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Location: Coulee country, WI. dobros or resonators have a cone inside that amplifies the sound. a very distinctive instrument. however, it cannot be played like a pedal steel. and there a vast differences between those instruments. that said, the steel slide is the common denominator between the two. so slide techniques can overlap. with dobro it is hard to get the bent string sound (with a square neck resonator like mine).
The steel guitar originates from Hawaii where local musicians, newly introduced to the European guitar, developed a style of playing involving alternative tunings and the use of a slide. The Hawaiian guitarists found that by laying the guitar flat across the lap they could better control the slide. In response to this new playing style some Hawaiian steel guitars were constructed with a small rectangular body which made them more suitable for laying across the lap. There are two types of steel guitar played with a steel, the solid metal bar from which the guitar takes its name, namely the lap steel guitar and the pedal steel guitar with its extra necks.