I'll take you on a trip down memory lane where the most interesting part is what I found out
later.
In 1970 I was a married man, living in Escondido, California. I had a really cheap acoustic guitar and
the bridge had come loose, probably because I had strung it with steel strings instead of nylon. Oh well. There was a little instrument repair shop there in town so I took the guitar in there.
The shop was small and was run by an old man who was the repairman. He wasn't a large man and
had small hands and was very well suited for doing these repairs. We talked for awhile and I told
him that I'd like to work with stringed musical instruments and he told me about a company right there in town that was making guitars and amplifiers. (I did eventually visit that place but they weren't
hiring.)
He agreed to do my repair and I think it cost me 10 bucks. I had taken his business card and I
knew that his last name was Dopyera.
It was later that I learned he was one of the Dopyera Brothers who set up The Dobro Company
and produced metal-bodied instruments then later licensed production out to other companies.
This has always been one of my favorite memories and you can find a good article concerning
The Brothers and what they accomplished here:
https://www.taftmidwaydriller.com/article/20111110/NEWS/311109982
note: The article mentions (class of 955) but it should be (class of 1955).