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Topic: Need info/opinions on Dobro 60DS |
Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 30 Aug 2009 12:16 am |
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I see a lot of Dobro 60 DS model dobros for sale. How is the sound of this guitar? How about volume? How is it compared to a Tut Taylor Virginian (which I once had and loved), or the Californian?
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Mike Christensen
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Cook Minnesota
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Posted 30 Aug 2009 5:04 am 60d
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| IMO the Dobro guitars are not consistent at all. You never know what one will be like until its been played for a while. I have played many over the years and have owned a couple and am mostly unimpressed with any of them. I have a Tut Taylor mahogany which has been a very fine guitar and I have enjoyed it very much for years. NOw I have a Spruce-Rosewood Wechter-Scheerhorn set up by Tooter(?) and the Taylor has sat in the case since. If you are interested the Taylor has the Beard-Fishman passive PU and could be had for 600.00. Happy Trails, Mike C. |
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Fred Kinbom
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Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.
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Posted 30 Aug 2009 5:17 am
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I had an OMI Dobro from 1976 (I think the model name was 60-D) and it was a lovely instrument. It did not have the "sharper" tone of many modern spider bridge resos, but a more mellow, "old-style" Dobro sound that was lovely. Here is a demo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlCtVqWnfrc
It had a (non-original) brass nut. I had that replaced (after the demo above) for a bone nut and a general set-up by top reso luthier Mike Lewis (Fine Resophonic, Paris, France) and after that it sounded even better. I sold it because the Dobro sound was not really what I prefer in the music I make (I play mainly Weissenborns and electric steel) so I sold it to my friend Paolo Conti, who is putting it to great use - here he plays "Aloha Oe Blues" and "Honolulu Stomp" at a concert in Poland on this Dobro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aonbu5DSRIo
Miced with an SM-57 - I think it sounds GREAT! I paid $700-something for this guitar - best Dobro sound for the money around IMHO. But they may well be inconsistent as mentioned above - I have only played this particular Dobro 60-D.
Hope that helps! 
Fred
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Edward Meisse
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Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 30 Aug 2009 8:18 am
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I have also played only one 60DS. The S, by the way is for squareneck. It was adequate. I had no complaints. There are better guitars out there. I don't know about the ones you specificly mentioned.
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Jim Bates
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Alvin, Texas, USA
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Posted 30 Aug 2009 10:30 am
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I got a Dobro 60D when I first started learning bluegrass and the special techniques for playing styles. It was o.k. for jamming around ina house.
I own a Tut Taylor Virginian which I have played now for over 400 shows at our local opry's using a AKG C1000S mike. It has a clean, clear, balanced tone and loud, plus it is very well made. I like it.
HOWEVER, I just got a new favorite - the Wolfe Resoport model guitar (which has the screened soundholes replaced with 6 smaller open holes that have changed the sound for the better and it is louder. Plus mine is made of solid cherry wood and is a work of art. Have played it at 3 opry shows now and the sound just jumps out of it- and very easy to play.
Bobby Wolfe hit the jackpot with this design.
Thanx,
Jim |
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