User Recommended Dobro® & Resonator Guitar Tuners
StroboClip HDC
$79.99
StroboStomp Mini
$119.00
StroboStomp LE
$169.00
StroboPLUS HDC
$179.99
StroboStomp HD
$149.00
StroboClip HD
$59.99
StroboPLUS HD
$149.99
iStroboSoft™ (iOS)
$9.99
StroboSoft 2.0
$49.99 - $99.99
Strobe Tuning a Dobro® & Resonator Guitar
The Resophonic Guitar or “Dobro” is an acoustic guitar with one or more metal resonator dishes in its body which amplify the plucked strings. The Dobro is played mostly with the strings elevated from the fretboard and facing up to the player. The strings are not “fretted”, rather they are stopped with the use of a metal tone bar (Stevens Bar).
The Dobro or Reso is commonly tuned to GBDGBD, and Open G chord, but there are many other tunings. Because of the fretless nature of resophonic guitars, it is possible to vastly improve the interval tuning using pure or “half tempered” instead of Equal Tempered tuning.
If you are not familiar with this kind of tuning jargon, relax, because there is one tuner that does it all for you. Because of Peterson tuners unique “Sweetened Tuning” feature, each tuner has a host of tempered presets which you simply choose - the tuner then guides you automatically – just like using an ordinary tuner – but sweeter.
Its easy! Using your Peterson strobe tuner, your Dobro will sound much better than when tuned using an ordinary tuner.