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B. Greg Jones
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Middleport, Ohio USA
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Posted 20 Oct 2006 9:20 pm |
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I have been using a BJS bar (the same one) since 1991 when I bought it new. It has been dropped, thrown, you name it and it still looks and feels great. BUT tonite at Renfro Valley I got my new "John Hughey Signature" bar, 7/8" with my birthstone and absolutley LOVE it!!!! I can't quite figure out why this bar feels so good and comfortable but, Mr. Stroud and the gang have improved on an already great product!!! Maybe its just in my head but if you all haven't tried one of these bars, you owe it to yourself to check one out. My old one has lasted through 15 years of playing and I am sure that it along with this new one will be around long after I am gone!!!
Hats off to the folks at BJS bars!!!
Thanks!!!!!
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Walter Jones
From:
Athens, Ohio USA
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Posted 21 Oct 2006 6:18 am
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Put Johns' ride in the old bar from " Just Destroyed The World I'm Living In" and send it home to me, maybe then I can learn to play that ride.
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Bill Stroud
From:
Dresden, Tennessee, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 21 Oct 2006 4:56 pm
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Thanks Greg for using the BJS Bars, are you the one that Lee sent the JH Bar to?
A lot of people are really liking the new bar.
Hey, Walter I bet that ride is in the bar you will just have to dig it out, but don't slide pass the fret. ha ha
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Mike Sigler
From:
Give Em A Try !
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Posted 22 Oct 2006 5:40 am
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Greg
I Got my BJS(Hughey Bar) for my birthday In St. Louis This year, and i love it... I still have my old one that i have had since... Well.. Forever..
I want to get down to see you, i hear your melting those bars as fast as you get them.
And just when you think Mr. Stroud and the gang couldn't do any better, they bring out the Hughey Bar! What a great idea!
Mike[This message was edited by Mike Sigler on 22 October 2006 at 06:41 AM.] |
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Chuck McGill
From:
An hour from Memphis and 2 from Nashville, R.I.P.
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Posted 22 Oct 2006 7:26 am
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OK that settles it. I have to try the JH Bar
Bill. When you get a chance call me. |
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Wayne Morgan
From:
Rutledge, TN, USA
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Posted 22 Oct 2006 10:43 am
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Greg, you are a soalfull player, you could do all those great licks with a piece of re-bar. I have a BJS,, thought that would be the last bar I ever had to buy,, now this Hughey thingy got me thinking.
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Bill Stroud
From:
Dresden, Tennessee, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Oct 2006 7:02 am
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Hi Chuck, are you in on Mondays?
Let me know if you are.
Bill |
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Fred Shannon
From:
Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Oct 2006 7:57 am
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Hey, been 'chewin' on those BJS bars for a long time. Just got my new JH and love it. Dropped it on the concrete the first day I had it and you guessed it, NO SCRATCHES, DENTS, AND THE CHROME IS STILL ON IT!!! Nothing like giving it a "break test" early. Think I'll keep this one too.
Phred
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"From Truth, Justice is Born"--Quanah Parker-1904
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Bill Stroud
From:
Dresden, Tennessee, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Oct 2006 9:50 am
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Hi Fred,
I've heard a lot of players tell me the same thing, why do it always fall on concrete? Yes that is a test. Glad you like your new bar.
Don't slide pass the frets, they are smooth. As Jimmy Day use to say, smooth as silk on silk.
Thanks for using the BJS Bars,
Bill |
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B. Greg Jones
From:
Middleport, Ohio USA
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Posted 24 Oct 2006 7:11 pm
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Yes Bill, I am the one that Lee sent the JH bar too. Man what a great product and thanks for all you have done for us here in the steel guitar world!!!
Mike, you better come and see me and show me some new licks!!!!
Wayne, thanks for the nice compliment and come to think of it, you haven't made it to Renfro this year!!!! Whatsamatter??? Was my deodorant not working the last time??? LOL
Chuck, you wont regret getting one of these new bars. They are available in 12-string too (for that ZB when its done)!!!!
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Jim Thompson
From:
Washington, Pa. USA
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Posted 25 Oct 2006 1:56 am
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I got my BJS bar a couple of years ago and it's the only bar I use now. As a matter of fact I have 2 of them. Had to get one with my birthstone in it. It's the smoothest bar I have ever used.
I met Bill at the NTSGA Jam earlier this month.
You will be able to see and try all of Bill's bars at my Tri State Steel Show, Washington, PA, coming up in April, because Bill will be there playing for us, and will also have a display table.
Keep up the good work Bill.
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Zum U-12 8&6, Emmons p/p SD12U, Session 2000
John Hughey's biggest fan
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 25 Oct 2006 2:55 am
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Don't you guys have any rugs or carpeting in your houses? 
Why does everybody drop their bar on concrete right off the bat?
Is this some secret thing I'm missing out on? |
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Bill Stroud
From:
Dresden, Tennessee, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 26 Oct 2006 3:55 am
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Hi Greg,
Lee wants me to come up sometimes with him and hear you guys, maybe someday I can work that in my schedule.
Thanks to all that is using the Bars, if you ever have a problem let me know.
Thanks to all,
Bill
Chuck I will try and call you today.... |
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Bill Stroud
From:
Dresden, Tennessee, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Oct 2006 11:26 am
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Hey Chuck, maybe I can get a chance to bring you the bar Saturday of this week?
Will you be in this coming Saturday?
Looking froward to seeing you.
Thanks to all of you for your kind comments.
Your friend,
Bill |
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Nathan Delacretaz
From:
Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 30 Oct 2006 7:55 pm
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| Was changing strings a couple weeks ago and in the heat of the moment just started grabbing around in my gig bag for a bar...accidentally grabbed my first [stainless, no names please] bar instead of my BJS. I think I made it through 5 seconds of re-tuning and piddling before I recoiled in shock. |
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Kevin Hatton
From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 30 Oct 2006 8:09 pm
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| This would make a great BJS bar commercial. A steel player comes out of his house carrying his BJS bar. Suddenly, the bar squirts out of his hands and lands on the concrete driveway. The steel player gasps, leans down,picks up the BJS bar, takes a handkerchief out of his pocket and wipes it off and smiles confidently. The next scene shows the steel player playing away at his steel at the local venue. A man comes on and says "BJS Bars. You can drop 'em on a concrete driveway and they keep on slid'n!". [This message was edited by Kevin Hatton on 31 October 2006 at 08:25 AM.] |
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