Re: amplifying a national steel dobro guitar

["L.A. Angulo" <labaloops@yahoo.com>]

what about any good dobros with good pickups already
installed that can recomend?most of them come with no
electronics, please send links if you can!
cheers
Luis



--- Zak Kramer <crazyquilt@gmail.com> 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.
> 
> 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!
> 
> Incidentally, Richard, that stainless steel guitar
> -- I'm considering what
> organs I can live without. That's incredible. Have
> you played it?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Zak Kramer
> Crazyquilt Arts & Music
> http://www.crazyquiltarts.com/
> 


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