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Topic: What are Zirconia Bars all about?? |
James Morehead
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Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 22 Nov 2007 7:00 am |
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What are Zirconia bars all about?? Curiosity.  |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 22 Nov 2007 7:02 am
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I think they are about $150.00  |
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George McLellan
From:
Duluth, MN USA
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Posted 22 Nov 2007 7:06 am
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They are a neat bar, but I sold mine because I felt (IMHO) my BJS bar was just as good and a lot less expencive. Everyone has their favorite, and the BJS just happens to be mine.
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Mike Perlowin
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Los Angeles CA
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Posted 22 Nov 2007 7:22 am
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They differ from a steel bar in two ways.
First, they glide across the strings with no friction at all. You never realize how much friction a steel bar has until you play with a Zirc bar and feel the difference.
Second, they accentuate the attack and make the notes sound cleaner.
This is pretty subtle, but my wife, who is not a musician, can differentiante between when I use the xirc bar and when I use a steel one.
This picture is a close up of my hand from the picture used as my avatar.
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 22 Nov 2007 10:03 am
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It sounds a little bit mellower than a steel bar, but has just as much sustaining power.
It has an exceptionally smooth surface. Ed Packard had some electron microscope pictures that compared one to a typical steel bar. The difference was amazing at that magnification level.
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James Morehead
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Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 22 Nov 2007 7:54 pm
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If some of you zirconia bar owners come to Dallas next March, I'd sure like to try one out. I'll be around the John Coop boothe.  |
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