![]() National’s president, George Beauchamp, overruled Dopyera and rushed the Triolian into production in late 1928. John Dopyera developed the biscuit-bridge system for use in a ukulele, but felt the design did not sustain well enough when enlarged for a guitar. The Triolian’s bridge sat in a round wooden “biscuit” mounted in the center of a metal amplifying cone. They called their new instrument the Dobro. For months the inventor of the resonator guitar spent his evenings and weekends working with his brother, Rudy, on a secret project – a single-cone guitar they believed superior to the National Triolian. When John Dopyera stormed out of the National shop in January 1929, his resignation stemmed from more than a spur-of-the-moment tantrum. VG Overdrive is sponsored by Mojotone Single-Cyclops Model 27, 1932. ![]()
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