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Topic: Cindy C with Arlen Roth |
Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Matt Berg
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Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 21 Mar 2016 8:49 am |
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What exactly is that electric thinline dobro she's playing?
Any guess as to the tuning? |
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 21 Mar 2016 8:53 am
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It's not a dobro, thinline or otherwise, it's a solid body lap steel with a "support arm" so that one can play standing with a strap. Lap King Rodeo by Jason Dumont.
http://www.lapking.com/artists.html
Cindy usually tunes this guitar to Open G, low to high: GBDGBD
Jason has had his website redesigned fairly recently, here is the page showing the support arm. I see he has added some clever verbiage since introducing the the support arm a number of years ago and he now refers to this device as The Stage Hand:
http://www.lapking.com/options.html
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Matt Berg
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Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 21 Mar 2016 9:16 am
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| Thanks for the info. Cindy is an amazing player, and is great on the Melobar. The ergs on this instrument could be a little funky for her, she's arching her left shoulder at one point, as well as moving her right forearm in and out of the strap. I never got the hang of playing dobro while standing comfortably, seems like this can be challenging for many folks. |
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 21 Mar 2016 9:42 am
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I was speaking with Cindy after a show she did with Albert Lee last summer and she was telling me that Jason's Stage Hand and Bill Asher's "belly bar" which I have on my upgraded Asher Electro-Hawaiian Jr. both have their good points.
When it comes to playing a dobro standing with a strap I tell pretty much everyone the same thing: If you are practicing, say putting in 45 minutes on any given day, play standing with the strap for ballpark 10-15 minutes of the session. Results will of course depend on the individual, but if one does this then typically after a couple months you won't even think twice about it as it will become almost second nature.
A properly designed dobro strap is the key, and like so many things in life and particularly in playing a musical instrument, being consistent in doing the thing and sticking with it will get results.
Melobar? I know Cindy has or had owned a Melobar, but of the several times I have seen her play over about the past 10-12 years she's never brought the Melobar.
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Matt Berg
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Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 21 Mar 2016 10:26 am
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| Yup, the videos I've seen her playing Melobar on were shot a long while ago. Thanks for the Dobro standing practice tip, something about Spring and acoustic instruments goes together in my mind! |
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Larry Lenhart
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Ponca City, Oklahoma
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Posted 21 Mar 2016 12:07 pm
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Thanks for posting this video...always enjoy Cindy's playing...a great tune too...Acker Bilk..."she's strange on the sea, but even Stranger on the shore".... 
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Mark van Allen
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Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 22 Mar 2016 7:58 am
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I'll chime in with a ditto on finding a good, solid strap for standing reso playing. I always felt a little off balance until I tried a Bobby Poff strap. They seem unbelievably expensive until you play with one for 5 minutes. The swivel is the key. Like playing with your reso sitting on a table! http://www.rpoffmaker.com
Cindy is consistently awesome. Arlen has been a favorite of mine for many years. His early instrumental stuff is just fantastic.
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 23 Mar 2016 7:36 pm
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The tone and volume of a dobro is, IMHO, improved drastically when played in the standing position because the resonance the back provides is hampered when the player's thighs restrict the vibrations.
And, less importantly, if the dobroist is in a live stage situation he will undoubtedly get more audience attention because he can move around instead of being a lump on a log, so to speak. Same problem that pedal steelers have.
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