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Topic: Dobro Bars? |
David Mullis
From:
Rock Hill, SC
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Posted 25 Jun 2007 8:41 pm |
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Hey Y'all, I'm just getting back into dobro and I'm currently using a Shubb GS bar and I like it well enough but there's always the urge to experiment, unfortunately, bars can get pricey! I've read a lot of good things about Scheerhorn, Tipton and EG Smith bars. What are y'all using?
Thanks
David |
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 25 Jun 2007 8:46 pm
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E.G. Smith. Good grip, good weight.
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A. Roncetti
From:
Toronto,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 5 Jul 2007 5:20 pm
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| I'll give two thumbs up for the Scheerhorns. |
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Keith Cordell
From:
San Diego
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Posted 5 Jul 2007 5:21 pm
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| I like the Smith bars as well, and the price is right. |
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Kevin Ruddell
From:
Toledo Ohio USA
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Posted 5 Jul 2007 5:46 pm JP
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| John Pearse Thermo-Cryogenic bullet bar |
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Todd Weger
From:
Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 6 Jul 2007 3:33 am EG Smith
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I noticed that Jimmy Heffernan has them on his website for $50.
He also offers a Beard/GoldTone mahogany dobro, TKL hard case, EG Smith bar and his starter DVD "Scratch" as a beginner's package for $750 -- nice!
I personally would love to learn dobro technique, but I've used a bullet bar so long, that I really have a hard time with the sharp ended dobro bars, which I know you need for really clean pull-offs. I know the technique is quite different. I recall someone's post on here a while back that said they're so different, that working to improve one will hurt the other.
Back to the subject though, those Smith bars look really nice!
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Todd James Weger --
1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, E13, A6); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Custom-made 25" aluminum cast "fry pan" with vintage Ricky p'up (C6); 1938 Epiphone Electar (A6); 1953 Oahu Tonemaster; assorted ukuleles; upright bass |
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David Mullis
From:
Rock Hill, SC
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Posted 6 Jul 2007 5:53 am
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| Looks like it's gonna be a smith bar then, soon as I have an extra $50. I like my Shubb GS, but I think the extra weight might be good. After using a bar with the sharp edges, I could never go back to a stevens type bar. |
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Fred Kinbom
From:
Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.
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Jude Reinhardt
From:
Weaverville, NC
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Posted 6 Jul 2007 7:06 am Bullet bar on the dobro
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quote> I personally would love to learn dobro technique, but I've used a bullet bar so long, that I really have a hard time with the sharp ended dobro bars, which I know you need for really clean pull-offs. I know the technique is quite different. I recall someone's post on here a while back that said they're so different, that working to improve one will hurt the other.< end quote
Jerry Byrd, "Bashful Brother Oswald", Bob Brozeman, me, are/were bullet bar users on the acoustic lap steel. Use the Jerry Byrd bar I traded you for the Broz-a-Phonic and you'll do fine. Unless of course you're trying to learn banjo rolls like Earl Scruggs suggested Josh Graves learn on the dobro
for Bluegrass.
BTW I drilled out the Broz bar and shortened it to 2 7/8". It weighs 4.9 oz. I've still got an original Broz-A-Phonic and there's quite a difference between the two.
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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 7 Jul 2007 2:17 pm
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| The Shubb-Pearse #2 is a Dobro bar with a semi-rounded nose. I use it on acoustic resophonic, lap steel, and on pedal steel for blues and rock. For me it is good for hammer-ons and pull-offs, and also for bullet bar type slants. |
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Keith Cordell
From:
San Diego
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Posted 7 Jul 2007 2:21 pm
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| I also have an SP-2 as well as a Dunlop Lap Dawg bar. The SP2 is great for slower stuff, but is heavier than the lap dawg so I mostly use the Smith bar or the Lap Dawg. The Smith is brighter, sometimes a bit brighter than I like with overdrive- that's when I use the other bars. I like 'em all! I hear the Tipton is really nice. |
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Chuck Fisher
From:
Santa Cruz, California, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 8 Jul 2007 8:40 pm
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| I have a Benoit 8 string which is a spider-type reso. I sat back and had my friend play a Shubb sp2 and a glass bullet bar and the glass did great thibgs for the tone, made less racket and not as bright and better "moan". |
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Rick Jolley
From:
Colorado Springs
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Posted 9 Jul 2007 7:06 am
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The Shubb-Pearse SP-3, designed by Sally Van Meter, sounded good to me and that's what I got. As I watch my instructional video (Rob Ickes) and he describes his Scheerhorn bar, it appears that the SP-3 is very similar, for a lot less money (I paid $15 on the inet.)
It is sharp ended, light, grooved on all three sides, perhaps a little light, but I have a small hand and it has done right by me.
(I have a lot of problems learning the dobro, but not with the bar. <grin>)
RZ
http://belizenorth.com |
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