[an epidemic of the mannequins]

i know im one of a very limited number on this site to own and play a resonator/dobro but i have a quetion and i was hoping one of the older more experienced*dadfad* members could answer. i have never had to palm mute my dobro but this song i am playing requires it...and i cant see how you would do it...is it possible to palm mute a dobro?


anyone with resonator knowledge please help

[Crawdaddy]

You can palm mute a resonator just the same as you would an acoustic. It shouldn't matter if your dobro is a round neck or a square neck, you can still damp or mute the strings with the edge of your right hand. What are you actually stuck with in thinking it might be difficult ?

[an epidemic of the mannequins]

i havent tryed it i dont have my resonator with me right now i just wasnt sure if its possible ....

[dadfad]

I sort of know what you mean (I'm assuming you mean the bridge protector strip on the cover-plate interferres with the way you can normally mute like on other guitars with the side of your palm right over the saddle.). As Crawdaddy said, you can still just mute as normal (just a little harder to do, that's all). Myself, I bought a retro-fit new extra cover-plate from Stew-Mac (because I wouldn't do this to my original vintage cover-plate), and ground off the bridge-cover strip on it and now use it on my number-two National (the one I use on stage) in place of its original vintage cover-plate. I have also seen several guys who remove the cover-plate completely and just play without one for easier muting. Keep in mind the resonator cone (with the biscuit-bridge attached) is a little fragile though and could possibly get crushed. That's why the cover-plates had the bridge protector strip on in the first place. To me it was worth the $100 (I think that I paid for it a number of years ago) to have a second cover-plate with the bridge strip gone that at least offered some degree of protection for the cone.

[an epidemic of the mannequins]

yeah thats what i was talking about....i dont want to take the plate of fbecause like you said its fragile and besides that its not as nice to look at...i dont palm mue much though so i think i will just play it with my regular acoustic