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Folk of the Wood presents
Regal CRD-05 Dobro Acoustic Bass
Custom Black Finish
No Longer Available
SPECIFICATIONS:
TRADITIONAL SHAPE
OVERALL LENGTH: 44.5 INCHES
NUT WIDTH: 1.625 (1 5/8) INCHES
BOTTOM BODY BOUT WIDTH: 15.125 INCHES
TOP BODY BOUT WIDTH: 11.125 INCHES
NECK LENGTH FINGERBOARD ONLY: 20.1875 (20 3/16) INCHES
BRIDGE TO NUT: 31 INCHES
BODY DEPTH: 3.5 INCHES
NECK LENGTH (FINGERBOARD): 22.25 INCHES
NECK HEEL TO TOP OF PEGHEAD: 23.75 INCHES
WEIGHT: 6 LBS
Gig Bag Designed to Fit the Regal Dobro Bass: 39.95
Click Here for the Acoustic/Electric Version of This Bass
See this bass being played on a video sampler:
Check out the videos demonstrating this instrument.
Acoustic Resophonic Bass Guitar RD-05 Custom Black Finish
New with manufacturer's warranty...
This is the NEW leader in acoustic basses...Because of the resonator design, this bass has tremendous volume and projection. Carry it anywhere! Don't depend on having to have an amp around.
The Regal Dobro Bass is an import that offers immuculate craftsmanship, tremendous volume/tone, and easy playability (similar to an electric bass because of the thin body). I've been very impressed with mine and wouldn't trade it for any other available acoustic bass. Gibson used to manufacture a Dobro Bass, but for some reason, they discontinued them. This is the only Dobro bass that I know of as being currently available. It possesses tremendous volume, projection and bite. The tone and projection is dependent on the spun cone and spider bridge giving it a natural amplification that no other acoustic bass can match.
Length: 44.25" Tall
Body Heighth: 19" Tall
Body Depth: 3.5"
Action: Low to Medium (not high)
Tone Quality: Has a deep tone with both volume and bite.
Acoustic Volume: The loudest I've heard for an acoustic bass...also attested by our customers who have said the same.
This bass has an easy playing action and a sleek mahogany neck with bound rosewood fingerboard.
Testimonials:
Subject: Testimonial of Dobro Bass
Hi Suzie, I just got the dobro bass today and it arrived all intact!!
You and your people are very nice to work with, we had some shipping delays
and some confusion on the delivery time but it worked out.
I never would have thought of purchasing a Korean made instrument, especially
for my kind of music(bluegrass,country)but after hearing the bass on the net (through the video samplers)
and checking out the Washburn, and the Dean, and several fretless acoustic
basses(not standups) made here in the USA the dobro bass blows them away.
Our application is simple in the fact that we need a beginner's bass and
this fits real well for us. The last thing you want is a person learning to
play bass dragging a standup around and booming wrong notes all over the
festival grounds, theres enough of that already. I have miked it
acoustically and also thru the mixer board running to a subwoofer ,really
booms out and fits pretty well with my acoustic electric guitar and
drums,digital horn,etc. It will however not compare to a standup and the
traditional sound that a standup gives, but for sitting around and jamming
and learning the basic bluegrass bass parts it serves well.
Thanks
Gary Thompson
Oh man........this bass (Regal Dobro RD-05) is everything I had hoped and more. It is really loud acoustically. Thank you so much for making this happen this weekend. I feel like a kid....heh heh. All I gotta do now is pry it from my son's hands....grrrrrr. Thx again, Vincent
Mickey, I recently ordered and received from Folk of the Wood a Regal Dobro Bass. I ordered the black finish (exclusively available through FOTW) and had the shadow transducer pickup installed. Thank you for your very prompt service. My bass was mailed the same day I ordered it and I received it in two days (not including Sunday, no mail). I am very pleased with the bass and your reports and testimonials of its acoustic tone and volume were very accurate. Truth in advertising. Imagine that. My biggest concern may be knowing where it is since my son also plays bass and has found uses for it in acoustic settings. He commented that he wants to get the same tonal quality from the higher end from his Fender P. Thank Suzie for me for promptly sending me the information on the shadow pick up, which brings me to my question. I didn't want an electric sound, so I didn't order the lipstick magnetic pickup. I'm getting alot of "string noise, finger noise" from the pickup which detracts from the otherwise wonderful tonal quality of the resonator. Can you recommend a solution to this or is this a trade off for the resonators natural volume? Could refining the placement of the pickup help? Thanks again. Dennis Stofer
Dear Mickey, Love my new Regal bass, thank you for making it possible, and thanks for the gig bag. I'll send pictures as I get started on your FOLK OF THE WOOD sign. Thanks again, Ken Hall
Mickey, The bass dobro arrived yesterday. There were no problems and I am quite pleased with it. It's much lighter to pack around than my stand up and will work well in small jams. Did Al Williams of Calton Cases contact you? I also gave your E Mail address to Chuck Shifflett the luthier I know.Thanks, it has been a pleasure doing business with you.
Bert.
Mickey, Thanks for all your help in getting my new Regal Dobro Bass. I play acoustic guitar and am hoping to get one of my daughters interested in playing the bass to accompany me. I began looking for an upright bass because I wanted an acoustic sound, but they were just too big and hard for them to play. The Dobro Bass is the perfect alternative. It has great tone and is loud enough to play without an amp. Now they just have to get it away from me! Thanks again, Rodger Eckhart
Mickey, I got the guitar case for my dobro bass. Thank you for all of your help. I have enjoyed playing the bass. It sounds great! Paul Pitterle
The bass is great. It's loud and I'm enjoying it. Thanks.
The bass is great and I am enjoying playing it. Thanks. Tom
I've seen your testimonials page, so I figured sine I had an honest thought, I'd relay it. I've been shopping around for an acoustic bass, I took my old one to a pawn shop cause I hated the thing, I didn't even want to see it. So while shopping, I ran across your website, and it looked like what I wanted, for a lot less than I was thinking, Well I got the thing last night and had a blast for about four hours. Excellent craftsmanship, and yes the sound is what I was looking for. Especially since I so like to slap and pop, there is a great bite when I do that. Thanks, fellas.
RD-05 Acoustic Resophonic Bass Guitar
with Custom Black Finish
• Spruce Top
• Slim neck with peghead and adjustable truss rod
• 17-fret neck/body joint/23 frets total
• Custom Black finish (an FOTW exclusive)
• Strung and ready to play
• Multi-ply white body binding
• Mahogany body and neck
