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Topic: Scratches on my bar ? |
Wade Branch
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Weatherford, Texas, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2005 6:03 am |
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| Iam a rookie to the steel guitar so I apologize for all the dumb questions Ive posted over the last 4 months ,haha.Well I have bought 2 bars so far and they become so scratched you can hear it dragging down the strings and it also is harder to operate, it does not have that smooth sliding action.I had a steel player one time in the our band that had a red or black colored bar, I cant remember ,but I was wandering did that bar have some kind of special coating on it and where could I get one to try !!! or any ideas you guys may have please ,let me know the trick to keeping your bar in smooth shape. |
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Tom Stolaski
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Huntsville, AL, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2005 6:20 am
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| I have taken my bars into a machine shop and buffed them out. I found out real quick which ones were solid stainless steel, and which ones were coated. I got carried away with my dobro bar and found out that it was coated... |
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Keith Cordell
From:
San Diego
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Posted 30 Mar 2005 6:37 am
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| The red bar you saw was probably a red rajah bar, http://www.aguitarcenter.com/ is where you get them. There are also black bars from the same place, look on there for "black phoenix" bars. |
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Glenn Austin
From:
Montreal, Canada
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Posted 30 Mar 2005 6:37 am
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| Wade, Spend the money on a BJS bar. They are indestructible. Well worth the price. |
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John Sluszny
From:
Brussels, Belgium
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Posted 30 Mar 2005 7:03 am
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| Yeah,what Glenn said.BJS'the best!!! |
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Mark Metdker
From:
North Central Texas, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2005 7:14 am
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Hey Wade that was probably me. I have a red rajah bar. I don't know what the coating is they put on those things, but it is some pretty tough stuff. I like that little red bar. 
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2005 7:15 am
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| What are you using for strings, barbed wire? |
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Hook Moore
From:
South Charleston,West Virginia
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Posted 30 Mar 2005 7:45 am
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(lol Erv) BJS bar will solve your problem.
Hook
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Robbie Daniels
From:
Casper, Wyoming, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2005 8:06 am
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Pure stainless steel does the trick. I have a Red Rajah and I like it because it is a bit lighter, but stainless steel strings will scratch the Rajah. I have a BJS bar that performs great and does not scratch. Back in the early 60's I had a student that was a machinist at the Lawrence Radiation Lab in Livermore, CA that made me a one inch bar out of pure stainless steel that looks the same today as it did originally. I love that bar but at my age the weight of the bar has gotten to be a bit more than I can handle effectively. Keep Steelin'
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Jon Jaffe
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 30 Mar 2005 9:03 am
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| Wade, the responses about BJ's bars are right on. They do not scratch with normal use: playing, toting in a bag with picks, and falling on the floor. A bench grinder, tossing them out of a car on I35, or dragging them behind a tube on the Guadalupe, will cause a few nicks. |
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Don Sulesky
From:
Citrus County, FL, Orig. from MA & NH
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Posted 30 Mar 2005 9:36 am
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BJS
"nough said" |
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Marco Schouten
From:
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Posted 30 Mar 2005 9:50 am
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Do not use to much pressure on the bar, enough so that the strings don't buzz, and wipe the strings after playing with a cloth, to prevent corrosion and thus keeping the strings smooth
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Marco Schouten
Sho-Bud LLG; Guyatone 6 string lap steel; John Pearse bar; Emmons bar; Evans SE200 amp
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Ron !
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Posted 30 Mar 2005 10:03 am
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| What are you using for strings, barbed wire? |
 [This message was edited by Ronald Steenwijk on 30 March 2005 at 10:03 AM.] |
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Wade Branch
From:
Weatherford, Texas, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2005 10:51 am
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| John Jaffe, first of all you are nut !! I dig it !! Well the verdict is in !! BJ's bar it is.Mark thanks for the heads up on the red bars.Thanks to everybody else for the info. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 30 Mar 2005 1:20 pm
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| Old, corroded (tarnished) strings are hard on a bar! Wipe your strings often, and change your strings as often as you can afford to, time and money-wise. (Old strings are noisey, no matter what kind of bar you use!) |
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Michael Breid
From:
Eureka Springs, Arkansas, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2005 7:56 pm
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| Wade, There is never a dumb question. If you don't ask, you never learn anything. All of us were in that same boat(I'm still in it)at one time or another. They say you learn from your mistakes, but if you ask questions you'll learn and have less mistakes. Welcome to the club of the infinite questions. That's why this wonderful Forum was put up here. To answer questions and hash out any other difficulties or compliment where compliments are due. Good luck and happy picking. Michael |
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Wade Branch
From:
Weatherford, Texas, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2005 5:17 am
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| Thanks, Michael for those kind words. |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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