Hi,

I hope I'm not breaking any rules by offering an instrument for sale .....

It is a genuine 1973 California made model “60d”, square-neck but with an
upgraded “Quarterman” cone and a McIntyre passive “Feather” pick up
tastefully installed – I used to use it with an external pre-amp and it
worked perfectly.

I’ve had this instrument since about 1996/7 – I paid about £1000 (plus the
pick-up) and (I’m told) it was previously used by Jimmy Nail’s backing band
for the Crocodile Shoes recordings and tour.  I have no way of proving this
– but – between them and myself – it has been played a fair amount and so
has some minor dings – having said that – I recently restrung it, and gave
it a damned good polishing and it has cleaned remarkably well.  It is a
cherry Sunburst finish, and has the slotted head / reversed tuners.

I have taken it to “Sorefingers” twice and been complemented on its tone,
volume and clarity by other Dobro players.

I’m selling it with a very profound gig bag (loads of storage), a home-made
leather strap which fastens to the slotted head with a little brass fitment
that I put on, giving it an excellent balance (but can be easily removed if
wished), and  a Stevens Steel (my original one – about thirty years old, and
a Shubb Capo .

I’ve just checked prices on Strings Direct – and the Capo is now £36.95 ! -
the steel (or a replica of the Stevens) is about £26, and the “Tribal
Planet” gig bag is about £25.  I had no idea of the value of these things!
God knows how much the McIntyre Feather pick up would cost now!

I’m asking £750 for the lot. I would ask for cost of shipping as an extra –
but I have a good stout cardboard box which will take instrument and gig
bag.

I’m only selling it because I have a good friend who is very ill and can no
longer play – and he expressly wanted me to have/buy his dobro – which I
have bought from him  - the cash I get will replace what I gave him for his.


Pictures are readily available - please e-mail me offlist if you would like
me to send them.


Andrew R Perry

tel : 01243-776391        andrew@...

I am looking at selling my 1959 Gretsch electromatic D6 to fund another
project.
Full working order - refurbished / serviced about a year ago.
Hardly a mark on it - yellow pearloid finish and in original hard case.
(It looks similar to 2 valco / supro type lapsteels strapped side by
side - A similar 6 string single neck model fetched $500 on Ebay in
August this year.)

If you're interested then mail me off list - I would like this to go to
a good home.

Bill



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Argh wish I was having the chance to see the Broz again this year.

oh well

was rather hoping to ask about the new hollowneck tricones from NRP


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Nothing in the Northwest? Did he once have a bad experience with a pickled egg
in Bacup or something?

Just a note to let you all know Bob Brozman is starting a UK tour later this
month, details at http://www.bobbrozman.com/toursched.html#nov First date York
on 20th at the City Screen. Yippee!!!

Mike (in York)

So you know I have the courage of my convictions I've just put a Schatten disc
in my resophonic banjo ready for a gig tonight.

Great advice Pete, thanks very much.



Mike





From: ResoUK@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ResoUK@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Pete Woodman
Sent: 11 November 2009 17:05
To: ResoUK@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ResoUK] Re: Best amplification techniques for dobros





I use the disc type, Mike. When fitting it you have to be careful - use only
the minimum amount of the rubber putty they give you i.e. tear off about
10mm of it and roll that 10mm so it stretches all the way round the very
outside of the top of disc (well away from the brass bit). I've seen the
occasional person on on other forums saying their sound wasn't good with a
Schatten but I suspect that was down to bad fitting. In the years I've been
fitting Schattens to customers' guitars (spider, biscuit and tricone) I've
had one dud tricone pickup and one disc-type that I knackered myself by
over-tightening the screw and bending it out of shape. Other than those
everyone has been as happy with the sound as I am.

My reservations are really about using pickups generally, but there are
situations (e.g. playing with an electrified band or a band with drums) in
which it makes life much easier and then you just have to accept that your
sound may not be as good as the natural sound through a mike.

