Re: amplifying a national steel dobro guitar

[Richard Sales <richard@glasswing.com>]

Hi Zak

No I haven't played it.  Schoenberg's shop will let you return stuff if you don't like it if you return it soon enough and in good condition.  It's in Tiburon California - if you're anywhere near there.  That's in the Bay Area.

If I hadn't bought so much stuff this year I'd buy it and find out.  Morton's reputation is very very good.  And while I haven't heard stainless, it's a fascinating idea. 

You MIGHT consider the electric reso's that that fellow Stewart makes.  It's yet another Object of Uncontrollable Lust for me.  

One thing about reso guitars is they are feedback machines.  I've never used mine in the band setting - only solo and for late night magic carpet rides.  

richard sales
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On 2-May-08, at 9:46 PM, Zak Kramer wrote:

> I've got a couple of resos, and only recently started amplifying them. However, I'm chasing a much more electric sound -- more John Campbell than Keb Mo. I got a Lace Sensor from Stewart Macdonald, which attaches with adhesive. It's hard wired to a jack, which can be tucked through the strap or mounted in the endpin. I am going to do so, as well as add tone & volume knobs -- obviously, a wood, not metal, guitar.
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> One really nice thing about the reso is that it's loud enough to compete with a very small amp. I've got a fantastic sounding (really!) Lovepedal 2w plexi that runs on a 9v. I can slap a DL4 between the two and be completely mobile -- and by setting the mix appropriately, I can have the amp only play the recorded loops, and no direct signal, so I've got two very different, but complementary, timbres to work with. I use a Boomerang with the guitar & amp a lot, as well. I want a Lo Fi Loop Junky!
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> Incidentally, Richard, that stainless steel guitar -- I'm considering what organs I can live without. That's incredible. Have you played it?
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> -- 
> Zak Kramer
> Crazyquilt Arts & Music
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