Author Topic: What do you call this log damage? (Read 2521 times)

livemusic · « **Reply #20 on:** August 01, 2021, 10:55:25 AM »

Wow, that is a great looking dobro you built, amazing!

Old Greenhorn · « **Reply #21 on:** August 01, 2021, 11:29:05 AM »

Somehow I missed this little side talk on music. I must have been wasting away my time on work when it went by. Anyway, I just wanted to point out that the name 'dobro' is copywrited by [I forget who] and the correct name for this instrument is 'resonator guitar' lest anybody get sued. In 2015 I was involved in putting on a 'Resonator Guitar Workshop' with some big names including Cindy Cashdollar, Tim Scheerhorn, and others and we were informed we could not use the term "Dobro" in any of the printed materials. Somehow, a few references 'slipped' into the program.

Very fine work you've done there. I wish you guys were all closer and could come to the Luthiers show this year.

doc henderson · « **Reply #22 on:** August 01, 2021, 03:08:20 PM »

@Old Greenhorn not to poke the bear, but I have a resonator guitar, and I plan to continue to call it a Dobro!!! what do you say about that!

this is going to be a fun week!

doc henderson · « **Reply #23 on:** August 01, 2021, 03:11:44 PM »

note the air hose as it needed dusting so I can bring it. for those with a great ear for music, my apologies, last played about 5 months ago. It seems to play better after a few beers, or maybe it sounds better. anyway. be prepared.

doc henderson · « **Reply #24 on:** August 01, 2021, 03:13:10 PM »

Old Greenhorn · « **Reply #25 on:** August 01, 2021, 04:22:31 PM »

Well Doc, you can call it a Dobro because it is a (tradename) Dobro. Personally I don't care if you call it anything you want. As far as your musicality goes, bring enough beer for the listeners and I bet before long you sound like Jerry D. himself, and if you ask Jerry what he plays I am pretty sure he will say 'dobro' regardless of the brand or builder. No wait, check that, knowing Jerry as I do he would probably say something funny like "adequately", or "well enough to get by".

Southside · « **Reply #26 on:** August 01, 2021, 05:01:17 PM »

Build a Dobro out of "Denim Pine" and watch the lawyers go nuts!!

Old Greenhorn · « **Reply #27 on:** August 01, 2021, 05:04:09 PM »

Quote from: Southside on August 01, 2021, 05:01:17 PM

Build a Dobro out of "Denim Pine" and watch the lawyers go nuts!!

If you think the lawyers will go nuts, wait until you see the guy trying to keep it in tune.

chainsaw · « **Reply #28 on:** September 25, 2021, 11:03:38 PM »

Quote from: Grizzerbear on July 24, 2021, 09:24:00 PM

I've seen this fairly often with red oaks. Blackened checks, shakes, and pockets of rot are numerous. You can tell before you cut it from the black crack or scar at the at the base of the tree. It sometimes oozes with a sickeningly sweet odor. The damage usually tapers off a few feet up in the log. Do you know the correct name and cause of this damage?

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we call it spangle or shake

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