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Topic: Dobro Sound Using a Pedal Steel? |
Roger Andrusky
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Waterford, PA, USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2002 12:47 pm |
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| I was at the Herby Wallace/Steel Jam last Sunday and heard a guy make his Kline sound like a real Dobro (or at least very close). He changed bars but I don't see how that would have given him that sound. I didn't get a chance to ask him. Anyone know this trick? - Roger |
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Jim Smith
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Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2002 12:55 pm
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Goodrich MatchBro.  |
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autry andress
From:
Plano, Tx.
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Posted 27 Aug 2002 1:06 pm
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If it sounded like the real thing it was probably the Super bro by goodrich.
Sure beats carrying a dobro.
Steel guitar Nashville has'em{pictures too}.
Good luck.[This message was edited by autry andress on 28 August 2002 at 01:03 PM.] |
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Gene Jones
From:
Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 27 Aug 2002 1:18 pm
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| It sounds authentic enough that the blue-grass bands that appear on our show regularly ask me to stay on stage and set-in with them. That's a good enough indorsement for the "Super-Bro" for me! www.genejones.com [This message was edited by Gene Jones on 27 August 2002 at 02:19 PM.] |
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 27 Aug 2002 1:23 pm
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We stock this unit, however money is a little on the "much" side. It does have some great advantages though over a real dobro: easier to carry, easier to "Tune", easier to mic., etc, It's a pretty great unit. Doesn't look as good as a real dobro though.
Bobbe
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Sam White R.I.P.
From:
Coventry, RI 02816
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Posted 27 Aug 2002 4:57 pm
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I have Dobro in my Pro Fex II and it sounds pretty close.
Sam White |
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Don Olson
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Muscatine,Ia. USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2002 5:07 pm
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When you play with the Dobro effect you have to think Dobro not pedal steel.
Zumsteel Don |
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Quesney Gibbs
From:
Anniston, AL
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Posted 28 Aug 2002 1:08 am
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If the steeler changed bars he is likely to be using an old trick that I use even to this day.
Saw off the top few inches (about the length of your bar) of your wife's broom handle (unpainted of course) and you have instant dobro.
I learned this little trick from a New Orleans player named Earl Ortega before all the gadgets came into being.
Try it....
Ques[This message was edited by Quesney Gibbs on 28 August 2002 at 02:10 AM.] |
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David Decker
From:
Canton, Ohio, USA
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Posted 28 Aug 2002 2:02 am
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Roger Andrusky
From:
Waterford, PA, USA
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Posted 28 Aug 2002 3:23 am
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Cool! Sounds like the broomstick idea may be cheaper, though. 
David, I didn't get a chance to talk to you - I was, and am, fighting an upper respiratory infection so I couldn't stick around long. Totally, totally enjoyed your pickin! Thanks for coming the distance! - Roger |
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BobG
From:
Holmdel, NJ
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Posted 28 Aug 2002 5:09 am
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| Saw off the top few inches (about the length of your bar) of your wife's broom handle |
Hey Quesney! I took your advise and asked my wife if I could have her broom......
She told me "where I could stick it".
...I wonder what offended her ?
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Bob Grado, Williams D10 (lefty), Peavey 1000,
Profex ll.
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Jim Vogan
From:
Ohio City, Ohio 45874
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Posted 28 Aug 2002 5:35 am
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I may be able to salvage part of the handle. My wife wrecked hers. Hope she doesn't see this post!
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Jim Vogan Emmons Sd10 Stereo steel Amp
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David Decker
From:
Canton, Ohio, USA
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Posted 28 Aug 2002 5:43 am
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| Roger, thanks for the kind words. I really enjoyed the show, and the chance to play there. Like Arnold said " I'll be back" |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 28 Aug 2002 7:24 am
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I have a Super Bro and get a good dobro sound out of it. As to the special bar, the Super Bro comes with a special (plastic) bar. This adds to the dobro sound. When I want the dobro sound, I turn off all effects and use a dry signal along with some dobro playing techniques.
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John Lacey
From:
Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 28 Aug 2002 7:38 am
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| Al Brisco has a SuperBro listed at $990. Canadian. I guess I won't be getting one anytime soon. |
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Posted 28 Aug 2002 7:43 am
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A Phaser or Flanger effect, set on a very slow speed, will give that broom handle an extra bumb in the "Dobro sound" direction.
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Ad Kersten
From:
Beek en Donk, The Netherlands
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Posted 28 Aug 2002 2:17 pm
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Can anyone advise me how to program a tubefex for a proper dobro sound?
Ad
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Paul Graupp
From:
Macon Ga USA
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Fred Jack
From:
Bastrop, Texas 78602
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Posted 28 Aug 2002 4:38 pm
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| Paul, that old benzedrine inhaler was good too! regards, fred |
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Gary Walker
From:
Morro Bay, CA
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Posted 30 Aug 2002 2:41 pm
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| I use the profex ll settings in addition to using the dobro pickup from Zumsteel in front of my stock pickup. |
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Bobby Lee
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Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 31 Aug 2002 9:39 am
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Two things to remember:
Take your foot off the volume pedal.
Pick harder.
No effect in the world will make you sound like a dobro if you're picking light and pumping the volume pedal.
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 Bobby Lee - email: quasar@b0b.com - gigs - CDs
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 3 Sep 2002 11:46 am
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| You can get a reasonable facsimile of a slide b@njo using a piece of PVC pipe. If yoe want to get really deranged, run it through some chorus, reverb and distortion and make like Godzilla. |
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Bob Hayes
From:
Church Hill,Tenn,USA
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Posted 8 Sep 2002 5:06 pm
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Quensey,
I basicly use the same thing..except from a different appliance. I was "sitting" in my "thinking Room" one day... and I saw my bathroom PLUNGER...with wood handel...And I said to my self...."That IS The Answer".so I hacked off about a 51/2" peice..and now it is with me whenever I pick..It gives a "Great" "5" Sting sound too. The picker with AJ at the OPRY last night used something .and it was a great Dobro Sound.His bar looked like one of those"Red Hot Bars".
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