opinions for a pedal build for dobro player

swelchy said:
Looks like GOTA is giving the stink eye..... He might be a neck bucker player with the tone knob rolled down for those extra dark vibes.
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I didn't know GOTA played jazz. Well, you learn something new every day.

We'll expect some ii-V-I with triple-inversions in your next pedal-demo, @Guardians of the analog, perhaps on Autumn Leaves or All the Things You Are, AND include at least one 7#9.




Serious suggestion to Swelchy — also check out Robert's latest EQ thinger.
 
Diynot said:
Any slide style guitar without some dirt/fuzz is lacking.
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For most genres, I'd agree, but Dobro players tend towards Bluegrass, and most of that scene won't even accept electric bass... or bass guitar, for that matter.

If I were building the box for myself, though, I'd seriously consider putting a Lightspeed in it.

Megan Lovell uses a Rodenberg TB Drive. I don't like her tone as much as her playing, but that woman has forgotten more about slide playing than I'll ever know.
 
Diynot said:
Any slide style guitar without some dirt/fuzz is lacking. But if all he is looking for is more louder then just build him an LPB-1 or go super fancy and build an Equilux
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The LPB-1 input impedance is quite low (43k). Idk what the pickup is exactly or what impedance it wants to see, but LPB-1 seems risky.
 
Guardians of the analog said:
His playing and tone is very recognisable but I'm not a fan of that tone myself. Its very smooth and polished sounding and really compressed. I prefer the more raw super lead and 2203 tone. My pickups are unpotted 7k-8k with A4 magnets into a modified 2203 circuit. My sound is more raw, open and bright.
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In fairness, Duane Allman's tone was always perfect. He spent most of his time on the bridge pickup — but still sounded perfect when he went to the neck — and I've never heard of a treble boost mentioned in his rig.

I never heard the man fart, but I bet even they had superior tone.
 
Diynot said:
Let’s ask the question then what kind of pickup are you talking when you say “passive”, are we talking something like a contact/piezo/K&K, mic, or a standard wound guitar pickup?
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I'm not exactly sure... I'm prepping for more questions for the guy before I make a choice.. it's a friend of a friend I've never met..
 
Guardians of the analog said:
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One of my favourite Steve Vai quotes, "Stop this instant - that sounds like jazz!", from

Quite a decent song otherwise too, I'm often not a huge fan of instrumentals but this one is fun. And since most things are more compelling with a story, it's the song for Romania from his live album/tour where he composed a song for every country he visited during the tour.
 
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