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Pete Burak
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Portland, OR USA
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Posted 24 Sep 2001 8:07 am |
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What are the easiest, cheapest, simplest, ways to emulate dobro on a PSG?
This is basically for one song in a live set.
I don't want to buy/learn/play/haul-around a dobro for one song.
I don't want anything that won't fit in my Pak-a-seat(I've eliminated all rack mount gear from my setup.)
I don't want to spend $489 for a matchbro.
Any reccomendations??? (I'm already in therapy, thank you  ).
-pete |
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Jim Smith
From:
Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 24 Sep 2001 8:15 am
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| Try cutting off a broom handle to use as a bar. |
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Ernie Renn
From:
Brainerd, Minnesota USA
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Posted 24 Sep 2001 10:10 am
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Pete;
Get a small EQ, with an on/off switch. Boost the mids-high mids all the way. I've done this with an MXR 6-band EQ. I use it on two songs. Doesn't sound as good as the MatchBro, but costs a lot less.
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My best,
Ernie
The Official Buddy Emmons Website
www.buddyemmons.com
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 24 Sep 2001 5:43 pm
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| I vote for the broom handle and perhaps the EQ idea would also help. I had to make a Kereoke tape of a George Strait song that had a solo that I think was originally recorded with a PedalBro. I didn't have a Profex II with me and had not yet purchased a MatchBro. I cut off a broom handle and it recorded pretty good. The engineer did some tweaking with the EQ I am sure. |
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 25 Sep 2001 6:23 am
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Mike Brown at Peavey did some experimenting with a graphic EQ a few years ago and came up with a pretty good simulation. He sent me the settings he used, but I don't have them handy. A graphic EQ unit is much cheaper than a Matchbro and will have a bypass switch for normal steel operation.
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Darvin Willhoite
Riva Ridge Recording
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Posted 25 Sep 2001 8:02 am
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Thanks for the ideas guys.
I'm eyeballing a few different bar ideas and I know I have a Boss stomp-box EQ lying around somewhere.
-pb |
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David Spires
From:
Millersport, OH
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Posted 27 Sep 2001 8:00 am
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| You can certainly try anything you like, but nothing will come close to a MatchBro. You can probably find a used one for much less than $500. I might add too that while the MatchBro does a very good job in a "live" setting, it doesn't compare to a real PedaBro in the studio. |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 27 Sep 2001 11:15 am
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The MatchBro may not equal a "real" dobro, but I did a session with my MatchBro that fooled a bluegrass picker. I use my Transtube Fex with a separate program (eq setting) just for the MatchBro and it makes a big difference.
And, I'm repeating myself but the guitar has to be played like a dobro not a pedal steel to really get the dobro sound out of a MatchBro. |
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David Spires
From:
Millersport, OH
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Posted 28 Sep 2001 6:05 am
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Jack, I understand what you mean - I have used my MatchBro on sessions too, but I guess I was comparing the MatchBro to a Pedal Dobro, not to a regular Dobro.
I still prefer to use a regular Dobro when that is what I am after. However, if Paul Sr. decides he could part with a Pedal Dobro for $50... hmmm...  |
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Sam White R.I.P.
From:
Coventry, RI 02816
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Posted 30 Sep 2001 5:02 pm
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I sure like the sound of the dobro on my Pro Fex-2 it sure sounds great.My teacher Tony Palmer put it in my Pro Fex-2 for me.
Sam White[This message was edited by Samuel E. White on 30 September 2001 at 06:04 PM.] |
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Steve Stallings
From:
Houston/Cypress, Texas
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Posted 1 Oct 2001 10:24 am
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I'm using a Marrs RGS that was inexpensive and works as advertised.
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Steve Stallings
Bremond, Texas
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Joerg Hennig
From:
Bavaria, Germany
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Posted 1 Oct 2001 11:25 am
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Jim, Jerry,
are you talking about a metal or wooden broom handle  |
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Jim Smith
From:
Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2001 12:52 pm
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Buck Dilly
From:
Branchville, NJ, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 6 Oct 2001 1:20 pm
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| Before I got a Matchbro I used an empty Tea TIn which I got for $1 at an antique store, It creates an even better steel drum sound. If you get a Matchbro, you will NOT regret it. I have found other unique sound using one. If you like overdrive sounds the Matchbro creates a throaty sound not unlike Wa Wa but very fat. Buck |
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Cairo Zoots
From:
Moville, Iowa ,next to the west fork of the Little Sioux River
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Posted 6 Oct 2001 1:34 pm
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I yoosta had one-a-them doughbro stimulaterz, but my wife ran off withit 
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