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Topic: Clamp on back neck Catcan dobro |
Mike DiAlesandro
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Posted 13 Jan 2023 10:15 am |
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I need this for a show, so I decided to install two clamping devices (borrowed from a Don Blood pad, thanks Don) on a Marrs/Fluger Catcan.
Works nicely, and all that is needed to install or remove is a 1/4"Allen key.
Going to use a standard A/B box to switch from steel to dobro for now.
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Larry Dering
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Missouri, USA
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Posted 13 Jan 2023 1:51 pm
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| Now that's a cool and useful accessory with a simple setup. Nice job Mike. |
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Mike DiAlesandro
From:
Kent, Ohio
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Posted 13 Jan 2023 4:07 pm
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| Larry Dering wrote: |
| Now that's a cool and useful accessory with a simple setup. Nice job Mike. |
Thanks Larry. I was just setting it on top of the steel, but I found that it was raised too high to be comfortable.
It sits at a nice height now. These Fluger/Marrs Catcans are the bees knees. 🐝 |
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Mike DiAlesandro
From:
Kent, Ohio
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Posted 15 Jan 2023 5:48 am
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Sound clip of Fluger/Marrs Catcan -
https://www.steelguitarsohio.com/muleskinner_vamp.mp3
These are great "on the job dobros" that you can run right into your amp, and XLR from amp into board.
If you ever see one for sale, I highly recommend getting it. Perfect for getting a nice dobro sound on a handful of tunes each night.
*** This is not intended to replace a true resophonic guitar.The sole intention is for the pedal steel player to get "dobro" sounds sporadically throughout the course of a gig. WARNING - over playing of this device may result in strong desire to play more dobro than usual, caution is highly advised.*** |
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Chris Harvey
From:
California, USA
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Posted 15 Jan 2023 6:55 am
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| This is just fantastic. Stealing this great idea! Thank you. |
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Mike DiAlesandro
From:
Kent, Ohio
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Posted 15 Jan 2023 8:49 am
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| Chris Harvey wrote: |
| This is just fantastic. Stealing this great idea! Thank you. |
Sure Chris, but credit must be given to a fellow Californian of yours, Chris Allen Burke RIP. My friend pointed me out to a Super Pro with a custom Fluger/Marrs at GC last year and I purchased it. It was a very well done mod, and I believe Chris had built a few of these.
Electronics -
Well, I am not really big Super Pro fan, and at the time had no need for the dobro sound in the band I was playing in. So it was rehomed.
That is what inspired me when the need arrived. I had purchased this Fluger/Marrs catcan, as I had enjoyed it previously on the Super Pro.
From Chris's post in 2008 -
"Here's one that I modified and use on shows that call for E9 & dobro. The back neck is a Marrs-Fluger reso. The E9 has J. Coop roller fingers as well as some underside parts. It's a 5X5. The dobro has no pedals, sounds very close on a live stage.
I love this guitar, it sounds so good and plays perfectly the way I want. I got a little nervious playing it out so I built another one from a Carter for road travel. I'll check on the serial #. The guitar is in a case right now. But I've owned it for 20 years before the rebuild.
I have since rebuilt 5 Super Pros. Two were so trashed they became SD-10's. 1 is a premium blackey and I am waiting on photos of that one."
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Jeremy King
From:
Rochelle, GA, USA
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Posted 15 Jan 2023 5:05 pm
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| Great idea! |
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Frank Raines
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2023 11:24 am Catcan
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| I got to be friends with Chris early on 2005/7? talked to him about his steel he had modded with a catcan on the c6th neck he got me in touch with Marv Fluger in NY i ended up taking a almost new SD 10 steel to NY and Mavr put a Marrs/Fluger catcan and electronics in it in 2008/09 still have it. frank |
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