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Well, I mean, actually, I've been having no luck at all with these banjos and these fiddles, so I'm going to set them aside now, and I'm about to break out the effects pedal and the synthesizers. You got the dobro handy, hopefully. Yes, I've got, oh, well, you know, no matter what it is I'm playing, I'm always going to put a dobro on it.

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