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Topic: Bar & Pick Holder.... what do you use? |
Rick Kreuziger
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Merrillan, Wisconsin
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Posted 28 Sep 2010 12:05 pm |
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Jim Cinney
From:
Tehachapi California, USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2010 12:41 pm
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Fingers............lol..
Actually I use the Slyde Car by fellow forumite Dale Hansen..It's built like a tank..Also Dale is a great guy to deal with. |
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Ned McIntosh
From:
New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 28 Sep 2010 1:13 pm
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Same here, just can't beat the Slyde-Car (and Pup) for convenience and quality. They are the Bessdang Gizmos out there!
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Rick Kreuziger
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Merrillan, Wisconsin
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Posted 28 Sep 2010 2:12 pm
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| Jim Cinney wrote: |
Fingers............lol..
Actually I use the Slyde Car by fellow forumite Dale Hansen..It's built like a tank..Also Dale is a great guy to deal with. |
Kinda set myself up for that one...  |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 28 Sep 2010 5:06 pm
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My bar rests on the strings in the C6 headstock and my picks lie in between the necks somewhere under where my right hand goes. I don't see a need to complicate this with yet another bit of equipment!
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Brett Lanier
From:
Madison, TN
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Posted 28 Sep 2010 8:16 pm
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Made out of recycled bike tubes. It's stretchy.
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 29 Sep 2010 12:34 am
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got this one from a guy in California that sold them on ebay
since he stopped making them i copped the last batch he had
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Micky Byrne
From:
United Kingdom (deceased)
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Posted 29 Sep 2010 1:37 am Re: Bar & Pick Holder.... what do you use?
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I have a small tough nylon wallet with 2 seperate zip compartments, I just cant remember what it was originally for, probably for womens lipstick  but it's brilliant. In the first compartment it has a see through plastic front and there is room for my tuning wrench, my picks etc, with special "pockets" to slide up to 3 tuning wrenches into. In the second zip compartment it has room for 3 bars to fit snugly side by side. When I'm gigging, when it's break time I just lay my bar flat on the tuning head, it's a universal, and I lay my thumb and finger picks intertwined on the strings. They can't be accidently knocked off that way. Like Roger, I don't want another device to clip on the leg. I already have a MatchBro on there.
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Thomas Ludwig
From:
Augsburg, Germany
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Posted 29 Sep 2010 2:47 am
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| Bar rests on a piece of suede on the C6 Headstock the picks lie in between the necks. |
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Eric Philippsen
From:
Central Florida USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2010 3:25 am
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| For as long as I can remember I've laid my bar on the 5th & 6th strings at the headstock. It's so convenient. I've never understood someone placing the bar on the channel between the necks because of the inevitable dings, nicks or scratches that eventually result from that. My picks I put in a very small clip-on ashtray attached to the right leg. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2010 6:31 am
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I use a holder like the one CrowBear pictured. In fact, he sent me one some time back.
My favorite has room for two bars in it so when I am employing my MatchBro, I can grab the special bar that came with the unit.
There is also spots on it for a tuning wrench and if you play a p/p or Zum hybrid, the little allen wrench that you need to keep close by. |
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Ron Randall
From:
Dallas, Texas, USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2010 7:45 am
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I use the package that M&M candy comes in.
It is a tube that will hold two 7/8 10 string bars, or
A bar and picks.
The tube is plastic with a flip top. Handy and easy to carry. |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 29 Sep 2010 7:56 am
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I had one of those keyhead hanging suede ones that Jeff used to sell back in the 80's. When it wore out a few years ago, I couldn't find anything like it, so I began making them myself. Tri-fold, snap, split or garment leather or denim.
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Billy McCombs
From:
Bakersfield California, USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2010 8:40 am
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I have a Quickstix like Tony, It has the drink holder. There not cheap, made out of metal not plastic. Will last for ever Bobbe has them at Steel guitar Nashville.They also come with out the drink holder part.The small holes for your tuning wrench.
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 29 Sep 2010 8:43 am
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| Slyde Car! |
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Stefan Roller
From:
Germany
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Posted 29 Sep 2010 9:22 am DIY Bar Holder
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Germany isn't exactly Steel Guitar Heaven when it comes to accessories... so I decided to build my own bar holder. All you need is two clips originally made for mounting brooms to a wall and two rivets (or two small screws w/ nuts). Just rivet the two clips together back to back. Finito !
I like the fact that the clips are rubber padded, so no harm done to leg or bar. And that the whole thing costs about 3 $ & 1 minute of work...
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Greg Wisecup
From:
Troy, Ohio
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Alfred Ewell
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2010 9:56 am Re: DIY Bar Holder
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| Stefan Roller wrote: |
And that the whole thing costs about 3 $ & 1 minute of work...
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Straight to the heart of a tinkerer like me. I'm gonna try to find a couple broom mounts. |
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 30 Sep 2010 10:17 am
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I have the Quickstix one like Billy pictured as well as a chrome plated unit I bought years ago which is similar but just holds a drink. Both of them are fine for use with a mikestand but when they're on the leg of a steel guitar they're "slanted" and if you have your drink glass almost full it'll spill out when you set it in.. I wish someone would make a holder which was level or one that you could level when it was on the leg of your guitar........JH in Va.
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 30 Sep 2010 11:24 am
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| What Roger R. said .... |
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Chris Garner
From:
Alabama, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2010 12:23 pm
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| I also like the Slyde Car by Dale Hansen. It comes with an elastic cover so you can take it off the guitar with the bar and picks inside and place it in your pack seat or with the guitar legs in the case. |
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Dustin Cook
From:
California
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Clete Ritta
From:
San Antonio, Texas
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Posted 30 Sep 2010 3:11 pm
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I know its a bad habit, but I keep my bar and picks in the space between the necks. I store my bar in its tube case. Tuning wrench, slide and all picks in a little pouch with a drawstring.
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 30 Sep 2010 3:36 pm
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| I have a folding vinyl case that hooks on to the two end tuning keys and holds bar, picks, tuning wrench. I bought it from the guy from Georgia that sold guitar covers, leg bags, etc for many years at St Louis. |
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