I've read that Melobar made a 10 string dobro. Would their tuning be a good tuning to use?

Would it be best to just leave it with the C6 tuning? Can you get a good dobro sound from C6?

I use the dobro sound on both neck, works great, no need to spend extra money on another instrument for a couple of songs a night.

Questions? Keep asking, answers will come.

I borrowed DJ's Match Bro, and have been trying to match the settings with my Pod xt with mixed results. It seems to need some kind of "envelope" or "auto wah" rather than just sweeping the phase with a high thin edge and missing mids. So far I"m not finding a sound as good as the MB.

Do you use a MB, or are you synthing the Dobro sound through one of your suitcase nuke processors?

    ped
D *
E
C * -B  
A
G *
E
C * ++D
A * ++B
F * ++G
C 

The skip grip makes bar slants easier on the high strings, but they're still nearly impossible on the low strings.

You should take your foot off of the volume pedal and run your signal through some kind of narrow band filter to get the dobro tone.

   LKL  LKV  LKR  4  5  6  7  8  RKL  RKR 
D                          D#
E                       F
C       C#                        B    D
A            Bb   B                    B
G                    F#    F
E                       Eb    D
C  C#                         B
A            Bb   B           G
F  E                 F#
C  A                 D        D

I used to have a match-Bro but sold it when I was having financial problems.

Edited to add:
I would find it difficult to use B0B's approach. I think the gaps would interfere with the fast hammer-ons and pull-offs and finger crossing over that I would use on a real Dobro, although the slants would be easier (I guess).

While we're at it, why did Goodrich make that plastic bar like a regular steel bar instead of a Stevens type bar. I found it impossible to do good pull-offs even with the back end of the bar. The Stevens (actually I use a Shubb-Pearse bar for reso) didn't sound right with the Match-Bro.

[This message was edited by Richard Sinkler on 07 March 2004 at 09:01 PM.]

If I could find a Match Bro for sale I would definitely go that route. I'm sure this does not sound as good as a Match Bro. But, I just need to deceive a few folks that think your playing some kind of keyboard when your setting behind your steel.

Likewise, I hear a huge difference between pedals and bar slants. Maybe the audience and even the other musicians don't.

If you use appropriate electronics and don't do obvious pedal licks, you can probably sound dobro-ish enough on any tuning to satisfy your audience. But if you want to play real dobro parts, you will need to shift your tuning to G and use bar slants now and then. Is it worth the trouble? That's up to you.