Dobro simulators:

Pete Burak · Post by **Pete Burak** » 24 Sep 2001 8:07 am

What are the easiest, cheapest, simplest, ways to emulate dobro on a PSG?

This is basically for one song in a live set.

I don't want to buy/learn/play/haul-around a dobro for one song.

I don't want anything that won't fit in my Pak-a-seat(I've eliminated all rack mount gear from my setup.)

I don't want to spend $489 for a matchbro.

Any reccomendations??? (I'm already in therapy, thank you

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-pete

Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 24 Sep 2001 8:15 am

Try cutting off a broom handle to use as a bar.

Ernie Renn · Post by **Ernie Renn** » 24 Sep 2001 10:10 am

Pete;
Get a small EQ, with an on/off switch. Boost the mids-high mids all the way. I've done this with an MXR 6-band EQ. I use it on two songs. Doesn't sound as good as the MatchBro, but costs a lot less.

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Jerry Roller · Post by **Jerry Roller** » 24 Sep 2001 5:43 pm

I vote for the broom handle and perhaps the EQ idea would also help. I had to make a Kereoke tape of a George Strait song that had a solo that I think was originally recorded with a PedalBro. I didn't have a Profex II with me and had not yet purchased a MatchBro. I cut off a broom handle and it recorded pretty good. The engineer did some tweaking with the EQ I am sure.

Darvin Willhoite · Post by **Darvin Willhoite** » 25 Sep 2001 6:23 am

Mike Brown at Peavey did some experimenting with a graphic EQ a few years ago and came up with a pretty good simulation. He sent me the settings he used, but I don't have them handy. A graphic EQ unit is much cheaper than a Matchbro and will have a bypass switch for normal steel operation.

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Darvin Willhoite
Riva Ridge Recording

Pete Burak · Post by **Pete Burak** » 25 Sep 2001 8:02 am

Thanks for the ideas guys.
I'm eyeballing a few different bar ideas and I know I have a Boss stomp-box EQ lying around somewhere.
-pb

David Spires · Post by **David Spires** » 27 Sep 2001 8:00 am

You can certainly try anything you like, but nothing will come close to a MatchBro. You can probably find a used one for much less than $500. I might add too that while the MatchBro does a very good job in a "live" setting, it doesn't compare to a real PedaBro in the studio.

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 27 Sep 2001 11:15 am

The MatchBro may not equal a "real" dobro, but I did a session with my MatchBro that fooled a bluegrass picker. I use my Transtube Fex with a separate program (eq setting) just for the MatchBro and it makes a big difference.
And, I'm repeating myself but the guitar has to be played like a dobro not a pedal steel to really get the dobro sound out of a MatchBro.

David Spires · Post by **David Spires** » 28 Sep 2001 6:05 am

Jack, I understand what you mean - I have used my MatchBro on sessions too, but I guess I was comparing the MatchBro to a Pedal Dobro, not to a regular Dobro.

I still prefer to use a regular Dobro when that is what I am after. However, if Paul Sr. decides he could part with a Pedal Dobro for $50... hmmm...

Sam White R.I.P. · Post by **Sam White R.I.P.** » 30 Sep 2001 5:02 pm

I sure like the sound of the dobro on my Pro Fex-2 it sure sounds great.My teacher Tony Palmer put it in my Pro Fex-2 for me.
Sam White<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Samuel E. White on 30 September 2001 at 06:04 PM.]</p></FONT>

Steve Stallings · Post by **Steve Stallings** » 1 Oct 2001 10:24 am

I'm using a Marrs RGS that was inexpensive and works as advertised.

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Steve Stallings
Bremond, Texas

Joerg Hennig · Post by **Joerg Hennig** » 1 Oct 2001 11:25 am

Jim, Jerry,
are you talking about a metal or wooden broom handle

Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 1 Oct 2001 12:52 pm

Wooden

Buck Dilly · Post by **Buck Dilly** » 6 Oct 2001 1:20 pm

Before I got a Matchbro I used an empty Tea TIn which I got for $1 at an antique store, It creates an even better steel drum sound. If you get a Matchbro, you will NOT regret it. I have found other unique sound using one. If you like overdrive sounds the Matchbro creates a throaty sound not unlike Wa Wa but very fat. Buck

Cairo Zoots · Post by **Cairo Zoots** » 6 Oct 2001 1:34 pm

I yoosta had one-a-them doughbro stimulaterz, but my wife ran off withit

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