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Topic: marrs rgs cat can |
Gary Hamblin
From:
Callao, VA
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Posted 21 Feb 2012 5:18 am |
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I have a marrs rgs .I am trying to find how guys that have them get a good dobro sound.I use a evans amp and can not get the sound I want. I also have a nashville 400.Does anyone have the answer.Thanks Gary
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Rich Gibson
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Pittsburgh Pa.
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Posted 21 Feb 2012 5:39 am
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Hi Gary do you have the one with the built in preamp?
I use mine regularly though the normal channel of my vibroverb with good result and can make a few suggestions.I'm not familiar with the older model with just the cat can. |
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Gary Hamblin
From:
Callao, VA
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Posted 21 Feb 2012 6:49 am rgs
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RICH. Mine is the old cat can style.I just can not get the dobro sound i like.Thanks Gary
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2012 7:34 am
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Gary, if you're hoping for the sound of a real acoustic reso in your lap, it won't get you all the way there. More of a simulation that will work with a full band sound to get "dobroishness". Many folks have good luck using a phenolic, plastic, or wooden bar to further cut sustain, and less reverb or a short reverb program with some highs rolled off the amp from what you might normally use with steel.
I like a real dobro sound with lots of delay, so I use that.
As weird as it sounds, I think you might be even happier using a BoBro simulator with it, or the EQ pedal trick with every other slider moved to opposites of cut and boost.
Those cat cans are a really neat idea.
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Thomas Cross
From:
Magnolia,Texas, USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2012 8:45 am Eight String Pickups
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Gary Hamblin
From:
Callao, VA
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Posted 21 Feb 2012 8:55 am rgs
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Duane Marrs made them.Gary
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Tom Wolverton
From:
Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 21 Feb 2012 10:12 am
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I use my older CC all the time. I run it thru a Match-Bro or a Fish and Chips EQ pedal. Works well. I use a normal Scheerhorn dobro bar. I also tried it with an Aura pedal, but didn't like it as much.
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Peter den Hartogh
From:
Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted 21 Feb 2012 10:19 am
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Fluger makes them. Check this out:
http://www.flugerguitars.com/RGS.html
The pics are outdated...It is now a normal 6-8 string lapsteel without the can, but it has a bobro like circuitry.
Also, the keyhead is no longer made of metal, but it is made of wood.
You also have the option of leg mounts.
Comes with a hardshell case.
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 21 Feb 2012 1:04 pm
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Here's my 8-stringer with the built in simulator processor -- it also has a catcan under the bridge !
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 21 Feb 2012 1:14 pm
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I had one of the original ones for about 20 yrs. It was a disappointment for any authentic dobro sound but was a pretty good rock and blues machine tuned to open G, D or E.
The "cat can" tone was pretty good acoustically but there was just no way that would transfer through the pickup. I even tried a couple piezos and transducers trying to translate the acoustic sound to amplification.
Used with a Match-Bro or BoBro it worked really well though. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 21 Feb 2012 3:44 pm
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| Getting the right sound requires use of a lighter bar, and the proper tone settings. You can't EQ it like a pedal steel. You have to raise the mids and then turn the lows way down, then adjust the tone with amps the treble control. I have the 6 string version of the Marrs RGS, and I think it sounds more authentic than a stomp-box simulator. |
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Kevin Hatton
From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 21 Feb 2012 4:15 pm
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| The newer Fluger/Marrs with the simulator in it is a big improvement. |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 21 Feb 2012 6:09 pm
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| has anyone ever tried running a dobro with, in my case, a lace pickup through a bobro to get good amplified projection? |
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