Although I am privileged to own a vintage Tricone, I'm considering buying an entry level "dobro", in the under 1k range. Reasons are varied, different tunings, risk of damage, etc..
Looks cute but I assume it's a biscuit design which, perhaps unfairly, I associate with a brash blues tone rather than bluegrass. So a couple of questions to the knowledgeable ...
Know anything about these?
Guess it was a student model, would it be loud?
Is it a biscuit?
Can one convert a biscuit to spider without major surgery?
Before Putin began wrecking the German economy, I would have bought this just out of curiosity but I'm now unemployed so cautious where I spend my gig money!
Hi Paul,
I don't know about this guitar, but on the Steel podcast episode with Greg Leisz, he talks about recording Moana Chimes for Punch Drunk Love on an old dobro, because it was closest to the old Hawaiian sound that they were going for. I don't remember which model they used, but the one in your link I bet would come close.
Confirmed how it sounds - sweet but not what I'm looking for. I go to a monthly bluegrass meet in Munich which varies in size but is rarely less than a 20 head, raucous herd of fiddles, banjos, mandos and dreadnoughts! I need my terrible breaks to be audible! My National does that but I'm always terrified that it gets a dent or worse!
I'll take Howard's advice and go for a spider-bridge.
