3/4'' bar vs. 7/8" width

Bill Leff · From: Santa Cruz, CA, USA

I have both and find the longer bar harder to slant, but I'm very used to the smaller one. At first I didn't think so but now believe the longer/heavier bar sounds noticably better.

I'm going to try adding weight to the smaller one using the split-shot sinkers as suggested by Gerald Ross in a previous posting to hopefully get the tone improvement I hear on the larger bar.

-Bill

Bobby Lee · From: Cloverdale, California, USA

I think that the main issue is your string spacing. You want the nose to be able to do this slant:



E___________________


C____________7______


A____________7______


G____________/______


E____________6______


C___________________


             C7

If the diameter of the bar is wrong, this will be nearly impossible.

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[This message was edited by Bobby Lee on 02 January 2001 at 11:48 AM.]

mikey · From: New Jersey

I use a 920, 7/8" bar for everything...I can't do some slants with the smaller Diameter bar..I even have a hard time doing minor chords in G with the 3/4" bar....it's all a matter of what works for you, I guess, and a 3/4 doesn't....I need a 7/8" bullet, even for Dobro.
Aloha,
Mike

Bobby Lee · From: Cloverdale, California, USA

I use the big 1" Zirconia on my Sierra laptop, with its wide string spacing, and a 3/4" BJS on the Stringmaster. Neither bar works well on the other guitar.

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