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Brendan Mitchell
From:
Melbourne Australia
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Posted 13 Jun 2008 11:05 pm |
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| In another thread about this , someone said you could emulate a Dobro simulater with a good equaliser . Any thoughts on this and what sort of eq I could use and what else would I use it for ? |
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Bill Moore
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Manchester, Michigan
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Posted 14 Jun 2008 4:10 am
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| I use a Behringer EQ, cheap, but it works OK. The 200 and 800 sliders are all the way up, the 1.6 slider up about 1/3 of the way, all the others down all the way. you could start with just the 800 slider up, and make other adjustments till you like the sound. The gain slider is set about 1/2 way. This gives a "kind of" dobro sound, I think it works OK in a band situation. |
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Lonnie Zsigray
From:
Saint Louis,Mich., USA
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Posted 14 Jun 2008 5:36 am dobro sound
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I use the BoBro pedal and am happy with the simulation it gives.It also adds quite a bit of gain to the steel so back off the volume pedal a bit.
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Larry Behm
From:
Mt Angel, Or 97362
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Posted 14 Jun 2008 7:03 am
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The Boss GE7 also works like the item Bill has. I got the idea from Doug Jones, works great for me.
Larry Behm |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Brendan Mitchell
From:
Melbourne Australia
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Posted 15 Jun 2008 12:46 am
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| Thanks for the replys . |
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SveinungL
From:
Gjøvik - Norway - Europe - Earth
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Posted 11 Nov 2008 12:44 pm Reso simulator
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Hi. I realize this post is old but anyway:
Have anyone tried the cheap Behringer am100
Acoustic Modeler for reso/dobro simulation?
Could be a cheap alternative for us who don't use it very often....?
Look here: http://www.behringer.com/AM100/index.cfm?lang=ENG
Maybe used in combination with a wooden or brass bar? I don't know?
Anyone?
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Billy Knowles
From:
Kenansville, N. C. 28349 usa
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Posted 11 Nov 2008 1:17 pm dobro
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To repeat:
Bobbe Seymour's Bo Bro is the best thing I have found and so easy to use. Just turn it on and the dorbo sound is there.
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2008 1:38 pm
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Lefty used the BoBro at the show in Waterloo and I thought it sounded fine.  |
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Carl Johnson
From:
Cortez, CO, USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2008 8:12 pm
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I use a "wah wah" pedal. Don't use it like your volume pedal of course but just find the pedal position that sounds the most like a dobro to you and leave it there.
Carl |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 12 Nov 2008 12:46 am
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I use a "wah wah" pedal. Don't use it like your volume pedal of course but just find the pedal position that sounds the most like a dobro to you and leave it there.
Carl |
Dunlop now makes a box with the wah wah circuitry, but instead of a pedal there's a dial, so once you find the spot along the throw that you want, you don't have to worry about losing it if the pedal gets accidentally kicked.
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 12 Nov 2008 7:29 am
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| Carl and Mike, I agree. I used the wah-wah pedal for dobro simulation long before somebody made one. |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 12 Nov 2008 1:10 pm
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I've always just used a hollow metal Kazoo which works great, just a little less sustain.....JH in Va.
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Dennis Wallis
From:
Arkansas
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Posted 12 Nov 2008 3:48 pm
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| Goodrich Super Bro. Sounds great. Buddy Emmons helped design these units. With the plastic coated bar it sounds very much like a real Dobro. |
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Larry Edwards
From:
Broadalbin, NY
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Posted 12 Nov 2008 4:48 pm Re: Dobro sound
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I use the BoBro pedal, but you've got to lay off the pedals and knees and use more slides.
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Ron Scott
From:
Michigan
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Posted 12 Nov 2008 4:59 pm
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I remember Jeff Newman said at a seminar one time that if you want to sound like a dobro or guitar then why not play one of them instead....Sorry not trying to be smart....RS
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Ernie Pollock
From:
Mt Savage, Md USA
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 5:24 am Humm?
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I have always got a decent dobro sound by tweaking up one of the phase shifters on my Boss SE-50, works real good for me.
Ernie Pollock
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Anyone that has a Boss SE-50, & needs this sound, email me & I will send you my settings. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 7:28 am
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Years ago, Bruce Zumsteg made an auxiliary pickup that you attached to the neck of your pedal steel that gave it a dobro sound. He even had a pre-amp that went with it. I bought one but never got around to trying it out.
Does anyone else have one of these? |
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 8:04 am
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I don't understand all this. If you want a Dobro sound, get a Dobro.  |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 12:51 pm
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| I don't understand all this. If you want a Dobro sound, get a Dobro. |
I do have a Dobro, but will be selling it soon. The problem with a real Dobro is amplification. I had a pickup put in mine, bought an acoustic guitar amp (Fishman). Problem is the stages you find now are too small. Finding room just to stand and hold the Dobro is hard enough. Getting the amp far enough away where it doesn't feedback is almost impossible. Much easier to use the simulator on stage and it sounds close enough. This hassle for a couple of songs is not worth it. Plus, you are going to be the only one in the room who will notice it's not real.
Of course, I would use the real thing if in a bluegrass band or in a club with room on stage. |
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Larry Bressington
From:
Nebraska
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 1:43 pm
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I use the goodrich super bro 2b, it's a $1000,00 new.
It's very good, but even with it eq'd it still does not sound like a real dobro, but very,very close!
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 1:45 pm
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| If you want a Dobro sound, get a Dobro. |
Alan, what Richard said.  |
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Kevin Greenberg
From:
Lakewood, CA
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 5:52 pm dobro sound
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Just take a boss E.Q. pedal and stagger the sliders, one all the way up, one all the way down, all the way across. I can't remember if the first one goes up, or down. There's your dobro simulator for $100. Go find a plastic bar and you're in business.
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Larry Allen
From:
Kapaa, Kauai,Hawaii
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Posted 13 Nov 2008 6:08 pm Dobro Sound
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| My freind Stu Schulman turned me on to this.....Danelectro Fish & Chips 7-band EQ.$29....email me for slider set-up.. Sounds great, use your regular bar. Larry |
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