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Topic: Wanted 8 string Square Neck Dobro |
Richard Stanton
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England
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Posted 8 Dec 2018 1:11 pm |
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| Looking to purchase a quality 8 string square neck Dobro. Please forward details, price and pictures via forum, thanks in advance. |
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Jim Bates
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Alvin, Texas, USA
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Posted 8 Dec 2018 2:20 pm
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Please contact Jim Adams adamsresonator.com , who recently made me an 8 string resonator in a 22 1/2 " scale. Very high quality at a reasonable price. Also, does acoustic square neck guitars. He can make what you want. Ph: 281-350-4160,
Spring, Texas.
Thanx,
Jim
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Jim Bates, Alvin, Texas
Emmons LeGrand,Sho-Bud Super Pro, SB ProII - E13th,C6th on all. Many Resonator guitars |
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 8 Dec 2018 2:38 pm
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Richard, you capitalized "Dobro" - does this mean you are literally looking for a Dobro brand guitar, or is it an 8 string resonator in general as in Jim's example of an Adams?
Erv Niehaus has a very clean 8 string OMI Dobro from the '70s for sale here:
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=336625&highlight=dobro
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Richard Stanton
From:
England
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Posted 9 Dec 2018 12:24 pm Wanted 8 string Square Neck Dobro
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Jim thank you for the link to Jim Adams I will check him out.
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Mark thanks for information re the OMI, I had already spotted and checked out Erv's advert. I was looking for a brand like Beard or Sheerhorn as I already have a Beard 6 string Mike Aldridge Special but thanks anyway.
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2018 7:53 am
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If you want good bang for the buck, check out the 8 string Gold Tone's. 
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 10 Dec 2018 8:55 am
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Sounds like Richard is willing to spend the money for a modern U.S. made instrument, though the produced-in-China Gold Tone/Beard is a good value.
A couple builders where a used 8 string guitar will pop up occasionally are McKenna and DeNeve.
I don't doubt that there are luthiers out there who have made one or two 8 strings, but the only ones I can think of where you can actually order a new one these days along with Adams are Beard ( the Mike Auldridge 8 string) and Todd Clinesmith. In Todd's case, if you can't find one used be prepared for a relatively long wait.
I don't believe Tim Scheerhorn ever built an 8 string, and they don't do any 8 strings at National in the newer production Scheerhorns. National does a lot of custom work, maybe it's possible they could be talked into building a Scheerhorn 8 string spider bridge resonator. In the former design under the National brand, they made some 8 strings.
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