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Wanted 8 string Square Neck Dobro
Posted: 8 Dec 2018 1:11 pm
by Richard Stanton
Looking to purchase a quality 8 string square neck Dobro. Please forward details, price and pictures via forum, thanks in advance.
Posted: 8 Dec 2018 2:20 pm
by Jim Bates
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
Posted: 8 Dec 2018 2:38 pm
by Mark Eaton
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
Wanted 8 string Square Neck Dobro
Posted: 9 Dec 2018 12:24 pm
by Richard Stanton
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
Posted: 10 Dec 2018 7:53 am
by Erv Niehaus
If you want good bang for the buck, check out the 8 string Gold Tone's.
Erv
Posted: 10 Dec 2018 8:55 am
by Mark Eaton
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.