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Jimmy Gibson
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Posted 30 Jun 2013 5:02 am |
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Here`s a thought there are the normal 6 string Dobro also 7 string dobro so why not a 12 string dobro?
I would imagine it would give the player quite a bit more useful variations in the tuning.
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Howard Parker
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Maryland
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Posted 30 Jun 2013 6:02 am
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12's have been made.
They just do not sound very good. Too much pressure on the cone. The massive neck on a standard body is also darn awkward.
ymmv
h
edit: This will probably get moved to the no pedal forum.
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Jim Cohen
From:
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Posted 30 Jun 2013 7:16 am
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| Howard Parker wrote: |
edit: This will probably get moved to the no pedal forum. |
Not if you hurry up and stick some pedals on it... 
Oh, but it will likely get closed by the Anti-Vaguery Thread Title Police...
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 30 Jun 2013 7:19 am
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| Aside from what Howard mentioned, it would also make slants and string pulls far more difficult. And, there is of course the main issue...that the instrument (as it is) is not a limiting factor as much as is the skill of the player. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 30 Jun 2013 7:35 am
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I played someone's 10 string reso, and it was so uncomfortable. I think 8 would be the most I could handle.
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Jimmy Gibson
From:
Cornwall, England
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Posted 30 Jun 2013 8:06 am
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As I said it was IT WAS JUST A THOUGHT. My MSA Super slide I used to have had 12 strings and I had no problems pulling or slants ,and I used a graphic eq to get the dobro sound and it sounded great.
That is why I just wondered if a 12 string Dobro would be ok ,I guess some would love it and others would not.
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Howard Parker
From:
Maryland
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Posted 30 Jun 2013 8:27 am
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| Jimmy Gibson wrote: |
| As I said it was IT WAS JUST A THOUGHT. |
Yep..Understood.
Just pointing out that there are technical issues that make a twelve string "impractical" for a dobro style guitar. Unlike the MSA, where you can slap a wider pickup on the guitar the dobro's cone can only take so much pressure before it stops doing its job. 
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 30 Jun 2013 9:52 am
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Mike A found, like Howard pointed out, that 10 loaded up the cone and made it markedly less responsive. ISTR he converted to an 8. Don't recall whether he left the palm pedals (See, B0b, relevance) on it.
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 2 Jul 2013 6:54 am
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Jim C.,Before this gets closed I just wanted to say that was funny.
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