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Mike D

 

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Phx, Az
Post  Posted 22 Sep 2000 6:59 am    
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OK all you multi-stringers this is your chance. Looks pretty nice actually. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=444434789
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Jim Smith


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Midlothian, TX, USA
Post  Posted 22 Sep 2000 7:14 am    
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Do I see a volume knob on the front and an output jack near the strap button?
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Lynn Kasdorf


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Waterford Virginia, USA
Post  Posted 22 Sep 2000 7:52 am    
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I actually have a 10 string Dobro that I custom ordered from the factory in the 70's.

It turns out that it was a bad idea. These things just don't sound very good! I strung it to 10 string c6, and strings 8, 9 and 10 were pretty much useless- they just kinda go "thud" when you hit them. I think that 8 strings is about as much as you can reasonably put on a dobro and expect it to sound worth a damn. Perhaps with a decent pickup system it could still be usable.

I think that too much pressure on the spider and cone just make it dead sounding.

I got Paul Beard to set mine up as an 8-stringer with a Quarterman cone, and it sounds decent now, but nowhere close to my dobro 6 stringer.

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