Wanted 8 string Square Neck Dobro

Richard Stanton · Post by **Richard Stanton** » 8 Dec 2018 1:11 pm

Looking to purchase a quality 8 string square neck Dobro. Please forward details, price and pictures via forum, thanks in advance.

Jim Bates · Post by **Jim Bates** » 8 Dec 2018 2:20 pm

Please contact Jim Adams adamsresonator.com , who recently made me an 8 string resonator in a 22 1/2 " scale. Very high quality at a reasonable price. Also, does acoustic square neck guitars. He can make what you want. Ph: 281-350-4160,
Spring, Texas.

Thanx,
Jim

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 8 Dec 2018 2:38 pm

Richard, you capitalized "Dobro" - does this mean you are literally looking for a Dobro brand guitar, or is it an 8 string resonator in general as in Jim's example of an Adams?

Erv Niehaus has a very clean 8 string OMI Dobro from the '70s for sale here:

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtop ... ight=dobro

Richard Stanton · Post by **Richard Stanton** » 9 Dec 2018 12:24 pm

Jim thank you for the link to Jim Adams I will check him out.

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Mark thanks for information re the OMI, I had already spotted and checked out Erv's advert. I was looking for a brand like Beard or Sheerhorn as I already have a Beard 6 string Mike Aldridge Special but thanks anyway.

Regards
Richard

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 10 Dec 2018 7:53 am

If you want good bang for the buck, check out the 8 string Gold Tone's.

Erv

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 10 Dec 2018 8:55 am

Sounds like Richard is willing to spend the money for a modern U.S. made instrument, though the produced-in-China Gold Tone/Beard is a good value.

A couple builders where a used 8 string guitar will pop up occasionally are McKenna and DeNeve.

I don't doubt that there are luthiers out there who have made one or two 8 strings, but the only ones I can think of where you can actually order a new one these days along with Adams are Beard ( the Mike Auldridge 8 string) and Todd Clinesmith. In Todd's case, if you can't find one used be prepared for a relatively long wait.

I don't believe Tim Scheerhorn ever built an 8 string, and they don't do any 8 strings at National in the newer production Scheerhorns. National does a lot of custom work, maybe it's possible they could be talked into building a Scheerhorn 8 string spider bridge resonator. In the former design under the National brand, they made some 8 strings.