chrisnickey64 - Posted - 11/12/2008:  12:12:04

i just ordered a slip on nut extender for my dobro from stewert /macdonald . any one else ever use one? are they worth the $ 3.77 i spent? gee i hope so ! BTW hello everyone i'm new here and i hope to learn a thing or two (and teach a thing or two as well) here at the reso hangout. i play a cheap oscar schmidt biscut round neck acoustic/electric reso . and i prefer playing on my lap in the DADGAD tuning . i would sure love some pointers and tuning suggestions from the many experienced players here . thanks all

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Brad Bechtel - Posted - 11/12/2008:  13:24:55

I have nut extenders on two different guitars - a cheap Fullerton Winslow biscuit bridge resonator and a 1993 Dobro® Hound Dog. They work just fine, although you might want to try a string set that's a bit lighter than the usual .016-.059 strings that squareneck players use.

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dpete210 - Posted - 11/12/2008:  17:26:49

I used a nut extender on a round neck resonator that I had. It worked fine. If I remember correctly, I'm pretty sure I paid a little more than $3.77 for mine for probably a nickel's worth of metal. But it is a clever way to be able to use the slide with the roundneck. To avoid putting too much tension on the neck with the open G tuning, I used light strings.

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meldooby - Posted - 11/13/2008:  09:35:05

I have a GoldtonePaul Beard Sig. roundneck metal body
that I put one on. I like open D, DADF#AD

Mel

Tony Polecastro - Posted - 11/18/2008:  19:22:34

Nut extenders are a great way to start playing lap style without going whole hog and buying a new instrument... If you start taking a liking to playing lap style I highly suggest moving to a true squareneck the string height offers better maneuverability and the sustain and tone are much more easily produced.

But for $3.77 can you beat two instruments in one!!!

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Old Blue - Posted - 11/18/2008:  20:26:21

I have used them through the years, usually on old flat tops that I wanted to noodle around with lap type slide playing.. For "Spanish style" slide playing, I don't use them, because they raise the strings too much for fretting notes, so I just barely raise the action, and my bottleneck pickin' works fine.
I personally advise against open G tuning on round necks, but go to 'Drop two" "F" tuning, or for electric slide I prefer Open D. Open G with a nut riser will put tremendous strain on that neck, which is why others have advised using lighter strings. I find lighter strings don't give the sound I want, so I suggest "softer" tunings, instead, with .016 strings.

Jim Yates - Posted - 11/20/2008:  09:31:47

First of all a disclaimer. I'm a rank amateur when it comes to lap style playing.
I have an old Yamaha flat top with a nut extender that I tune to DGDGBD. I wanted to tune it to GBDGBD so that whatever I'd worked out could be played on my friends' "real Dobros", but I started getting squeamish trying to get that bass string up to G. Since I'm just using it for practice, do you think I should go to lighter strings and tune it up to standard Dobro tuning?

Edited by - Jim Yates on 11/20/2008 09:33:56

Brad Bechtel - Posted - 11/20/2008:  14:44:45

Definitely use lighter strings, unless you don't plan on using that guitar as a round neck guitar again. I find .012 to .053 as large as I want to go on that kind of setup.

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