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Topic: 'Nother Ebay Bargain Dobro |
Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Alvin Blaine
From:
Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2003 12:41 am |
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I can't believe its still there with only one day left.
I had one just like that one and I hated the sound of it so I gave it away. The one on ebay has that rare "amplification knob and port"(?). The one I had like this was from the 70's and I think the one they are trying to sell is from the same time period. |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 15 Jun 2003 1:12 am
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Geeze, if I had some children I could sell them and get that guitar... What a nice price.  |
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Russ Young
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2003 9:19 am
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Whenever I see e-Bay ads like this I have to wonder:
-- What it's like to be that dishonest ... and to be dumb enough to believe that anyone would pay that much for a misadvertised item;
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-- What it's like to be to have been fooled into thinking that you actually own, and are now selling, a $20K (!) "original" Dobro;
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-- Which Forumite posts bogus ads like this to get a rise out of the rest of us! [This message was edited by Russ Young on 15 June 2003 at 10:20 AM.] |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 15 Jun 2003 9:49 am
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i would prefer that my kids offer me one but not for that price !
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Steel what?
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Bob Knight
From:
Bowling Green KY
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Posted 15 Jun 2003 10:11 am
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I'm holding my bid until the last few seconds, as not to start a "bidding war".  |
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Chris Bauer
From:
Nashville, TN USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2003 5:03 pm
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| Geeeez. I wouldn't pay a penny over $19,998! |
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R. L. Jones
From:
Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2003 5:29 pm
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Dobros were once the giant steel guitar. There`s been so many Improvements over the years only a hard nose collector could be interested in one of these old Dobros
AAAs a matter of preference, I dont like the new ones. I`d like to have a model T ford to look at , but not to drive. Same comparison to Dobro`s . Thank you
R. L.
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 15 Jun 2003 11:57 pm
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I'd like an early 30's Model 100.
But I ain't gonna pay for it through the nose. |
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 16 Jun 2003 6:20 am
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R.L. writes: "Improvements over the years only a hard nose collector could be interested in one of these old Dobros."
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Just as with cars, as R.L. stated, ("improvements")... a Model T would be nice to own, however I'd prefer a new Lincoln if I am going to pay a hefty price! I know for a fact, my old 1934 Dobro just cannot 'cut-it' against some of the newer (non)-'Dobro' named models available today. Technology in everything has certainly improved, (or hopefully so), and this extends into Dobro-style guitars, I'm sure.
I hope, whoever buys this guitar, if indeed a buyer is found, he or she will be satisfied they received their money's worth. Personally, I doubt it.
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Geoff Brown
From:
Nashvegas
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Posted 16 Jun 2003 7:59 am
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| Jeez Mark, if I hadn't bought that Melobar lap steel from ya, I'd have enough to grab this reso |
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Ed Miller Jr
From:
Coldwater,Mi USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2003 3:17 pm
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| Is it me or are those the wrong keys for the vintage? I thought that metal bodies, with square necks were uncommon in the 30's? Plus the combo of a squre neck and 14th fret joint, and bolted in-- I smell a fraud. [This message was edited by Ed Miller Jr on 16 June 2003 at 04:20 PM.] |
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Mike D
From:
Phx, Az
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Posted 16 Jun 2003 3:38 pm
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| It's NOT from the '30s. the late '60s/'70s at best. The tuners aren't original either. |
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Russ Young
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2003 3:45 pm
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It appears to be a Model 33H-S, built sometime between 1973 and 1997. (The partial serial number doesn't jive with that, but it doesn't match any of Dobro's number schemes, either.)
Dobro/Regal made metal-bodied 14-fret squarenecks in the mid-30s, but they had solid pegheads and didn't have Hawaiian etchings. The decal, the dot at the 17th fret and the shape of the peghead slots all indicate that this guitar was built by OMI/OAI, not by the "Dopera" (sic) brothers between 1929 and 1934. |
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Alvin Blaine
From:
Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2003 4:35 pm
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| Thats what I said up above. That I had one from the 70's and it was just like this one. |
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Mike D
From:
Phx, Az
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Posted 17 Jun 2003 8:34 am
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The small (from early tenors guitars) flat cut 'f' holes place it, like Alvin said, in the '70s. The later OMI and now Gibson-made guitars used larger rolled in 'f' holes after the original dies were found.
The early metal body Dobros all had the rolled 'fiddle' edges. The 14 fret bodied guitars similar to that one (with the smaller biscuit bridge cone) were made by National starting in the mid '30s.
National and Dobro also merged about this time. |
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