Dobro Tunings - The Steel Guitar Forum Like Ziggie, I use the E6th on my Dobro, but then, I play Hawaiian, (not Bluegrass) There are gigs where we stroll from table to table playing Hawaiian music with uke, rhythm guitar and upright bass It's on these occasions the Dobro comes in quite handy For Bluegrass, I would definitely recommend the G tuning It has "the sound" chas smith
dobro serial number - The Steel Guitar Forum 1995-1997 OMI Dobro: A(A) (x)xxx yy configuration First letters are style Numerals in center are instrument ranking yy is last two digits of year year 1998-current Gibson Dobro: 8 digits ymmddrry configuration First y is last digit of year mm is month dd is day rr is rank last y is decade Jack Musgrave Member From: Rogersville, Missouri
Mosrite Dobro history experts - The Steel Guitar Forum The Dobro name was on hiatus from World War II until 1965, when the Dopyeras began building Dobro-branded guitars again (in the 1950s and early 60s, Ed and Rudy Dopyera made guitars under the name "DB Original ") In 1966, they sold the Dobro name to Mosrite
Dating Value of pre-war Dobro - The Steel Guitar Forum Dobro started its serial numbers around 800 Later in the ’30s Regal in Chicago confused things by numbering a run of Dobros across the same range An early California instrument can be identified by square slot-ends in the headstock, coverplate screws in the points of numbers on a clock, and the lack of a dot at the 17th fret
Dobro year ID - The Steel Guitar Forum 1980-1988 OMI Dobro: 8 (#)### yD configuration 8 is the decade of manufacture (8=1980s) 2 or 3 or 4 numerals in center are serial number for year Numeral y before letter is last digit of year Last character is body type: D=wood, B=metal Doesnt fit because the body type character is first 1988-1994 OMI Dobro: A# #### yyD configuration
Strings for dobro - The Steel Guitar Forum Dobro players have been telling the string suppliers for years to lose the lighter 026w and go to a 028w or 029w and most have listened My father was a first sergeant in the Marines during WWII and he used to tell my brothers and I that no matter the order or directive, 10% of the guys didn't get the message
Dobro string spacing. . . help, please - The Steel Guitar Forum Soon to drop off my dobro for its make-over Final review of the specs I've arrived at; and thanks for info offered here I wanted to revisit the issue of string height at the nut 3 8" and 7 16" were suggested as modern standard height 1 16" more or less probably doesn't make a very noticeable difference
Dobro in country music - The Steel Guitar Forum She always played some very tasteful stuff on dobro with their material Jerry Douglas, Rob Ickes, Mike Auldridge, Rusty Young, Shot Jackson, - those are the names that come to mind for classic country, country rock, and pop dobro Stacy Phillips was a great ambassador for dobro as a player and instructor for a variety of musical styles
String Gauges for D Tuning on Dobro?? - The Steel Guitar Forum Carter D10 8p 8k, Dekley S10 3p 4k C6 setup, Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112, Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open G slide and regular G tuning guitar) Playing for 55 years and still counting
Dobro tuning string gauges for non-reso? - Steel Guitar Forum I used Brother Oswald's tuning on my Oahu square neck but used the regular dobro tuning of GBDGBD low to high I believe this is the original Hawaiian A Major tuning that makes the Wabash Cannonball sound so good on a dobro Dobro string diameters for Oswald tuning 018 E 018 C# 022 A 032 E 042 C# 042 A Jude: Fred Kinbom Member From