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Topic: Dobrato. Reso w/ B Bender Vibrato system |
Kent Viles
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Colorado, USA
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Posted 18 May 2019 11:47 am |
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Hi folks, been a while since i've posted this, some may find it interesting. This is my original design, hand assembled at Castle Creek Guitars in Gunnison Co. Unique Resophonic, our custom B Bender-Vibrato system, Acoustic / Electric, voiced fuller and deeper then most Reso's. Explore pedal steel runs, add vibrato, create your own voicings! Some Dobrato performers include Jason Isbell {used on and received a Grammy for "If We Were Vampires"} Mike Campbell, Jimmy Buffett, Tom Petty, Mac McAnally, Billy Gibbons, many, many more. Includes fitted Boulder Alpine Bag. This is such a blast to play, I focus on very playable setups. Please call with any questions about the design. Kent Viles, 970-641-2747,
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 19 May 2019 5:59 am
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Round neck?
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Kent Viles
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Colorado, USA
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Posted 19 May 2019 7:24 am
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| Yes Erv, round neck, very subtle V, 1 3/4 nut. |
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Kent Viles
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 19 May 2019 8:23 am
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Couple more pics...
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Peter Leavenworth
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Madbury, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 19 May 2019 3:24 pm Dobrato
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Very cool idea and look. So what lower tuning do you use? And I'm guessing the B-bender is the Bigsby bending all strings at once? Are there electronic built into the guitar?And why do you use the National biscuit type cone rather than the dobro cone - does the spider bridge interfere with the Bigsby? Just asking because I'm always interested in evolutionary developments in resonator guitars.
Pete
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2008 Zum D-10, 1996 Mullens PRP D-10, 1974 Emmons D-10, 1976 Emmons D-10, early 70s Emmons GS-10, Milkman Sideman head w/Telonics 15" speaker, 1966 Fender Super Reverb, 1970 Fender Dual Showman head, Wechter/Scheerhorn and Beard Dobros, 1962 Supro lap steels, Gibson 1939 RB-11 banjo, Gibson 1978 RB-250
banjo......and way too much more |
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Kent Viles
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 20 May 2019 7:08 am
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Thanks Peter,
I tune this in standard tuning however many use alternate tunings. I feel to best utilize the B Bender, standard tuning facilitates the pedal steel moves I'm trying to somewhat replicate.
The B Bender / Vibrato is our unique design which attaches to the shaft on the base of a Bigsby B5. The B Bender / Vibrato is not a Bigsby design. The vibrato effects all the strings simultaneously like most vibrato's. The lateral pull of the vibrato arm effects just the B string pulling it to a C#. This can be adjusted to pull to whatever note {within reason} however B to C# is the standard.
I chose the Biscuit cone for it's deeper more reverberate tone. Spiders are a great sound as well but I wanted a fuller, richer tone so the instrument could be used in various styles of music. I spent 4 years building prototypes and eventually got the deeper tone out of the body design I was going for and the biscuit facilitates that. The pickup is a Fishman we helped design, the cone is spun by Paul Beard. Thanks again and let me know if I can provide any additional info. Thanks. |
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