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Topic: SOLD 8 String Dobro, Gold Tone Square Neck, Paul Beard Model |
Chuck Hamilton
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Flower Mound, Texas, USA
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Posted 15 Feb 2024 7:14 am |
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This guitar is practically brand new. I bought it a couple of years ago but never got around to learning how to play it.
Sounds great, everything works correctly.
Asking $950, includes original hard shell case and 2 sets of extra strings. This item lists for $1,400 new retail. Buyer pays shipping, or you can pick it up in the Dallas Fort Worth area.
You can learn more about it at the manufacturer's link here: https://goldtonemusicgroup.com/goldtone/instruments/pbs-8
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Last edited by Chuck Hamilton on 24 Feb 2024 7:06 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Barry Barnes
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 16 Feb 2024 5:36 am Tuning
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scott murray
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Asheville, NC
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Posted 16 Feb 2024 10:32 am
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these are great guitars.
I've always tuned G6/Em7 (EGBDEGBD)
I think Emmons preferred tuning up to A for dobro.
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 16 Feb 2024 10:34 am
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The most popular tuning is typically G6, low to high:
EGBDEGBD
…edited - Scott and I posted about the same time.
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Nathan Farlow
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North Carolina, USA
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Posted 16 Feb 2024 11:43 am
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| Mark Eaton wrote: |
The most popular tuning is typically G6, low to high:
EGBDEGBD
…edited - Scott and I posted about the same time. |
that tuning works well on 8-string lap as well. |
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 16 Feb 2024 2:51 pm
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[quote="Nathan Farlow"]
| Mark Eaton wrote: |
The most popular tuning is typically G6, low to high:
EGBDEGBD
…edited - Scott and I posted about the same time.[/qthing else in the steel guote]
that tuning works well on 8-string lap as well. |
As Ed McMahon used to say to Johnny Carson, "You are correct sir!"
I play more 6 string G tuned dobro and lap steel than anything eles in the steel guitar family of instruments, but when it comes to 8 string lap steel I play other tunings to try to get out of the old comfort zone.
But the great thing about G6 on 8 string dobro is that a player can get a rich tone out of the guitar because you're "loading" the cone with beefy strings. And with an 8 string resonator you typically don't get as big a sound because there are 25% more strings distributing the load on the cone.
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Nathan Farlow
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North Carolina, USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2024 5:36 am
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[quote="Mark Eaton"]
| Nathan Farlow wrote: |
| Mark Eaton wrote: |
The most popular tuning is typically G6, low to high:
EGBDEGBD
…edited - Scott and I posted about the same time.[/qthing else in the steel guote]
that tuning works well on 8-string lap as well. |
As Ed McMahon used to say to Johnny Carson, "You are correct sir!"
I play more 6 string G tuned dobro and lap steel than anything eles in the steel guitar family of instruments, but when it comes to 8 string lap steel I play other tunings to try to get out of the old comfort zone.
But the great thing about G6 on 8 string dobro is that a player can get a rich tone out of the guitar because you're "loading" the cone with beefy strings. And with an 8 string resonator you typically don't get as big a sound because there are 25% more strings distributing the load on the cone. |
Yessir, I can imagine that is the case. My resonator is the 6-string version of the above 8-string, literally a PBS-D Gold Tone. I have wanted one since learning that Auldridge played an 8-string on occasion. They're solid guitars! |
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