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Topic: Dobro string noise |
Scott Duckworth
From:
Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 9 Jul 2016 12:27 pm |
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I have regular round wounds on my dobro. Are the flatwounds that much better on damping the bar noise, or do I just need to press harder.
I'm using a Stevens bar.
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Howard Parker
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Maryland
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Posted 9 Jul 2016 1:29 pm
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Pick harder! Seriously. It's an acoustic instrument and you'll have to overcome bar & pick noise.
It is not a pedal steel guitar.
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Dale Foreman
From:
Crowley Louisiana, USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2016 3:59 pm Noise
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Are you sure it is bar noise and not improper pick orientation that would cause finger picks to scrape windings of the strings? Just a thought!
Dale
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Larry Carlson
From:
My Computer
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Posted 9 Jul 2016 4:59 pm
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Scott,
I use D'Addario EFT13 Flat Tops on my reso. It helped quite a bit.
On the picking angle, that was one of my faults. I wasn't hitting the strings at 90 degrees and was making a scraping sound on the strings.
Also, are the strings all level with one another at the nut and the bridge.
I had one string low at the nut and the closer I got to the nut the more noise it made.
I am new to this and seem to be learning by doing everything wrong........three or four different ways.......... 
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Charlie McDonald
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out of the blue
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Posted 10 Jul 2016 4:04 am
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Scott, I really like Frenchie's Steel Mill 'Silent Wound' strings.
Dobro Golden Bronze “Silent Wound Seriesâ€
SM DB-G6 – Dobro G
.017, .020, .028GB, .036, .046, .056 Your Cost $ 7.25 Ea.
Not flatwounds, so they're full of tone. |
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Scott Duckworth
From:
Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 10 Jul 2016 4:49 am
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Thanks for the replies. I do need to work on the finger picks to get them a better angle. I'm going to try some of the flat wound strings and see if it helps with the bar noise.
Still learning on it.
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Dom Franco
From:
Beaverton, OR, 97007
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Ron Funk
From:
Ballwin, Missouri
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Posted 11 Jul 2016 9:30 am Dom
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| increased pressure on your bar may also help reduce noise. |
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Scott Duckworth
From:
Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 13 Jul 2016 1:33 pm
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Haven't got flatwounds yet, but put my picks on so the are parallel to the strings, and a little more pressure on the bar helped the noise.
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Dave Thier
From:
Fairhope, Alabama, USA
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Posted 13 Jul 2016 1:39 pm
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| Dom Franco wrote: |
I use flatwounds on my resonator, yes they are quieter (less string noise) but put out less volume and brightness. If I was only playing acoustically (unamplified)I would switch back to round wound strings for the volume and tone increase.
Dom |
I suspect this is the reason that most dobro players do not use flat or semi-flat strings. I would also highly suspect that those strings do not hold up very well playing in the modern style. Working on your technique will be better in the long run. |
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