The Steel Guitar Forum

Last night I tried to play my Beard resonator guitar through my steel rig for the last time, it just doesn't work. Can anyone recommend an amp for use with a LOUD band? The SWR California Blonde looks like it might be a good solution. I am using a condensor on the resonator for the house, but there is no way to hear it through monitors with drums blasting away, I need an amp to get over the din. As nice as the rack sounds for steel, it sounds like guano for dobro, friends.

Thanks for reading my post.

Gerald

Get a Super-Bro 2 & play threw your steel
& amp.

I have owned 2 super bros and neither one sounded like a dobro. I got better sound using the profex 2 and a wood bar. I think an Ecoustic amp is what a lot of the pickers are using for a lot of acoustic instruments. Might want to check into them.

Feedback will be the number one problem. It is great that your condensor mic is getting to the house. That same mic will most likely start squealing with a louder monitor or a bigger on stage amp. All IMHO.

I guess I should have mentioned that I am committed to using the dobro. And that I am currently using the very fine Sabine Solo feeback eliminator. Works very well.

The Super bro won't work for me, I went to Bobbe's with the sole purpose of buying one of those things, and was very underwhelmed. I bought the fine Elite Seat I was sitting on instead. Who makes the Ecoustic amp, by the way?

Thanks to all for responding to my question.

If hearing yourself is the problem, then why not get your own monitor from the PA, the way many drummers do. If that is not a good option, sounds like you need a good acoustic guitar amp.

If you like a rack setup, Rane builds a very fine accoustic pre-amp. You could feed this into an amp or go directly into the mixer board. There is every combination you'll ever need in this unit.
Erv

Peavey has an acoustic guitar amp with the feedback eliminator built in. I used a dobro with it at the Texas convention last March, and was impressed with how loud it could be played with no feedback.

Ron

That's the Ecoustic 112. I think it's a very good acoustic amp, but I'm not an experienced "play out" player.

I think that this amp was discontinued and replaced by another model with some FX.

Dear Ron,

THAT'S the kind of answer I was looking for. Thanks. Now to find a Peavey dealer here in NYC. Probably be about half the dough of an SWR California Blonde, too.

Gerald

Hi Ron
I to play steel and dobro with a group. I have tried all kinds of amps, and mixing boards to use with my dobro but here's what works for me. I use a Fishman Pro-EQ Platinum. I use the XLR out put directly into the main board, with no feed back and I get the sound that I like. Also I have them set the volume midway on the board, because on the fishman it has a input gain & volume knob, and all the EQ's you would want. This works real good for my mandolin as well.
This Fishman, works very good with most amp's because of the EQ's that are available.
Good Luck to ya

Clay

Carter
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Mullen
Peavey

Gerald,
Go to RobIckes.com and click on gear. He plays a jazz gig at times with a drummer and Sax. His sound is great and he hears himself with no worries.
Pat

I use a Nashville 400 and DD3 for my Gibson dobro. It sounds great and no feedback.

Thank you,
Wayne Baker<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Wayne Baker on 09 February 2004 at 04:02 AM.]</p></FONT>

You should try the Roland AC-60. Too many
features to describe here. Small, Great sound
and comes with a gig bag. It's a no-brainer.

I've used numerous acoustic amps over the years including the Peavey's and Crate's. The best dobro amp in my opinion is the SWR California Blonde. Alot of power and no low end distortion. It doesn't have FB elimination but you don't need it with your Sabine. I use the Peavey Feedback Ferrett II which is stereo so I can assign one side to my Dobro and the other to my Banjo. I have the McIntyre feather pickup and Crown Mike inside run thru a Raven PMBII. You almost have to have a preamp on these type of setups. You run your FB unit into the effects send and return patch points and leave the mix control wide open. DA

To blast out, I've got a McIntyre pickup driving an L.R.Baggs Para DI. From that I go into a JBL Eon 10 powered speaker. I put a volume pedal in the effects loop of the Para DI so that I can control the volume without having to hunt for a knob.

I have a Regal resonator guitar, I use a Schatten pickup which fastens to the bottom of the cone, held there by the bolt that goes through the bridge, you just take the nut off, and put on the pickup and tighten the nut up again. Fishman also makes a similar pickup, and they don't change the acoustic sound of the guitar. I run it through a little Yamaha graphic EQ and pull it back about 6 db at 200 Hz, and roll off the top frequencies a bit. It takes a bit of experimentation to get rid of the feedback but it CAN be done.

David,
How do you like your Raven PMBII??...Jim