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Dobros.
Where would be a good place to look as far as a budget model dobro that a person could buy t play around with and seeing how they like it? I mean as far as makers and price ranges.
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If I needed another Dobro I would go for a Beard....Square neck with a Beard cone in it.....they are a nice guitar at a reasonable price.
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Look at the Gold Tone Beard guitars as probably the best instrument in that general price range. I own a Wechter Scheerhorn and am very satisifed with it. The Recording King line can be pretty good as well depending on whether the instrument is set up properly.
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Well, headed right over to Howard's page and saw this.
http://www.beardguitars.com/Merchant2/m ... _Code=GTRG
Come nearer mid or late summer I know where some of my money's going to go.
http://www.beardguitars.com/Merchant2/m ... _Code=GTRG
Come nearer mid or late summer I know where some of my money's going to go.
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I'd like to hear from anyone who has one of these and can compare it to the 6-string version. I'm concerned about the volume and tone of these 8-string resonators. If either volume suffers AT ALL from the addition of the 2 strings I'll stick with the 6-string, BUT if the volume is the same and the tone is similar then I'll spring for one as well.Brian Hunter wrote:Well, headed right over to Howard's page and saw this.
http://www.beardguitars.com/Merchant2/m ... _Code=GTRG
Come nearer mid or late summer I know where some of my money's going to go.
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I recently received a new Mckenna dobro, just another alternative out there...I also owned a Beard and she barked nicely
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Damon, I don't recall if you were in the class with Mike and Cindy Cashdollar at Resosummit, but he made sure to point out that though the new Gold Tone Beard 8 string is a fine value in an 8 string resonator, it's not in the same league as his signature model - and it sure as heck shouldn't be since a "Real" Beard MAS sells for ballpark $3000 more!Damon Wack wrote:I did not have the standard Beard, but I owned both a Mike Auldridge Model six string and an eight string. They were both cannons.
I think six string Gold Tones are a fine value, and really, for the vast majority of resonator playing applications if it isn't one's "first" instrument, they are darn good guitars.
But IMO they don't hold a candle to an actual Mike Auldridge model guitar. And what I love about the Auldridge model is the consistency of the build. Everyone I have ever come across sounds outstanding.
Six string vs. eight string in general? In an A/B comparison, I have always felt (to my ears anyway) that the eight string guitars never quite measure up to a great six string resonator guitar. Close, but just not quite there.
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I've got a Gold Tone Beard squareneck, and it's great. Before that, I had a cheap Johnson, which was ok to fool around with. Forget Fender. Beard's website has a section for instruments with slight blemishes at reduced prices. Mine allegedly has a blem that I can't find.
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