Drobo or Dobro
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@RojoLoco said in Drobo or Dobro:
In the south, it's all "co-coler", even when it's not coca-cola. SMH.
Round my parts of the south (arguably it is much less rural now), in my family, it's always been just coke. (Doesn't matter if it's Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, Cherry Pepsi, Cherry Coke, Co-Coler, the Kroger brand, or the walmart brand... If it's carbonated, and it ain't alcohol... then it's coke.
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@RojoLoco said in Drobo or Dobro:
@scottalanmiller said in Drobo or Dobro:
This is just way too similar. All the same letters, only one letter out of place, same font...
That's not a dobro....
... ^^^ that's a Dobro...
This is exactly what I thought when I read the thread title.
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@RamblingBiped said in Drobo or Dobro:
@RojoLoco said in Drobo or Dobro:
@scottalanmiller said in Drobo or Dobro:
This is just way too similar. All the same letters, only one letter out of place, same font...
That's not a dobro....
... ^^^ that's a Dobro...
This is exactly what I thought when I read the thread title.
I would wager that more folks think of this as a dobro than those random european fizzy drinks Scott posted.
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@RamblingBiped said in Drobo or Dobro:
@RojoLoco said in Drobo or Dobro:
@scottalanmiller said in Drobo or Dobro:
This is just way too similar. All the same letters, only one letter out of place, same font...
That's not a dobro....
... ^^^ that's a Dobro...
This is exactly what I thought when I read the thread title.
I'm not a musician, can you explain how that is different then a "standard" guitar?
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@coliver said in Drobo or Dobro:
@RamblingBiped said in Drobo or Dobro:
@RojoLoco said in Drobo or Dobro:
@scottalanmiller said in Drobo or Dobro:
This is just way too similar. All the same letters, only one letter out of place, same font...
That's not a dobro....
... ^^^ that's a Dobro...
This is exactly what I thought when I read the thread title.
I'm not a musician, can you explain how that is different then a "standard" guitar?
It's shiny-er.
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Also, I believe they are normally played on their backs with finger picks and resonate a more "steely" sound.
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@RamblingBiped said in Drobo or Dobro:
@coliver said in Drobo or Dobro:
@RamblingBiped said in Drobo or Dobro:
@RojoLoco said in Drobo or Dobro:
@scottalanmiller said in Drobo or Dobro:
This is just way too similar. All the same letters, only one letter out of place, same font...
That's not a dobro....
... ^^^ that's a Dobro...
This is exactly what I thought when I read the thread title.
I'm not a musician, can you explain how that is different then a "standard" guitar?
It's shiny.
So are the "normal" wood versions tho. Anyhow, I haven't ever seen one myself, but being made out of metal would give it a much, much different sound than wood.
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@travisdh1 They definitely have a distinct sound. I think they are also most often used with a glass/metal slide, and frequently employed in Bluegrass and Blues.
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@RamblingBiped said in Drobo or Dobro:
@travisdh1 They definitely have a distinct sound. I think they are also most often used with a glass/metal slide, and frequently employed in Bluegrass and Blues.
That's cool. Thanks for the info.
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@coliver said in Drobo or Dobro:
@RamblingBiped said in Drobo or Dobro:
@travisdh1 They definitely have a distinct sound. I think they are also most often used with a glass/metal slide, and frequently employed in Bluegrass and Blues.
That's cool. Thanks for the info.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USkGNKzTyaE In case you'd care to hear. There are a countless other videos too... The few times I have heard a dobro live I don't remember it being quite as warm as what the instruments in the videos play. I've only seen the all steel versions live though, and that probably has something to do with it.
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@coliver said in Drobo or Dobro:
@RamblingBiped said in Drobo or Dobro:
@RojoLoco said in Drobo or Dobro:
@scottalanmiller said in Drobo or Dobro:
This is just way too similar. All the same letters, only one letter out of place, same font...
That's not a dobro....
... ^^^ that's a Dobro...
This is exactly what I thought when I read the thread title.
I'm not a musician, can you explain how that is different then a "standard" guitar?
A resonator guitar, or "dobro", has a specially made plate where the soundhole would normally be. It's made of metal and springs, and provides a distinct metallicy, resonant sound. Dobro is a brand, and uses what is known as a "spider bridge".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resonator_guitar
http://www.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/how-resonator-guitars-work-1218-2012.aspx
