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Topic: Donner Hush guitar as electric dobro |
K Maul
From: Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 11 Jul 2023 5:13 am
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I just bought this very light weight and compact unit for about $250. It has a piezo bridge pickup. I run it through either a Fishman JD Aura or Danelectro Fish n Chips EQ into an amp or DI. It gets close enough to a dobro sound for electric “non-Bluegrass” gigs. The pickup responds well to an overdrive pedal, too.
![](https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/1589_B9E5C1E388244604B8B6B7D06D60234D_1.jpg) _________________ KEVIN MAUL: Airline, Beard, Clinesmith, Danelectro, Evans, Fender, GFI, Gibson, Hilton, Ibanez, Justice, K+K, Live Strings, MOYO, National, Oahu, Peterson, Quilter, Rickenbacher, Sho~Bud, Supro, TC, Ultimate, VHT, Williams, X-otic, Yamaha, ZKing. |
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C. Eric Banister
From: Scottsburg, Indiana, USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2023 6:06 am
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This is interesting! Did you raise the nut? What tuning are you using on it? |
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K Maul
From: Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 11 Jul 2023 7:00 am
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Yes I used the old metal “perfect nut” raiser that’s still available. I use straight dobro G tuning. I use .052,042,034,024,016,014 gauge strings. _________________ KEVIN MAUL: Airline, Beard, Clinesmith, Danelectro, Evans, Fender, GFI, Gibson, Hilton, Ibanez, Justice, K+K, Live Strings, MOYO, National, Oahu, Peterson, Quilter, Rickenbacher, Sho~Bud, Supro, TC, Ultimate, VHT, Williams, X-otic, Yamaha, ZKing. |
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Tom Wolverton
From: Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 11 Jul 2023 7:56 am
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Note: they are on sale on Amazon Prime today and tomorrow. _________________ To write with a broken pencil is pointless. |
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Brad Bechtel
From: San Francisco, CA
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K Maul
From: Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 11 Jul 2023 9:21 pm
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Mine was from eBay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/354699859642 _________________ KEVIN MAUL: Airline, Beard, Clinesmith, Danelectro, Evans, Fender, GFI, Gibson, Hilton, Ibanez, Justice, K+K, Live Strings, MOYO, National, Oahu, Peterson, Quilter, Rickenbacher, Sho~Bud, Supro, TC, Ultimate, VHT, Williams, X-otic, Yamaha, ZKing. |
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Tom Wolverton
From: Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 20 Jul 2023 1:47 am
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Kevin. Thanks for this suggestion. I got one and it works really well with my Tom Bradshaw reso pedal. Better than my old cat-can lap steel. _________________ To write with a broken pencil is pointless. |
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