Epiphone Dobro Hound Dog Round Neck Vintage Brown

Essential Information About the Dobro Hound Dog Round Neck Vintage Brown Guitar

• Authentic Dobro Spirit: a resonator guitar designed for bluegrass, country roots, and traditional American music.


• Distinctive "resonator" projection: nickel-plated Dobro cone and nickel-plated fan coverplate for a present, direct, and highly articulated sound.


• Comfort of a round neck: mahogany neck and rosewood fingerboard, ideal for playing chords, picking, or light slide.


• Reliable hardware: spider bridge and Grover tuners for tuning stability suited to powerful acoustic playing.

An American Classic Revisited, in the Spirit of Resonator Pioneers

The Dobro resonator guitar established itself in the 1920s as a more powerful alternative to traditional acoustics, becoming an essential sonic hallmark of bluegrass. Popularized for decades on stages and iconic broadcasts, this warm-metallic tone remains a sought-after signature today. This Hound Dog adopts the historical style codes while adding a modern touch with its nickel-plated Dobro cone and fan coverplate, designed to better project and "open up" the sound.

For Which Guitarist and Styles?

With its round neck format, this resonator guitar is aimed at beginner to intermediate guitarists who want to explore the world of resonators, as well as more advanced musicians seeking an instrument dedicated to bluegrass, acoustic blues, country, and roots accompaniments. It is well suited for pick playing, fingerpicking, and percussive rhythms, with that extra character only a resonator can provide.

The Sound

The laminated maple construction (body and top) delivers a clear response and a mid-high register that highlights attack, while the mahogany neck helps round out the feel and stability. The core of the sound comes from the resonator system: the Dobro cone combined with the spider bridge efficiently transfers string energy to the resonator, providing pronounced projection, distinctive sustain, and rich harmonics. The maple base topped with an ebony saddle balances brightness and warmth, producing a characteristic "dobro" tone that stands out in a group and maintains excellent definition in slide playing.

Technical specifications

Type	resonator guitar (resophonic), round neck	Inlays	dots
Body	laminated maple	Number of frets	19
Top	laminated maple	Radius	12" / 305 mm
Resonator cone	Dobro	Nut width	1.75" / 44.45 mm
Fan coverplate	nickel-plated, 10.5" / 267 mm	Truss rod	single action
Soundholes	round holes with screens, classic holes	Bridge	spider bridge
Neck	mahogany	Bridge base	maple
Scale length	25" / 635 mm	Bridge saddle	ebony
Neck joint	12th fret	Tuners	Grover
Fingerboard	rosewood	Color	Vintage Brown (VB)