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Topic: 3 string split reverse slants w/the bottom of the bar? - YES |
Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2008 10:52 pm |
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I use a 3" Dunlop bar with the bottom/indentated end rounded to allow playable contact with the lowest string per attempted grip, and am having much success in finding very useful combinations, both individually/on their own and when incorporated with the bar's travel to/from slanted/straight.
Far from mastering these odd manipulations, it's proven possible and useful for me.
Anybody else use/tried this? |
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Edward Meisse
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Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2008 10:57 pm
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No. But I will.
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Eddie Cunningham
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2008 7:41 pm Double round ends splits ??
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| Hi Ron !! I have thought about rounding off both ends of a bar also !! I turn my bar around sometimes when I'm home practicing and you can get some pretty good "Byrd" splits chords on three lower strings in a C-6th tuning but I've never tried it out on a job !! I think it's a great idea and someone should work on that !! I wonder if Jerry ever tried it ??? Eddie "C" ( the old non-pedal geezer ) |
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Jude Reinhardt
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Weaverville, NC
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Posted 18 Apr 2008 12:49 am
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The ideal bar for this-
The top two bars are Twister bars sold by Scotty and the bottom bar was made by forumite Jim Burden.
Jude
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2008 1:04 am
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Eddie, the bar I'm using is your standard Dunlop with the flat indented bottom end. But I do have a true dbl. ender in raw spun stock (3") that I'll have chromed to see how that works, but the Dunlop works so well, no need.
A small JB Dunlop would be easier to handle, but mine has a hard lip that doesn't play nice like the rounded lip, which is why I didn't persue this further long ago until I got this bigger bar with the rounded lip.
I too, once tried the 'flip the bar around' and use the nose to split the strings at the bottom, but I find the the bar I'm using does it better.
Nice bars, Jude! What's the deminsions of the largest? |
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Edward Meisse
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Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2008 8:48 am
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How does that rounded end respond to the thumb? I'm guessing that standard reverse slants are alot more difficult, eh? Or perhaps we use a different method?
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2008 9:16 am
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| Edward, I've briefly used my raw dbl. ender, and it is a bit more squirrelly, but not unmanagable. |
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Bob Simons
From:
Kansas City, Mo, USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2008 1:30 pm
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What do you think of this bar I made? It's like a dobro bar but with a rounded end...seems heavy enough for a decent steel sound, but ALOT quicker to move around.
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2008 4:05 pm In the words of the immortal Jerry Cologna ,,,
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hmmmmm ..., could be.
Another thing is, mass = tone. There was a significant boost in tone when I got my 3"X3/4" Dunlop from my JB Dunlop. So, I'd be leary of anything less.
But, your bar could possibly be spun for slants.
Is it round on each end? |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 9 May 2008 12:24 pm Edward, did you have any luck?
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| Anybody try this out? |
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