1994 OMI Dobro 206-ish (D60/D90) Resonator Guitar

Update: I was completely in error on the description of this guitar and a fellow on Reverb, Jack, set me straight about it. Sometimes it happens! I've updated the description.

I originally thought this was some sort of late-'60s, post-Mosrite, OMI creation. It looks a lot like a 1930s-era "Model 206" but it has design features that remind me of late-'60s and early-'70s Dobros and finish cracking that suggests it is of that age. I was schooled on the serialization, though, and found-out that this is actually a 1994, pre-Gibson, OMI model.  It was hard for me to believe that simply because of the super "relic'd" finish -- clearly a natural thing for spray jobs that year, because a quick glance at the two other extant examples of this model out on the net also have the same crackle to the finish.

It's a bizarre model, though, because it has features of the standard D60/Model 60 roundneck Dobro but also fretboard inlay/neck choice materials of the fancier, metal-bodied D90/Model 90 instruments. To boot, the body is solid spruce in the top rather than ply as per a normal Dobro from the time, so it was clearly more of an upmarket woodbody instrument compared to the standard model. I can't find this particular one in any catalogs of the time online.

All that said, it's a brilliant guitar -- loud, full, warm, and closer to a boutique US-made "Beard" sound than the honkier, midsier Dobro sound I'm used to. The wide neck will suit fingerpickers and lead players who like room to roam while the longer 12-fret body gives plenty of extra airspace for improved bass response compared to a 14-fret model.

Construction is top-notch and after work it plays spot-on and is ready to go.

Repairs included: a fret level/dress, cone seating, intonation adjustments, and setup.

Body: solid spruce over mahogany

Cone type: spider-bridge single-cone

Bridge: traditional spider

Fretboard: ebony

Neck wood: mahogany

Action height at 12th fret: 3/32” bass 1/16” treble (fast, spot-on)
String gauges: 54w-12 lights

Neck shape: medium C

Board radius: ~10-12"

Truss rod: adjustable

Neck relief: straight

Fret style: medium

Scale length: 24 1/2"

Nut width: 1 13/16"

Body width: 14"

Body depth: 3 3/8"

Weight: 6 lbs 4 oz

Condition notes: it's completely original as far as I can tell. Everything is in good order, too. The fretboard extension dips slightly down over the body so if you "wrap-around" to play single-note lead constantly on frets 15 and up you might find that a hair annoying. The finish has weather-checked severely throughout but it looks super-cool, with a spiderweb effect all over the back of the neck and lighter finish-crackle on the top, back, and sides of the body.

It comes with: an old hard case in good order (but not pictured).