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Topic: Scratched steel bar! |
Kenny Martin
From:
Chapin, S.C. USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2009 3:53 am |
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Ok guys, since we all are musicians and broke these days, i have have two Emmons steel bars that i use!
When i play sometimes while tuning, i'll put the bar bewteen my legs until need to use it! Well, since i'm getting old sometimes i forget its there until i stand up and they both have dropped on the floor!
As with my old one, my new one fell on concrete while plaing outside and put some scratches on it as well!
Can you polish them out or do i have to buy another one! Stupid to let this happen but it is what it is!! |
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Bill Moore
From:
Manchester, Michigan
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Posted 7 Aug 2009 4:06 am
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Kenny, if it's stainless steel, not chrome plated, it can be polished. The best way is to use a buffing wheel with polishing compound on it. You can also do it by hand, but it will take a lot longer. Start with very fine emery cloth, maybe 500 grit, smooth out the nicks with that. Continue with finer grits, 600, 800, 1000 etc. Finish with a rag and metal polish.
BM |
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Kenny Martin
From:
Chapin, S.C. USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2009 4:23 am
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Thanks man i'll give her a try! Worse case is i'll make it worse and buy another but i would love to keep my old one!
It was my daddy's he bought in 1971! |
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Rick Kreuziger
From:
Merrillan, Wisconsin
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Posted 7 Aug 2009 4:50 am
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Well, let me be the first to recommend a BJS bar if you decide to buy another. 
I flipped my guitar over to break it down before realizing I hadn't put away my bar... it dropped to the concrete floor... I was amazed to find after close inspection that it didn't have a mark on it!!
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Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2009 6:09 am
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| Kenny, I had something similar happen. I put a buffing wheel on my bench grinder and and with some polish ing compound and a little time. it buffed out. Another plug for BJS if you happen to get another one. See you in Saluda! |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 7 Aug 2009 7:18 am If'n what you're playing is a...............................
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No idea what it is your pickin' on........but if it's a double neck or larger, you can always put a narrow strip of RUBBER MAID shelf lining material in between the necks onto which you might then place your bar during your tuning episodes.
Won't scar your g'tar! Will prevent you from scarring your bar! (Never encountered anyone with the type of problem you've described here for the Forum?) |
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Jody Sanders
From:
Magnolia,Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 7 Aug 2009 7:40 am
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| Let me become the second to recommend a BJS bar. Jody. |
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Kenny Martin
From:
Chapin, S.C. USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2009 12:26 pm
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Thanks guys for the advice!
Leave it to me Ray to do something nobody does!
Thanks Roger and i look forward to seeing you!
I'll take a look at the BJS bar maybe in St. Louis! It will be my first trip there ever and i'm sure somebody will have one there! |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2009 1:24 pm
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Another reason why I like guitars with a one piece tuner head. You can lay your bar between the 5th and 6th strings without it sliding out and hitting the floor.  |
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Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2009 2:20 pm
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| Kenny, Bill Stroud will have a booth in St. Louis. You can talk to the man himself. |
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Kevin Mincke
From:
Farmington, MN (Twin Cities-South Metro) USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2009 2:50 pm
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Erv, that's where I keep both mine also when playing  |
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Rick Campbell
From:
Sneedville, TN, USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2009 4:19 pm
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| I drilled a 1/4 inch hole in mine and drilled another 1/4 hole in the steel guitar and attached the two with a piece of "steel" cable just long enough that it wouldn't hit the ground when dropped. It hinders my playing a little, but I don't have a scratched bar. |
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David Hartley
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Posted 7 Aug 2009 10:28 pm Hi
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Here's the 3rd recommendation for BJS. Keiths daughter Kay dropped hers on the pedal bar a couple of weeks ago, dented the pedal bar but not a single mark to be seen on the BJS bar. You WILL hear a difference too. More sustain and smoother glide.
David Hartley |
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Kenny Martin
From:
Chapin, S.C. USA
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Posted 8 Aug 2009 5:13 am
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| Thanks David! I will take a look in St. Louis and maybe see if i can take one for a spin while i'm there on somebodies steel! |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 8 Aug 2009 6:23 am
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Give the BJS "John Hughey" bar a try.
That is my favorite.  |
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Mike Ester
From:
New Braunfels, Texas, USA
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Posted 8 Aug 2009 6:43 am
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Another recommendation for the BJS bar.
I never leave home without it. |
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