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Topic: 7/8 tonebar for Dobro? Anyone using one? |
Rick Abbott
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Indiana, USA
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Posted 12 Aug 2012 4:41 pm |
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Well, on a lark I tried my beloved Tribotone K-bar for bluegrass style dobro. I was giving a lesson the other day and the guy forgot his bar, I gave him my SP-2 and picked up the bar on my pedal steel. Man! what a warm sweet tone!! In fact I like the feel and playability as well. Virtually NO problem with tipping to get single notes, I can't see any reason to go back to the SP-2. I've been using the Shubb bar since 1998 I think.
Who out there uses a standard bar, not a shaped Stevens, Shubb, etc, for dobro? I never even thought to until 2 days ago.
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RICK ABBOTT
Sho~Bud D-10 Professional #7962
Remington T-8, Sehy #112
1975 Peavey Pacer 1963 Gibson Falcon |
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Edward Meisse
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Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 12 Aug 2012 4:57 pm
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I've done it. You're right about the tone. I've seen pictures of Lloyd Green with a 7/8 bar in his hand and his dobro across his lap. So you're not quite alone. But there are very few of us, I think.
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Stephen Cowell
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Round Rock, Texas, USA
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Posted 12 Aug 2012 7:02 pm
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I play my PBS8 with a Paloma Stone bar... it's about that big around. The light stone bars are easy to pick up... no problem single-stringing it. That's the only problem I might see with using a bullet steel on dobro, getting it up off the strings... it's definitely harder to do with my big steel bullet bars. Something about the stone and the bronze works well together.
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Rick Abbott
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 13 Aug 2012 4:59 am
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The Tribotone bar sticks to my hand just right, and it it very light for a steel, 5.3oz. No problem at all to pick up. Hand gets sweaty, it only sticks better!
I will try a Paloma at some point I'm sure.
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RICK ABBOTT
Sho~Bud D-10 Professional #7962
Remington T-8, Sehy #112
1975 Peavey Pacer 1963 Gibson Falcon |
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L. Bogue Sandberg
From:
Chassell, Michigan, USA
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Posted 13 Aug 2012 9:11 am
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I went from Stevens to SP2 to 3/4" bullet, which I've been using exclusively for about three years now. Pull-offs aren't as snappy, of course. But slants, forward, split and reverse, are much easier as is moving the nose of the bar on and off strings with the bar down. I use the same bar on both my 8 string in G13 and the 6 string in open G. When I pick up a shaped bar now it feels weird. I know I'm the weirdo, since most dobro players can shave with their bars. But I haven't shaved in 35 yrs so that's not a problem.
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 13 Aug 2012 9:56 am
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There has been plenty of great music made by dobro players with bullet bars that they would normally utilize on pedal steel, but when I hear some players using them as opposed to what I call "sculpted" dobro bars, there's something I don't care for in the tone.
It's difficult to describe, but it can sound more quiet or muted than when one uses a quality dobro bar.
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Rick Abbott
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 16 Aug 2012 7:20 am
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There is a darker, or "warmer" sound for sure. I have a pretty cheap instrument, so the guitar tends towards tinny and thin, so a shot of warmth is good!
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RICK ABBOTT
Sho~Bud D-10 Professional #7962
Remington T-8, Sehy #112
1975 Peavey Pacer 1963 Gibson Falcon |
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Morgan Scoggins
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 16 Aug 2012 7:44 am
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I have seen several Youtube videos of Brother Oswald and it sure looks like he was using a 7/8" bullet bar.
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