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Topic: Nashville 112 Amp Settings for Dobro |
Brandon Ordoyne
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Needville,Texas USA
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Posted 20 May 2011 9:14 am |
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I am a pedal steeler and recently decided to take up the dobro. What are some good amp settings for my Nashville 112 to play the dobro thru? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
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Twayn Williams
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Portland, OR
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Posted 20 May 2011 10:04 am
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It depends on what pickup system you have in your dobro, what sort of sound you're going for, what volume levels you anticipate playing at, etc. More details please!
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Brandon Ordoyne
From:
Needville,Texas USA
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Posted 21 May 2011 9:01 am
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I bought the Dobro brand new from Guitar Center. It is called the Hound Dog Deluxe Square Neck. I mainly purchased it just to toy around with, and not spend too much money. I am not too familiar with them, all I know is that it has a a Fishman pick-up on it.
here is a link to the guitar center website:
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Dobro-Hound-Dog-Acoustic-Deluxe-Square-Neck-Dobro-Guitar-104783352-i1322201.gc
I am just curious, what amp settings other people are using, so I can try them out and see what "I" like.... |
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Greg Booth
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Anchorage, AK, USA
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Posted 22 May 2011 8:44 am
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I don't think you'll find anybody using a guitar or steel amp with a Fishman "doughnut" pickup, the inexpensive one that attaches to the cone tension screw. Even with additional preamps and eq the sound from those pickups is marginal and guaranteed to feedback at stage volume. Additionally, Fishman acoustic instrument pickups are intended to be used with an acoustic amp which is eq'd flat like a PA amp. A steel or guitar amp is voiced to compliment an electric guitar. Sorry to be so negative, but those pickups are basically obsolete. One came on my Gibson Leadbetter and I threw it away. I'm using the Fishman Jerry Douglas Aura pickup system now which sounds great through the right kind of system.
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Kathy Kallick Band
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Brandon Ordoyne
From:
Needville,Texas USA
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Posted 22 May 2011 9:04 am
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| Thanks for your response Greg. Makes sense. I bought it because I just wanted something to play around with. I appreciate it! |
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 22 May 2011 2:47 pm
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| just experiment with your settings...maybe try running through a delay also. i run a dobro with the lace pickup on top, through my steel amp and it will work....just doesn't sound as good as a mic'd dobro. it's still usable for a few tunes though. |
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Twayn Williams
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Portland, OR
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Posted 23 May 2011 10:04 am
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| chris ivey wrote: |
| just experiment with your settings...maybe try running through a delay also. i run a dobro with the lace pickup on top, through my steel amp and it will work....just doesn't sound as good as a mic'd dobro. it's still usable for a few tunes though. |
I've done the same thing. The lace pickup is designed to sound passable through a wide variety of systems, including electric guitar amps, but if you want the sound of the dobro only louder, it can become a difficult and expensive proposition, fraught with feedback  It can be done, but it's not like plugging your guitar into your amp, fiddling with a couple a knobs and away you go. Lots of experimentation is involved and you can go through alot of different gear chasing that sound.
OTOH, if your band is not hideously loud, a mic pointed at the cone can work work wonders. Then you can just use the on-board pickup to an amp for simple monitoring purposes. I've done this and it can work surprisingly well. Just don't put ANY of the mic in the onstage monitors, but ONLY use the amp for monitoring.
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