This is a very special and wonderful sounding guitar. I have been working on the design idea for several years, and now it is a reality. When I met with Duane Marrs and Marv Pfluger, during the summer and fall of 2005, the final elements came into place. It is not wholly original, or completely new in concept, but I feel my final design is right where it should be. The result is, I have married a double neck professional quality pedal steel guitar with a Dobro. This guitar I started with is a late seventies Sho Bud Super Pro. It is a fully reconditioned E9th pedal steel with wooden necks. I have refinished the body and rebuilt the under-carriage. To the front neck, I have added updated features such as; John Coop super finger changers, angled left knee levers and a flocked underside. This also includes 5 pedals (pedal 1 is the Franklin change), and 5 knee levers. This is a very unique and comfortable guitar to play. (For more features, see the list below). Both necks are summed through the one output jack as in a typical double neck guitar.

The rear neck started out as a Marrs cat-can 6-string resonator guitar. No pulls, just a straight Dobro tuning. My first proto-type had raises and lowers on the Dobro but it became complicated and I personally did not feel it sounded as good as the traditional slide Dobro. So in the final I opted for the simple non-pull resonator design. It is a completely electronic guitar. Fluger guitars of Buffalo, New York designed the circuit board and the routing for the electronics. It sounds as close to a Dobro tone as I have ever heard coming off a live stage. And, you can play this at any volume. Absolutely no feedback! In addition there is a toggle switch on this neck that reshapes the tone to get a lap steel sound. I have this presently tuned to a standard G, Dobro tuning. But any tuning is compatible.

I have just purchased another guitar and am going to do the same retrofit as this one. I hope to make several of these and will have them available for sale to interested parties as they are completed. For anyone that has always wanted that Dobro sound to complete his or her set-up on stage, this is the way to go. I have taken this to a dozen gigs and a couple of studio dates and the results are overwhelming. My only regret is that I don’t get to play C6th. Ah, but in life we must take the bitter with the sweet.

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FEATURES:

PEDAL STEEL
Ø E9 10 string tuning
Ø 5 floor pedals and 5 knee levers
Ø 22 pulls in all, including 3 compensators
Ø Franklin change on pedal 1
Ø Emmons pedal set-up, Sho-Bud knees (see copedent for complete set-up)
Ø Angled left knee levers for comfort fit
Ø John Coop super fingers in the changer
Ø Underside is flocked in pool table green
Ø All mechanism parts underneath are new or have been refurbished and upgraded
Ø Re-finished lacquer top. I left a few history marks, overall the body finish is a 9 out of 10
Ø Refurbished Sperzel tuners
Ø New stainless pins for the changer and roller nut
Ø George L E-66 pick-up
Ø Tone control with bypass switch

DOBRO
Ø 6 string wood neck resonator design
Ø Fluger active electronics
Ø Dual coil humbucker pick-up
Ø Resonator / lap steel tone shaping selector
Ø Intensity and tone controls for resonator sound
Ø Tone control lap steel

[This message was edited by Chris Allen Burke on 17 September 2006 at 03:03 PM.]

I'm working on a price ~ right now, I'm just showin' off.

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E9 lessons
Mullen D-12/Carter SD-10/Webb amp/Profex II+Lexicon MPX-110 OR Line 6 Pod XT

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E9 lessons
Mullen D-12/Carter SD-10/Webb amp/Profex II+Lexicon MPX-110 OR Line 6 Pod XT