Valco explains why they discontinued resonators

Noah Miller · From: Rocky Hill, CT

I came across a few interesting papers from Valco dating from the late '40s to the mid '50s. Most were boring mass letters to dealers, but I figured you folks would be interested in this one. It sounds like Shot Jackson asked them to revive the Dobro design, possibly as a one-off custom order, and that Valco no longer had the tooling to do it. There's nothing particularly earth-shattering, but it's cool to hear it straight from the horse's mouth. Unfortunately, I don't have the rest of the letter, so I don't know who wrote it.

My favorite part is how 20-year-old Dobros were still being used "in some isolated examples, with continued success."

Frank James Pracher · From: Michigan, USA

Thanks for the interesting piece of history Noah!
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Michael Lee Allen · From: Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois

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Andy Volk · From: Boston, MA

Interesting history. Thanks.
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