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cliff |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 14842 Location: NJ | Recently purchased (from Uncle Al) a dobro that I have tuned in open G and intend to use to attempt to learn slide (and thoroughly ANNOY Jeanette and my upstairs neighbor) on. The guitar came with a set of non-descript, bronze strings from the factory. When these wear out (or Jeanette CUTS them) and I wanna replace 'em, does anyone here have any suggestions on what might work well on such an axe? | ||
Tim in Yucaipa |
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Joined: August 2003 Posts: 2246 Location: Yucaipa, California | Check out Jerry Douglas' (Dobroist extrordinaire) website: it says he uses D'Addario strings.... http://www.jerrydouglas.com/endorse.cfm tim | ||
cliff |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 14842 Location: NJ | Thanks, Tim! I see that he uses the D'Add EXP's. Maybe this'll be the one and only application where I do use the coated strings as it may (as cwk2 alluded to) minimize some of the "slide noise". While I was on there I also checked out the link to "Harmos" steel guitars. Has anybody ever seen these? The body is evidently made of a piece of carbon-fiber "truss". Looks way cool!! | ||
Tim in Yucaipa |
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Joined: August 2003 Posts: 2246 Location: Yucaipa, California | Cliff, You're welcome. Check Jerry Douglas out.. he's amazing!.. he's the Dobroist for Alison Krauss and Union Station (among other gigs)... he'll make you turn your dobro into a fish tank! :D tim | ||
cliff |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 14842 Location: NJ | Oh, I'm WELL aware of "The Flux" from a bunch of different recordings (for some reason my fave is on a Jimmy Buffet song called "Souvenirs"), I just never visited his website. Thanks again! | ||
Paul Templeman |
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Joined: February 2002 Posts: 5750 Location: Scotland | Cliff, careful, "Dobro" tuning or high-bass G, (GBDGBD)used for lap-style playing is different to the G tuning for "upright" slide (DGDGBD) Dobro sets generally have a lighter 6th for the higher tuning. Any standard bronze set will work for "upright" open G, though mediums would be best as you're tuning down. Open-A tuning (EAEAC#E) has the same intervals but is tighter so a regular 12-52 light set will be fine. Personally I think E tuning EBEG#BE (or D, DADF#AD same intervals, just a tone lower) is a much more versatile tuning for slide. With E tuning all your points of reference for root positions remain unchanged. Everything you can do in open G can be found in E, it's just all moved down a string. | ||
cliff |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 14842 Location: NJ | huh? :D Thanks Paul for the (as always) useful info! For right now, I'm sticking to G "upright" tuning until I perfect something OTHER than my usual "Cat in a Cuisinart" tone. After that, I'll explore other options. | ||
Mark1960 |
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Joined: September 2003 Posts: 171 Location: Indiana | Thanks for that link, Tim... I enjoyed reading his bio page. His new cd sounds very interesting. "On this new album, the various facets of Douglas' experience are no longer compartmentalized but bleed into each other. The opening track, for example, is the Allman Brothers' "Little Martha," but Douglas transforms this Southern-rock classic into a string-band number with one dobro part stacked on top of another. "Monkey Let the Hogs Out" and "In the Sweet By and By" are both unaccompanied performances on Kona guitar, an Hawaiian instrument with a big, hollow chamber and raised strings." I'll be checking this one out for sure! Mark | ||
Tim in Yucaipa |
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Joined: August 2003 Posts: 2246 Location: Yucaipa, California | Mark, One thing: be careful! I have a VERY sore chin from my jaw hitting the floor each time I listen to Jerry play anything... you have been warned! :D tim | ||
Beal |
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Joined: January 2002 Posts: 14127 Location: 6 String Ranch | Cliff, Get you one of those Matt Smith blown glass slides. It'll make the cat sound purttier. | ||
cliff |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 14842 Location: NJ | Got one, Bill! Bought one from Matt at the OFC Jam last year. It's a HEAVY sum'bitch, but it sounds great! (Got one with a "fishey" motif) :) | ||
Bailey |
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Joined: May 2002 Posts: 3005 Location: Las Cruces, NM | Cliff Get it on with your dobro, it's a lot of fun. I started my playing career in the 50's playing a lap steel tuned open E (Hank Williams, Hank Snow), which was "hawaiin" at that time, it will utilize any right hand finger picking you have developed and if you are a Douglas fan, you will learn banjo rolls if you don't already know them. Bailey | ||
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