10-string resonator guitar made (I don't recall who the builder was, but I don't think it was Dobro) and it wasn't working out for him so along with playing mostly six-string guitars he settled on 8-string as an alternative for certain types of music, like using 6th tunings.
I would think a low of about $800-$1000 and a high of maybe $1500-$1600? On the higher end it is a very clean looking guitar and it might be just the thing for the right buyer. Some of the "Frankenstein conversions" we've seen to put higher string counts on dobros haven't been aesthetically very pleasing to look at but this one of course was done right in sunny Southern California back in the '80s.
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 9 Jan 2013 10:53 am
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Randy, you have a PM.
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Steve Branscom
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Pacific NW
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Posted 9 Jan 2013 12:23 pm
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Call Elderly Music and see if they want to buy it from you or sell it on consignment. They will also be able to give you a price. Give Gruhn's a call and they'll give you an idea. You also might contact Gregg McKenna here on the forum. He used to build 6 string and above dobro's. He's also quite knowledgeable about dobro's old and new.
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Gregg McKenna
From:
South Windsor, Connecticut, USA
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Gregg McKenna
From:
South Windsor, Connecticut, USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2013 2:53 pm
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I used to modify that particular tailpiece by drilling a hole on the outside on each edge (for the 2 outside strings) so that they wouldn't pinch inward so much.
That was a good tailpiece. I don't think they sell them anymore. I still have to modify the ones I've used from AllParts to work on the 10's.
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