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Topic: BoBro- Dobro simulator. |
Neil Lang
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Albert Lea, Minnesota, USA
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Posted 27 Sep 2006 3:16 am |
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I bought a BoBro pedal from Bobbe S. a few weeks ago. I have had several people especially musicians ask how I am getting that Dobro sound. They say it sounds "exactly" like Dobro! Best $$$ I've spent on effects!!! Thanks Bobbe!
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Stan Paxton
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1/2 & 1/2 Florida and Tenn, USA (old Missouri boy gone South)
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Posted 27 Sep 2006 6:58 pm
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Don't know much about these things, question:
where in line do you put the pedal, after the matchbox, or after the volume pedal, or ?....
thanks (just in case I ever get 1) |
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Neil Lang
From:
Albert Lea, Minnesota, USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2006 3:23 am
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Stan,
I use a Peavey Nash.1000 or a Nash.112. Both these amps have a pre amp, send and return "patch" on the front panel. This way the pedal is not at all in line with the volume pedal. It works best for me this way. If you do not have that feature on your amp you just put it in line with the volume pedal. It does not seem to make much difference if it is before or after the pedal.
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Ricky Littleton
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Steely-Eyed Missile Man from Cocoa Beach, Florida USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2006 5:16 am
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I've had a Bo-Bro ever since Sir Bobbe first marketed them. A lot of bang for few bucks in my opinion! Small, excellent tone.
I put all my effects between my Match-Box and the volume pedal. That ensures highest drive to each and improves (in my opinion) residual noise performance especially if you cascade effects.
Ricky...
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Dan-Echo, E-Bow, Ibanez Distortion, Bo-Bro, Ibanez Auto-Wah, Regal Dobro
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Gene H. Brown
From:
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada
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Posted 2 Oct 2006 8:33 pm
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Sounds good, approx. how much do they run in price, please?
Thx
Gene
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Mike Maddux
From:
Cerritos, CA
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Posted 9 Oct 2006 8:55 pm
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| $259... I wish I could afford one... I wish someone would put out a multieffects unit for steel that would give you all these sounds... Steel guitar effects are priced to high. [This message was edited by Mike Maddux on 09 October 2006 at 10:08 PM.] |
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 10 Oct 2006 12:00 pm
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Do you have to use a special bar with this unit like you did with the MatchBro?...JH in Va.
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autry andress
From:
Plano, Tx.
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Posted 10 Oct 2006 12:25 pm
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Hey Jerry
Go to Steel Guitar Nashville website. Bobbye has a Demo of him playing the Bo-Bro with & without the plastic bar. Sounds goods
with just your steel bar. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 14 Oct 2006 11:46 am
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| I just bought one and I am anything but impressed. I tried running in the front panel effects loop of my NV400, and I got a bunch of hiss that was loud as the output of the effect. I put it in line between guitar and volume pedal and it works there. I will try a plastic bar and see if it helps. There is no way this unit can be mistaken for a real dobro, but will be convenient for those gigs I play where there is no room for me to stand and play my dobro. |
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Tim Harr
From:
Dunlap, Illinois
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Posted 15 Oct 2006 9:46 am
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Richard, I think that is what it was built for - - to substitute when the Dobro is not practical for the live situation.
Sounds like you have found your fix. |
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2006 1:15 pm
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"Steel guitar effects are priced to high"
Wow - compared to what? They seem cheap compared to good six-string guitar effects, where with limited-run stuff like that $300-400 would be normal. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 16 Oct 2006 12:13 pm
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Tim, it is a decent fix but it does not sound exactly like a Dobro. It's pretty weak in sound quality. But when playing live, most listeners don't know what a dobro really sounds like anyway. It is not as good (in my opinion) as the later Goodrich models after they added control knobs to them. But, a new Match-Bro is obscenely expensive.
Does anyone else use the Bo-Bro in the pre EQ patch on a NASHVILLE 400? Maybe mine needs a visit to the shop. |
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Mike Maddux
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Cerritos, CA
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Posted 17 Oct 2006 2:34 am
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"Steel guitar effects are priced to high"
"Wow - compared to what? They seem cheap compared to good six-string guitar effects, where with limited-run stuff like that $300-400 would be normal."
I was referring to the fact that all effects that are not made in limited runs that are used only for PSG are priced high. Goodrich and Hilton volume pedals, fender and sho-bud pedals, sustain units, fuzz units, matching units, dobro simulators, etc - your looking at 300-400 bucks each...and add that to the cost of a good D-10, seat, good bar, picks, pro setup, and youve spent a fortune.
