instrument company type division industry musical instruments fate acquired by gibson in 1993 ; 23 years ago 1993 founded 1967 founder rudy & emile dopyera headquarters nashville tennessee united states area served worldwide products resonator guitars parent gibson website dobro on epiphone original formerly original musical instrument company also known for its acronym omi is an american brand currently owned by the gibson guitar corporation . the company uses the brand to produce and commercialize resonator guitars . the company was formed in 1967 by two of the original john dopyera brothers rudy and emile to manufacture resonator guitars . they produced their first instruments under the brand hound dog . in 1970 the company reacquired the dobro name that had been sold in 1966 to semie mosely of mosrite although it carried on using the hound dog name for a time . in 1993 the gibson corporation acquired original and subsequently changed the name to original acoustic instruments moving the manufacturing operation to its headquarters in nashville tennessee . gibson corporation still produces dobro resonator guitars through its subsidiary company epiphone . 1 see also edit dobro resonator guitar references edit o.c. sees the end of dobro era by greg johnson on los angeles times 4 mar 1997 external links edit dobro hound dog resonator guitars at epiphone website wikimedia commons has media related to resonator guitars . v t e gibson guitar corporation established 1902 founder orville gibson key figures orville gibson lloyd loar ted mccarty seth lover les paul henry juszkiewicz david harvey guitars electric current gibson eds 1275 es series explorer firebird flying v l 4 l 5 les paul moderne sg super 400 discontinued byrdland blueshawk citation corvus futura l6 s little lucille marauder nighthawk rd sonex spirit 335 s acoustic current j series dove hummingbird discontinued advanced jumbo b series chet atkins sst l 1 basses current grabber les paul bass thunderbird discontinued eb 0 eb 1 eb 2 eb 3 g3 mandolins f5 f5 g f5 l f9 doyle lawson sam bush amplifiers atlas medalist atlas iv bass amp discoverer duo medalist eh 150 explorer falcon ga series keh les paul junior medalist 4 10 mercury medalist power stealth skylark super goldtone subsidiaries cakewalk cerwin vega epiphone esoteric integra kramer maestro onkyo 16.5 % stanton steinberger teac corporation tascam 54.4 % tobias brands chickering and sons dobro original orville slingerland website gibson.com this article about a musical instrument company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title original musical instrument company & oldid 734086563 categories guitar manufacturing companiesdefunct manufacturing companies of the united statesmusical instrument company stubshidden categories commons category without a link on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 august 2016 at 01 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view