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Topic: Dobro kit & Horse Shoe Pickup |
Alan Hamley
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Queensland, Australia
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Posted 7 Feb 2006 4:17 am |
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Gidday everybody.
I'm trying to track down where I can buy a square neck dobro kit. Especially one that uses solid woods. Stemac used to have one but not any more!!! Also I would like to find someone who makes horse shoe pickups suitable for a solid body lap slide instrument.
Cheers
Alan
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Keith Cordell
From:
San Diego
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Posted 7 Feb 2006 4:38 am
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| Lollar pickups does the Horseshoes. it's a collaboration between Jason Lollar and our own Rick Aiello. |
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Alan Hamley
From:
Queensland, Australia
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Posted 7 Feb 2006 4:54 am
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| Cheers for that info Keith |
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John Bushouse
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Posted 7 Feb 2006 8:38 am
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| I was hoping that you'd combine the two - a Dobro-style resonator with a horseshoe pickup. |
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Alan Hamley
From:
Queensland, Australia
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Posted 7 Feb 2006 3:38 pm
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| Now John that would be be some sort of design feat. Cheers Alan |
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 7 Feb 2006 4:21 pm
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Not at all! I have a Dobro, serial #3694, possibly built in 1931-32-or 33, depending on which reference you believe, with a bar pickup and a horseshoe underneath. It may or may not be the first Dobro model ever built with a pickup installed.
It sounds more like a lap steel than a Dobro when it is amped though. The story is that there were only 5 or 6 of these ever made.
It is a great sounding old Dobro, not very loud like most of the prewar instruments, but it is the epitome of the "high and lonesome" sound.
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Mark
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 7 Feb 2006 5:20 pm
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True-if you are talking strictly the Ricky-I guess I didn't follow the earlier posts closely enough.
I do know that there is a heavy horseshoe in there!
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Mark
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Russ Young
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 7 Feb 2006 7:07 pm
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Russ-it's actually not a Dobro all-electric, which is discussed on a few websites and magazine articles.
It is a full-on Dobro, that has a pickup and a volume control. It is basically an early 30's version of a Dobro in the concept we phrase today as an "acoustic-electric guitar" when referring to 6-strings that have a pickup.
I have pictures I have to "shrink" to post. I'll see if I can accomplish that in the next week.
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Mark
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Alan Hamley
From:
Queensland, Australia
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Posted 8 Feb 2006 4:41 am
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Thanks for the info Russ. I surpose I could buy one of these Beard kits and use the back and top as a template and use some solid mahogany maybe. I have read that some guitar makers don't consider the sides add much to the sound of an acoustic instrument so the laminated sides should be ok.
Cheers
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 9 Feb 2006 1:16 pm
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| Lollar pickups does the Horseshoes. it's a collaboration between Jason Lollar and our own Rick Aiello. |
Just for clarity sake ...
I believe Jason has now sold all the units I had made for him ...
I will no longer be making them ...
He knows how grateful I am ... to have been part of these projects.
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