[phangeaux]

There are alot of companies who make these, Johnson and Regal, are a couple of the less expensive ones and I think you can get reasonably good quality and sound from the less expensive ones. Fender even makes some affordable ones as I recall.

I don't know how to advise you but in my opinion good quality sound is more related to the skill of the player than it is to the price and quality of the guitar. There aree some pretty good sounding much less expensive dobro style guitars on the market.

You'll have to post in a forum somewhere - where people discuss these instrument comparisons, IGS forums or Guitar Noise (Alternate Tunings discussions) are a couple of examples.

If you get good at it playing dobro then you might want to invest in an expensive one. Just my opinion, unless you haver the money and want very high quality