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Topic: Nick Manoloff bars? |
Fred Kinbom
From:
Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.
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Posted 11 Nov 2005 7:53 am |
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Dear all,
What are your opinion on vintage Nick Manoloff tonebars?
Cheers,
Fred |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 11 Nov 2005 8:04 am
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| I love them and purchased a few. I like the weight and feel (the tips are perfect). The only bars I like better are the ones that were made for me by Jim Burden. |
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Blake Hawkins
From:
Florida
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Posted 11 Nov 2005 11:18 am
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Somewhere in the mid '50's, I purchased a Nick Manoloff tone bar. It was solid brass with no plating.
If I used it for just a little while, my hands came away with a strong brass smell that was difficult to wash off.
Didn't have it very long.
Blake |
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George Rout
From:
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 14 Nov 2005 8:27 pm
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When I bought my Gibson Console Grande in 1953, I bought the Nick Manaloff 8 string bar which I still have sitting on the CG. And yes, your hand turns green when you use it, especially if you sweat!!!
Since it has Nick Manaloff on the end of the bar, my younger son about 30 years asked the obvious question, "Dad, did a Nick Manaloff own this steel before you had it"?!!!
I have a collection of bars, nothing spectangular, but even a glass-fused-on-metal one. Several of the coloured ("u" for Canadians!!) plastic ones, even a wrist pin from a 30's car.
Geo |
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Keith Cordell
From:
San Diego
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Posted 15 Nov 2005 5:48 am
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| I have a couple, an 8-string and a couple of 6 string metal ones. I got rid of the plastic ones when the $$ meant more than the collection. They are fun to have around, one day I'll figure out how to post pictures and post a photo of my "case candy shrine". Lots of old picks and bars. |
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Mark Eaton
From:
Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 15 Nov 2005 8:39 am
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I have a little Manoloff bar for 6-string lap that has been in my posession since 1964, when I started taking lap steel lessons as a ten year old. I still use it once in awhile. Good bars.
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Mark
[This message was edited by Mark Eaton on 15 November 2005 at 08:39 AM.] |
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Jeff Strouse
From:
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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Posted 16 Nov 2005 6:25 am
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| I have a white plastic one, but don't consider it a very good bar due to the tone problem with plastic. Tone and sustain are sorely affected. I like the weight of it though...very light! |
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