There are a small number of more expensive pickups that sound better but the
Schatten is the best thing I've found for the price and, if I'm being
opinionated, I think it's definitely better than the Fishman one that fits
on the tension screw. I used to be a dealer for both, but I never
recommended the Fishman to anyone!

--- In ResoUK@yahoogroups.com <mailto:ResoUK%40yahoogroups.com> , "Michael
Tavener" <mike@...> wrote:
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> Pete
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> Which Schatten pickup would you use on a spider type reso? I am aware of
the
> disc type which fits on the cone but you seem to have reservations about
> that in your second para.
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> Thanks
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> Mike
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> Mike Tavener
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> Western Swing? www.losyobos.com
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> Ceilidh Band? www.myspace.com/hotnotbothered
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I use the disc type, Mike. When fitting it you have to be careful - use only the
minimum amount of the rubber putty they give you i.e. tear off about 10mm of it
and roll that 10mm so it stretches all the way round the very outside of the top
of disc (well away from the brass bit). I've seen the occasional person on on
other forums saying their sound wasn't good with a Schatten but I suspect that
was down to bad fitting. In the years I've been fitting Schattens to customers'
guitars (spider, biscuit and tricone) I've had one dud tricone pickup and one
disc-type that I knackered myself by over-tightening the screw and bending it
out of shape. Other than those everyone has been as happy with the sound as I
am.

My reservations are really about using pickups generally, but there are
situations (e.g. playing with an electrified band or a band with drums) in which
it makes life much easier and then you just have to accept that your sound may
not be as good as the natural sound through a mike.

There are a small number of more expensive pickups that sound better but the
Schatten is the best thing I've found for the price and, if I'm being
opinionated, I think it's definitely better than the Fishman one that fits on
the tension screw. I used to be a dealer for both, but I never recommended the
Fishman to anyone!


--- In ResoUK@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Tavener" <mike@...> wrote:
>
> Pete
>
>
>
> Which Schatten pickup would you use on a spider type reso? I am aware of the
> disc type which fits on the cone but you seem to have reservations about
> that in your second para.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> Mike Tavener
>
>
>
> Western Swing? www.losyobos.com
>
> Ceilidh Band? www.myspace.com/hotnotbothered
>
>
>

Pete



Which Schatten pickup would you use on a spider type reso? I am aware of the
disc type which fits on the cone but you seem to have reservations about
that in your second para.



Thanks



Mike



Mike Tavener



Western Swing? www.losyobos.com

Ceilidh Band? www.myspace.com/hotnotbothered



From: ResoUK@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ResoUK@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Pete Woodman
Sent: 07 November 2009 19:04
To: ResoUK@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ResoUK] Re: Best amplification techniques for dobros






I've come late to this discussion but here's my two penn'orth.

No pickup, no matter how expensive, is going to sound as good as the natural
sound of a properly set up resophonic instrument. These things are designed
to project sound forward from the cone and sound at their best about 20 feet
in front of it. A pickup behind the cone is never going to sound like that
naturally - that's why the Aura works, because it's not the true sound that
the pickup is (for want of a better expression) picking up.

I use Schatten pickups on my dobro, reso bass and weissenborn copy. I've
always liked them but ever since I've been using the Schatten outboard
preamp as well someone has come up to me after every gig to say how great my
guitars have sounded. Every time. And it's certainly not my playing that's
doing it.

The only type of pickup that I think sounds better would be a piezo-cable
based system such as the Headway in the UK and the Highlander in the USA.
However they are much more expensive and there are some issues regarding the
fitting.

I'd like to try the Schertler but the importers have resolutely ignored
every email I've sent them so I'm still waiting.

Don't knock the Maplin tieclip mike. Clive Gregson used to use one all the
time for his stage guitar and that sounded really good. As you say, the only
problem is feedback, which is a problem with every mike system. That's why I
don't use the hybrid pickup and mike systems that you can buy.






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