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Topic: Dobro Simulator Recommendations |
Cameron Parsons
From:
Angleton, Texas
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Posted 3 Nov 2016 4:28 pm |
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| Tell me your best dobro simulator recommendations...and GO! |
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Chuck Blake
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2016 6:33 pm
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Tom Bradshaw MXR Reso pedal with a polymer bar...
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Bryan Daste
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 4 Nov 2016 2:15 am
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I have one of the Bradshaw "reso's". I bought it when my MatchBro died and it looked like it couldn't be fixed. It is very close to the MatchBro and it sounds as good with a standard steel bar as it does with the plastic (or whatever it is) Goodrich MatchBro bar.
I have two "quick and dirty" sample files. One is with the (repaired) MatchBro and one is with the Bradshaw unit, for comparison.
PM or e-mail me for the files. |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 4 Nov 2016 2:26 am
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| I think that this is the first direct comparison I've seen of the Bradshaw vs. Goodrich. I'm glad to read this, Jack, since I know your experience with and opinion of the Matchbro (which I have agreed with, from my own experience). My question, since the introduction of the Bradshaw/MXR, has been 'how does it compare with the gold standard.' Finally I have the answer. |
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Micky Byrne
From:
United Kingdom (deceased)
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Posted 4 Nov 2016 2:33 am
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I just use a Boss GE-7 stomp box....With the right settings of the sliders it's "Instant Dobro"...I also have an Original Match/Bro ...so I could compare the tone. The good thing with a Graphic is you can make minor adjustments with the sliders to compensate for room acoustics. I still use the bar that came with the Match-Bro. Michael Douchette EX road player with Tammy Wynette told me about how to use the GE-7...believe me it works, plus the reliability of Boss.  "
Micky "scars" Byrne U.K. |
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Bud Harger
From:
Belton, Texas by way of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Posted 4 Nov 2016 5:45 am I'm told these settings work...
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For the Boss EQ (GE7):
#1 up; #2 down; #3 up; #4 down...and so on...
with little or no reverb.
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Tommy Detamore
From:
Floresville, Texas
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Posted 4 Nov 2016 5:53 am
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Of course you could just get a Telonics combo Cam. That way you get a few extras thrown in 
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Quilter Labs, Goodrich Sound, Source Audio, Neunaber Audio, and Stringjoy Authorized Dealer
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Cameron Parsons
From:
Angleton, Texas
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Posted 4 Nov 2016 7:20 am
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Tommy, I just realized the Telonics amp has the sim built in! Do have any tracks recorded with it? Of course, I just bought a new amp and probably shouldn't press my luck with my understanding wife. 
Thanks to all for the replies! |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2016 7:28 am
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| The Goodrich Matchbro is the unit that set the standard, all the others are wannabees. |
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Tommy Detamore
From:
Floresville, Texas
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Posted 4 Nov 2016 7:58 am
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Tommy, I just realized the Telonics amp has the sim built in! Do have any tracks recorded with it? |
No I don't. I have mainly just used it live with a certain band from Houston, Texas 😜
But I should try that....
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Quilter Labs, Goodrich Sound, Source Audio, Neunaber Audio, and Stringjoy Authorized Dealer
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 4 Nov 2016 6:42 pm
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Erv, I think the Dunlop Bradshaw is slightly ahead of the Goodrich. It's no wannabe.
I've got a video in my other phone that needs trimming and uploading, but I used it on "Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox".
It doesn't sound as good as a Dobro with a mic on it, but it sounds better than a Dobro with a pickup on it.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Tom Wolverton
From:
Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 4 Nov 2016 8:02 pm
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I've found the 3-knob Match-Bro to be quite decent as a dobro-sim.
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 5 Nov 2016 2:22 am
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As I own both, a Goodrich (the original model with a tone control in bypass) and the Bradshaw. They are both very good but the Goodrich is still the closest sounding.
I used the Bradshaw on a job and everyone liked it but said the Goodrich was better. I used the Bradshaw at our last steel guitar club and everyone liked it.
As I have my MatchBro repaired, it will still be my "primary" unit. As someone mentioned it is the "gold standard". |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 5 Nov 2016 6:52 am
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| The Goodrich Matchbro is the unit that set the standard, all the others are wannabees. |
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| Erv, I think the Dunlop Bradshaw is slightly ahead of the Goodrich. It's no wannabe. |
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| As I own both, a Goodrich (the original model with a tone control in bypass) and the Bradshaw. They are both very good but the Goodrich is still the closest sounding. |
Some people like poTAYtoes and some people like poTAHtoes. (Or is it poTAYtos and poTAHtos? That darned "e"!)
Lee, from South Texas |
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Micky Byrne
From:
United Kingdom (deceased)
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Posted 8 Nov 2016 1:51 am
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Well said Lee
Micky "scars" Byrne U.K. |
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Jeff Garden
From:
Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 8 Nov 2016 3:32 am
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or you could just say "spuds", Lee  |
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Micky Byrne
From:
United Kingdom (deceased)
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Posted 8 Nov 2016 3:55 am
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Hey Jeff...that's real British......we never say ..Go and buy some potatoes....it's always Go and buy some spuds
Micky "scars" Byrne U.K. |
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Alex Cattaneo
From:
Quebec, Canada
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Posted 8 Nov 2016 6:06 am
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I'm surprised no one mentioned it, perhaps no one tried it, but the Fishman Jerry Douglas AURA pedal is amazing. Anything you put in there will come out sounding like a dobro. I use mine with a lap steel and its fantastic. Works on pedal steel too. Heck, if you plug a ukulele in there, it will come out sounding like a dobro.
I tried EQ pedals before but there is no comparison, the Aura JD is in another league altogether. Plus you have 16 different images, so a lot of different tones and possible adjustments depending on the instrument you are using. I use image 2 for my Asher lap steel. |
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Greg Cutshaw
From:
Corry, PA, USA
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 8 Nov 2016 7:33 am
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| The Fishman is over twice the price of the Bradshaw unit. |
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Micky Byrne
From:
United Kingdom (deceased)
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Posted 8 Nov 2016 7:45 am
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To me it's too complicated, players want a simple set/up for a Dobro sound, just for a short part of a song, and not used too often either. Nothing really like a straight sound of a steel...with just a little effect "if" needed. One man's meat is another man's poison.
Micky "scars" Byrne U.K.
Sho-Bud and Carter Universals, various amps,Original Matchbro, Boss Ge-7. |
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John Limbach
From:
Billings, Montana, USA
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Posted 8 Nov 2016 9:05 am
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Alex:
How about putting up a sound clip of your Asher through the Aura? Would like to hear that.
John |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 8 Nov 2016 9:57 am
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| Alex Cattaneo wrote: |
I'm surprised no one mentioned it, perhaps no one tried it, but the Fishman Jerry Douglas AURA pedal is amazing. Anything you put in there will come out sounding like a dobro. I use mine with a lap steel and its fantastic. Works on pedal steel too. Heck, if you plug a ukulele in there, it will come out sounding like a dobro.
I tried EQ pedals before but there is no comparison, the Aura JD is in another league altogether. Plus you have 16 different images, so a lot of different tones and possible adjustments depending on the instrument you are using. I use image 2 for my Asher lap steel. |
Are the Auldridge images still available?
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Don Sulesky
From:
Citrus County, FL, Orig. from MA & NH
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Posted 13 Nov 2016 5:10 am
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I use a Behringer EQ700, $25, a 7 band EQ, 1 down, 2 up etc.
For as much as I use a dobro sound it works well for me and the price is right.
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