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Tomas
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One day I strung up my Dobro without the cover plate and noticed that it basically sounded the same. Has anyone experimented with making wooden cover plates. Also I would like to design my own metal cover plate. Are they cast?
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Check out Forbidden Fruit Reso's website if he has one. He makes his usually out of wood. I think it's usually a lamination, but I could be wrong.

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Carroll Benoit of Benoit Guitars built one just last year and it was really nice. It was posted w/ picture on Steel Guitar Forum under the "No Peddlers" pages.


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Thanks to both of you I will check it out and get back to you when I try it.
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Commercially produced metal coverplates are usually stamped out of sheet metal, Tomas. Castings would be too heavy.

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