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 ...

Matt Eich plays one of his hand-crafted steel Mule Resophonic resonator guitars Matt Eich, 31, plays one of his hand-crafted Mule Resophonic resonator guitars at his shop in the Central Warehouse on ...

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 ...

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 ...

Don Young, left, in his trademark engineers cap and McGregor Gaines at National Resophonic-Guitars shop in San Luis Obispo in 2000. Many National guitar fans say Young and McGregor's work exceeds the ...

Charlie Parr, in a Facebook post Tuesday morning, announced that he and Mule Resophonic Guitars are raffling off a "wood-bodied, tri-cone" guitar that was custom made for the folk musician. The ...

Andy Hall of the Infamous Stringdusters will release a new passion project this October. As its title reveals, 12 Bluegrass Classics for Resophonic Guitars will allow the dobroist to put his spin on ...