Match-Bro Value

Bob Snelgrove · Post by **Bob Snelgrove** » 30 Oct 2015 6:51 am

What is the going price for a match-Bro with the timber and tone controls (dobro/guitar switch) in very good to excellent condition, no bar?

Is this considered the best of the versions?

thx

bob

Billy McCombs · Post by **Billy McCombs** » 30 Oct 2015 8:49 am

If you can get it for $100.00 that's a really good deal. Most sale here on the Forum from 200.00 two 250.00

Bob Snelgrove · Post by **Bob Snelgrove** » 30 Oct 2015 2:23 pm

Nah, they want $275, very clean unit.

Are the tone control ones the best?

bob

Bob Snelgrove · Post by **Bob Snelgrove** » 30 Oct 2015 2:28 pm

Nah, they want $275, very clean unit.

Are the tone control ones the best?

bob

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 30 Oct 2015 2:53 pm

Not at $275, when you can get almost the same sound, well, pretty much the same sound, out of a 7 band EQ pedal at $100 or less.

Bob Snelgrove · Post by **Bob Snelgrove** » 30 Oct 2015 3:10 pm

Richard Sinkler wrote:Not at $275, when you can get almost the same sound, well, pretty much the same sound, out of a 7 band EQ pedal at $100 or less.

Maybe you can, but I can't, LOL

bob

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 30 Oct 2015 3:32 pm

FWIW, I sold the last one I had for $250. It included the Goodrich power supply and bar. It was the model with the tone control but without true bypass circuitry. I'd say the asking price is at the extreme high end of the spectrum but too not far off for the unit you're referencing if the condition is good.

Consider making a reasonable offer if you're not willing to go that amount.

Bob Snelgrove · Post by **Bob Snelgrove** » 30 Oct 2015 4:03 pm

Jerry Overstreet wrote:FWIW, I sold the last one I had for $250. It included the Goodrich power supply and bar. It was the model with the tone control but without true bypass circuitry. I'd say the asking price is at the extreme high end of the spectrum but too not far off for the unit you're referencing if the condition is good.

Consider making a reasonable offer if you're not willing to go that amount.

So,again I ask:

What is the most sought after ,best sounding Match-Bro?

thx

bob

David Alexander · Post by **David Alexander** » 30 Oct 2015 8:59 pm

I have a Super Bro with the timbre and tone controls with the full bypass circuit. It was the last and best version (IMHO) Goodrich made before they discontinued them. I never use it anymore as I also play dobro. I would take $315 shipped in CONUS.

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 31 Oct 2015 2:07 am

I have one of the original MatchBro models with the tone control in bypass. I'm not selling it but if I did it would be at least $300.

There are other devices to simulate a dobro but the MatchBro is the only one that really does the job. I've fooled Bluegrass pickers and have had people come up to the stage on the break and ask where the Dobro is. I've tried the graphic EQ and its "lame" compared to the MatchBro.

Bob Snelgrove · Post by **Bob Snelgrove** » 31 Oct 2015 6:17 am

Is this the good one?:

Bypass?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/252141764027?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

thx

bob

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 31 Oct 2015 11:08 am

That is similar to mine, except no Tone control in bypass mode. You need to the special bar that comes with it, too as you don't get the good Dobro sound without the special bar.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 31 Oct 2015 11:43 am

i'd check out the tom bradshaw reso pedal at half the price.

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 31 Oct 2015 1:33 pm

Even with my EQ, I fool people all the time. Fooled a beginning steel guitar player just last night. For live performance, I would think the extra money for the Match Bro would un-necessary. By the way, I did own one with the tone control. Even had the plastic bar. The only way I think the Match Bro would be way better than other means of getting a reso sound, would be in the studio. Of course, I would play a real reso there, or hire someone that did play one.

Bill Alexander · Post by **Bill Alexander** » 1 Nov 2015 6:03 am

2 thumbs up on the bradshaw pedal. great unit

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 1 Nov 2015 6:39 am

We compared a BoBro to my MatchBro at one of our club jams. The guy that owned the BoBro sold it after the jam and bought a used MatchBro.

If the samples Tom Bradshaw has of his dobro simulator are valid examples it too doesn't compete with the MatchBro.

I hear others using the various dobro simulators, including the MatchBro but are just treating it as another effect rather that trying to play like they have a dobro and it sucks (I was told this by someone influential in the steel guitar community in Nashville). You have to think dobro and try to use dobro licks.

Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 1 Nov 2015 6:50 am

Just something to know when discussing the Matchbro---the use of the word 'bypass' in this discussion might be confusing because it is not talking about 'true bypass'. It is just a reference to whether the tone control is in the circuit when the dobro effect is turned off.
I am not certain which model introduced true bypass. My model does NOT have it. This means that if the batteries are dying, it will degrade/destroy your steel guitar tone, whether the effect is on or off.
I spent way too much time at one sound check trying to find the bad cable that was giving me weak, distorted sound. Turned out the Matchbro batteries were drained.

I now run it through an 18V adapter but before getting that, I hooked up a looper pedal so that I could switch it out of the signal chain.

Like I said, I'm not sure which model introduced true bypass but I would swear by TB, now, whether built in or external.

Mark Shuda · Post by **Mark Shuda** » 1 Nov 2015 7:59 am

Would an Emmons Match Bro be worth more?
I only have seen a couple of these.

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 1 Nov 2015 8:27 am

Goodrich, to my knowledge, is the only ones that made the MatchBro. It has "Designed by Buddy Emmons" printed on it.

George Redmon · Post by **George Redmon** » 6 Nov 2015 11:20 am

I agree 101% with our friend Jack. Here is my Match Bro. $300 would be a starting point I s'pose. I wouldn't let mine go for $300. These are the closest thing to an actual Dobro that I've heard. It also has the pickup matching circuit in it. I changed the knobs out on mine. But I still have the original knobs. Just don't like those chicken head knobs. Just giving another humble point of view

Ron Pruter · Post by **Ron Pruter** » 9 Nov 2015 8:16 pm

I went low budget and got the Dan Electro ( Fish and Chips) It aint bad. I still get smiles from unsuspecting band members when I kick it on. Could I get a better dobro sound with a particular type of tone bar? RP

Bob Snelgrove · Post by **Bob Snelgrove** » 10 Nov 2015 7:02 am

I'm looking for a cheap one if anyone has one. (Not $300)

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 10 Nov 2015 7:13 am

Ron Pruter wrote:I went low budget and got the Dan Electro ( Fish and Chips) It aint bad. I still get smiles from unsuspecting band members when I kick it on. Could I get a better dobro sound with a particular type of tone bar? RP

That is what I use too. In a live situation it passes well. Alone in a bedroom, not so much. I had owned a Match-Bro too at one time. Again, much better in a live band situation, not real convincing to me alone in the bedroom. None of them are going to totally sound like a Dobro, which is what I think the majority are looking for. The body resonance is not there. I would never use a sim in the studio. I'm not a real good dobro player (don't have one anymore), and would turn down a session where they wanted a dobro, and tell them to hire a real dobro player.

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 10 Nov 2015 7:15 am

Bob Snelgrove wrote:I'm looking for a cheap one if anyone has one. (Not $300)

Good luck. I have never seen one in that price range. Sellers know that they can get $200-$300 for one.

Bob Snelgrove · Post by **Bob Snelgrove** » 10 Nov 2015 8:39 am

Richard Sinkler wrote:
Bob Snelgrove wrote:I'm looking for a cheap one if anyone has one. (Not $300)

Good luck. I have never seen one in that price range. Sellers know that they can get $200-$300 for one.

Well, the last 2 here sold for $75 and $100....

bob

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