O_K,
You might find what you are looking for next door, so to speak. Jeremy Spencer, a
slide player with the orignal Fleetwood Mac, these days plays an Amistar which is made in the Czech Republic in the same place where the Doperya Bros, inventors of the Dobro came from. Couldn't be more than an overnight trip for you and well worth it if you can actually try them out. Their website is
http://www.amistar.cz
Dolph