The Steel Guitar Forum

I was at the Herby Wallace/Steel Jam last Sunday and heard a guy make his Kline sound like a real Dobro (or at least very close). He changed bars but I don't see how that would have given him that sound. I didn't get a chance to ask him. Anyone know this trick? - Roger

Goodrich MatchBro.

If it sounded like the real thing it was probably the Super bro by goodrich.
Sure beats carrying a dobro.
Steel guitar Nashville has'em{pictures too}.
Good luck.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by autry andress on 28 August 2002 at 01:03 PM.]</p></FONT>

It sounds authentic enough that the blue-grass bands that appear on our show regularly ask me to stay on stage and set-in with them. That's a good enough indorsement for the "Super-Bro" for me! www.genejones.com <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Gene Jones on 27 August 2002 at 02:19 PM.]</p></FONT>

We stock this unit, however money is a little on the "much" side. It does have some great advantages though over a real dobro: easier to carry, easier to "Tune", easier to mic., etc, It's a pretty great unit. Doesn't look as good as a real dobro though.
Bobbe
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I have Dobro in my Pro Fex II and it sounds pretty close.
Sam White

When you play with the Dobro effect you have to think Dobro not pedal steel.
Zumsteel Don

If the steeler changed bars he is likely to be using an old trick that I use even to this day.

Saw off the top few inches (about the length of your bar) of your wife's broom handle (unpainted of course) and you have instant dobro.

I learned this little trick from a New Orleans player named Earl Ortega before all the gadgets came into being.

Try it....

Ques<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Quesney Gibbs on 28 August 2002 at 02:10 AM.]</p></FONT>

It was a goodrich MatchBro that I used last Sunday.

Cool! Sounds like the broomstick idea may be cheaper, though.

David, I didn't get a chance to talk to you - I was, and am, fighting an upper respiratory infection so I couldn't stick around long. Totally, totally enjoyed your pickin! Thanks for coming the distance! - Roger

<SMALL>Saw off the top few inches (about the length of your bar) of your wife's broom handle </SMALL>

Hey Quesney! I took your advise and asked my wife if I could have her broom......
She told me "where I could stick it".
...I wonder what offended her ?

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Bob Grado, Williams D10 (lefty), Peavey 1000,
Profex ll.

<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by BobG on 28 August 2002 at 06:09 AM.]</p></FONT>

I may be able to salvage part of the handle. My wife wrecked hers. Hope she doesn't see this post!

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Jim Vogan Emmons Sd10 Stereo steel Amp

Roger, thanks for the kind words. I really enjoyed the show, and the chance to play there. Like Arnold said " I'll be back"

I have a Super Bro and get a good dobro sound out of it. As to the special bar, the Super Bro comes with a special (plastic) bar. This adds to the dobro sound. When I want the dobro sound, I turn off all effects and use a dry signal along with some dobro playing techniques.
Erv

Al Brisco has a SuperBro listed at $990. Canadian. I guess I won't be getting one anytime soon.

A Phaser or Flanger effect, set on a very slow speed, will give that broom handle an extra bumb in the "Dobro sound" direction.

Can anyone advise me how to program a tubefex for a proper dobro sound?
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Zumsteel S12U

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AD: Here's what I have on my Tube-Fex.

TB
pre 90
pad hi
post 49
bass 40
mid 20
treb 80
pres +30
->CF
rate 0.7
depth 26%
dly 4.6ms
flange +16
mx +100
+DL
type stereo
L dly 361
L fbk 29%
R dly 361
R fbk 29%
Sim off
Mx +100
+RV
type spring
size large
P dly 30ms
time 2.9s
Damp off
MX +100
+EF
sens +0
freq 51
reson 83
type LP-slo
MX +100

I usually mute the strings with the palm of my right hand when using this program and get a resonable facsimile of a banjo.

Quesney: When John Paul Jones was still with us, we exchanged a few e-mails and one of them was on the broom handle theory. I told him, one night in France, I had a head cold and as I was using my Vicks inhaler, I noticed how much it looked like a minature bar. I used it and got the funniest sound I ever found. JPJ replied that he too used an inhaler but he said he used to dip his in hot coffee !!

Regards, Paul<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Paul Graupp on 28 August 2002 at 05:21 PM.]</p></FONT><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Paul Graupp on 28 August 2002 at 05:23 PM.]</p></FONT>

Paul, that old benzedrine inhaler was good too! regards, fred

I use the profex ll settings in addition to using the dobro pickup from Zumsteel in front of my stock pickup.

Two things to remember:

Take your foot off the volume pedal.

Pick harder.

No effect in the world will make you sound like a dobro if you're picking light and pumping the volume pedal.

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You can get a reasonable facsimile of a slide b@njo using a piece of PVC pipe. If yoe want to get really deranged, run it through some chorus, reverb and distortion and make like Godzilla.

Quensey,
I basicly use the same thing..except from a different appliance. I was "sitting" in my "thinking Room" one day... and I saw my bathroom PLUNGER...with wood handel...And I said to my self...."That IS The Answer".so I hacked off about a 51/2" peice..and now it is with me whenever I pick..It gives a "Great" "5" Sting sound too. The picker with AJ at the OPRY last night used something .and it was a great Dobro Sound.His bar looked like one of those"Red Hot Bars".
GV