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Topic: Weird double-square-neck dobro
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Roman Sonnleitner
Member From: Vienna, Austria
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posted 22 August 2006 03:29 PM
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Have you ever seen anything like this?
Auction on eBay. [This message was edited by Brad Bechtel on 22 August 2006 at 07:56 PM.]
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Bill Hatcher
Member From: Atlanta Ga. USA
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posted 22 August 2006 03:36 PM
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Yes. There was a guy here in the USA that was making the same style of double sided dobro. Flip it over for a new tuning. |
John Bechtel
Member From: Nashville, Tennessee,U.S.A.
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posted 22 August 2006 10:11 PM
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The fellow who built double~neck Resonator~Dobro style guitars here in the states was a friend of mine and a recent fellow Forumite. His name was Ray Watkins and he lived in Burns, Tn. just south of Nashville. I visited with him several months ago just before his untimely passing!
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Alan F. Brookes
Member From: Brummy living in California, USA
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posted 31 August 2006 05:44 PM
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What an idea ! You could put a dobro on one side and a banjo on the other. |
Loni Specter
Member From: West Hills, CA, USA
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posted 31 August 2006 06:01 PM
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Or perhaps, a hibachi![This message was edited by Loni Specter on 31 August 2006 at 06:02 PM.] |
Bill Manning
Member From: New York, USA
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posted 31 August 2006 06:26 PM
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Or, a refreshment center!I'm wondering how, when playing it while standing, do you prevent unwanted sympathetic vibrations in another key? [This message was edited by Bill Manning on 31 August 2006 at 06:28 PM.]
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Doug Beaumier
Member From: Northampton, MA
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posted 01 September 2006 01:48 AM
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Yes, Ray Watkins built a few of these double sided dobros. He called it a RAYBRO. A great idea... basically a double neck dobro!There was one on eBay a couple of years ago and I was wavering... I didn't bid on it, and it sold for a fairly low price I believe. I was concerned about the tone because of the two resonators... more particularly, the two holes in the wood body (front and back) for the resonators. Anyway, I wish I had bought it. There was some discussion about the Raybro here a while back. |
Mike Neer
Member From: NJ
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posted 01 September 2006 06:28 AM
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Really sorry to learn of Ray Watkins' passing.[This message was edited by Mike Neer on 01 September 2006 at 06:29 AM.] |
Mike D
Member From: Phx, Az
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posted 01 September 2006 07:42 AM
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I'm wondering how, when playing it while standing, do you prevent unwanted sympathetic vibrations in another key?I wondered the same thing till I played a double neck guitar tuned to 2 different open tunings. Amazingly it didn't matter at all, the other neck sort of 'harmonizes' right along. ------------------
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Erv Niehaus
Member From: Litchfield, MN, USA
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posted 01 September 2006 08:03 AM
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When you are playing the top neck, it would seem to me that you would be muting the strings with your pants leg on the bottom side.  |
Vern Wall
Member From: Arizona, USA
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posted 01 September 2006 09:35 PM
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PIC CREDIT |
Alan F. Brookes
Member From: Brummy living in California, USA
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posted 01 September 2006 10:29 PM
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Seems to me you could apply the same principle to a non-pedal console steel. The whole thing could be pivoted, connected to the legs on the side, so to go from E9 to C6 you just flipped the instrument over. In fact a 3 or even 4 sided instrument could be built which takes up less space that a 4-necked regular steel. Of course, if you're one of those folks who likes to swap necks in the middle of a tune you would end up spinning it like fanning a revolver ! |
Charles Davidson
Member From: Alabama, USA
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posted 02 September 2006 08:25 AM
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Was'nt there a photo here on the forum awhile back of a 4 neck steel that rotated over and over? |
Russ Young
Member From: Seattle, Washington, USA
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posted 02 September 2006 09:36 AM
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Ray Watkins and the Rabro (Raybro?):  |
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