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Bo Borland
From:
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Posted 8 Jan 2008 6:57 pm |
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Hals' appears to be a double neck.. does anyone know what the story is on that one?
The links to the patents are awesome.
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Rittenberry SD10 , Derby D-10, Quilter TT12, Peavey Session 400 w/ JBL, NV112, Fender Blues Jr. , 1974 Dobro 60N squareneck, Rickenbacher NS lapsteel, 1973 Telecaster Thinline, 1979 blonde/black Frankenstrat
Currently picking with
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 8 Jan 2008 7:57 pm
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it looks like two pedabros at the steel jam...the red one and the blue green one, eh??
is that what those jams are like? constant power noodling?? |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 8 Jan 2008 8:11 pm
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| also, while we're on the subject, as richard said...i got a sound quite similar to this just using the bruce zumsteg made dobro simulator pickup which i loved...it just stuck on the neck under the strings and sounded way cool....evidently they were too much trouble for bruce to continue making around his more important zumsteel manufacturing priorities...but they produced a sound very similar...at a $100 investment...compared to $5000 for a pedabro. my pickup stopped working after a couple of years and i sent it back to bruce, but he couldn't be bothered with them anymore.....too bad!! |
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Dave Van Allen
From:
Doylestown, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 9 Jan 2008 11:50 am
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I met Hal Rugg at a steel jam in Virginia that he played with the Resocasters... I was hangin' in the green room and he didn't know me from Adam, but graciously smiled and said "try it out!" as I stood drooling next to his Pedabro. He let me wank away at it for about 10 minutes... it's a memory I treasure, meeting Hal, and his generosity with his time and property.
the one he had at that time was a single neck... not the one pictured with Jeff Newman |
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Dave Van Allen
From:
Doylestown, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 9 Jan 2008 12:00 pm
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Paul Franklin had a cassette release a while back called "Acoustix' which featured the Pedabro.I don't know if even the steel specialty shops still have any of this recording...
His versions of Roly Poly, and Scrapple From the Apple are a knockout with that timbre... |
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Dag Wolf
From:
Bergen, Norway
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Posted 9 Jan 2008 1:14 pm
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Dave,
I don`t think "Scrapple from the apple" are on the tape but "Donna Lee" is and what a great version. 
"Acoustix" is a fantastic good tape. I wish that Paul could make a CD out of it - for better sound quality.
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Dave Van Allen
From:
Doylestown, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 9 Jan 2008 3:35 pm
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| Right, my bad- DonnaLee... I didn't have it in front of me |
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Tony Dingus
From:
Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2008 6:54 pm
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Paul has released the Akoostix, Just Pickin' and parts of his other albums on a 2 cd set. It's called "Looking Back", and there are some tunes from his jukebox on his website.
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 23 Jan 2008 8:45 pm
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Carson Chamberlain's pedabro was one with both a steel neck and pedabro neck together.
Brett |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2008 5:36 am
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| The top of the pedabro looks like about 1" thick piece of solid maple! Wonder why the massive top thickness? |
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Tony Dingus
From:
Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2008 9:38 am
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Bill, maybe to give the cone a little more clearance. Just a thought. The man's a genious.
Tony |
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Gary Spaeth
From:
Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2018 4:00 am
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| why the square bars from changer to bridge? couldn't he have just run the strings to the bridge from the changer? i'm guessing to lessen the down force on the spider. he could have raised the height of the changer so the angle wasn't so great. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2018 8:02 am
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Chris,
I have one of those pickups also. I even ordered it with the preamp.
Erv |
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Jerry Jones
From:
Franklin, Tenn.
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Posted 16 Jun 2018 8:13 am
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| Gary Spaeth wrote: |
| why the square bars from changer to bridge? couldn't he have just run the strings to the bridge from the changer? i'm guessing to lessen the down force on the spider. he could have raised the height of the changer so the angle wasn't so great. |
Shorter overall string length - string ball to tuning key - requires a shorter pedal stroke as well as reducing the chance for tuning problems caused by an increase in friction. That may also have solved some extraneous overtone problem.
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Ryan Lunenfeld
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 26 Oct 2020 1:00 am
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beautiful as hell!    |
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Jim Pitman
From:
Waterbury Ctr. VT 05677 USA
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Posted 26 Oct 2020 3:18 am
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This is an old thread but I'd thought I would add this.
Paul Franklin's pedabro on Kieth Whitley's "It Ain't Nothing" sets the bar for me. His licks are iconic and I'm sure added to the success of making it a hit song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh-RAznfIpg |
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tom anderson
From:
leawood, ks., usa
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Posted 26 Oct 2020 1:26 pm Pedabro
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| Since those are almost impossible to get you can buy a pedal resonator from Jimmie Hudson that is very well made or a pedal dobro from Jackson Guitars. I’ve owned both. |
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Jimmie Hudson
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 26 Oct 2020 2:52 pm Pedal Dobro
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All built by Hudson steel guitars.
I still build them as many as I am able to get the top wood for. Hard to get good 12 /1/4 wide flat hardwood.
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Ron Funk
From:
Ballwin, Missouri
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Posted 26 Oct 2020 11:07 pm
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I think this is Carson Chamberlain's Combo Ped-A-Bro with E9th neck referred to in the above posts.
Steel solo starts about 2:28.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WecTa8gNyh8
Would be interesting to know if that 'combo guitar' still exists. |
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Steven Hicken Jr.
From:
Leeds, United Kingdom
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Jimmie Hudson
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 27 Oct 2020 5:03 am sounds great
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Sounds great |
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