This is an obvious point that is made knowing that we are not talking about chinese BOSS pedals. These are much higher quality units made in the US.
The point was why hasnt anyone made a multi-effects unit for pedal steel? Volume/tone pedal, fuzz, sustain, matching, delay, reverb, organ and dobro simulator all in one... Package it all in one unit and price it at 400-500-600 bucks and you would make a killing.
Every single person on this forum with the means to purchase that unit would buy it as long as the FX were as good as the units we previously used (or cant find anymore).
I own a $350 Budda distortion pedal and love it...money well spent. I can appreciate a good single pedal, but the money would there for the manufacturer that could man up to the challenge.......maybe ive said too much already and should make this happen myself...hmmmmm |
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 17 Oct 2006 6:21 am
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| Mike, I think the problem might be that there are so few steel players that everything made for steel is a "limited run" compared to stuff made for regular guitar. The steel market is so small that all steel products are more or less hand-made, US made, small run items; and that keeps the prices high. Also, a lot of these products are very high quality, because that is what steelers demand. There are just very few cheap imports made for steel. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 17 Oct 2006 7:03 am
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It was my understanding that Peavey made an "all-in-one effects unit" at one time. It was called the "ProFex".  |
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Nic du Toit
From:
Milnerton, Cape, South Africa
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Posted 18 Oct 2006 11:02 am
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How does the "Bo-Bro" compare to the "KickingSteel" DBS7 Resonator (Dobro Simulator)?
Only $235.00 CAD from Al Brisco.
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Darryl Hattenhauer
From:
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Posted 19 Oct 2006 7:35 am
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Nic,
How does it hook up and operate?
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Nic du Toit
From:
Milnerton, Cape, South Africa
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Posted 19 Oct 2006 8:40 am
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| No idea, I haven't bought it yet. |
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Cliff Kane
From:
the late great golden state
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Posted 19 Oct 2006 9:46 am
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| How do these pedals compare to a wood or plastic bar and an EQ pedal? I use a Bic lighter to suggest (not really sound like) a banjo......it seems bar material and EQ could get one in the suggestive realm of another instrument (along with playng like the instrument you're suggesting to sound like). |
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Rand Anderson
From:
Cardiff, California, USA
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Posted 19 Oct 2006 10:15 am
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I would venture to say that the BoBro is exactly that......
A boss GE-7 EQ pedal notched at a particular mid boost.......
roll off 150 on the low end and at 3.5k on the high end
just go cut the end off a broomstick...viola
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Per Berner
From:
Skovde, Sweden
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Posted 20 Oct 2006 1:12 am
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| For me to part with my hard-earned, it would have to sound a lot more like a dobro than it does in that videoclip - not very convincing, especially compared to the rave reviews seen earlier on the forum. Maybe the limited sound quality of the clip doesn't do the unit justice? |
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Micky Byrne
From:
United Kingdom (deceased)
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Posted 20 Oct 2006 2:15 am
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Hi Rand, You are sooooo right. it's like a Boss unit with the graphics altered. About 30 years ago my pal was getting a Dobro sound on stage, and when I asked him how, he showed me his little EQ unit, with the sliders at complete alternates. This was way before even Match Bro's were for sale. I now however years later, use the original Match Bro.... can't be beat IMHO
Micky Byrne England
www.micky-byrne.co.uk
Last edited by Micky Byrne on 1 Sep 2009 2:10 am; edited 2 times in total |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 20 Oct 2006 5:17 am
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| Before the MatchBro, I was getting an acceptable dobro simulation by using a wah pedal set to just the right 'spot.' Biggest problem, of course, was that 'spot' wasn't easily repeatable .... |
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Michael Haselman
From:
St. Paul
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Posted 20 Oct 2006 9:23 am
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Per, you said exactly what I was going to say. I saw the video on Bobbe's site, and was definitely underwhelmed. I've got an old GE-7 laying around that I may play with, but someday I'm going to get a reso. That's why I started playing steel--sick of trying to simulate with steel licks on guitar. 
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Rand Anderson
From:
Cardiff, California, USA
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Posted 20 Oct 2006 12:55 pm
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Yep the alternating EQ trick. I have a SuperBro myself, but i prefer to play a dobro.
I think what is more important than the timbre
is the dobro tuning. The open string rolls and and pull-offs are way more convincing in this tuning.
D
B
G
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G
so on my c6th neck.
pedal 7 raises strings 3 & 4
pedal 8 lowers strings 10, 9 ,8
D
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C D
A B
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E D
C B
A G
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C
i can use one foot and hold down both 7 & 8
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