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Topic: Review: The New Red Rajah Tone Bar |
Rick Aiello
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Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 5 Jul 2007 12:25 pm |
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In the immortal words of Jed Clampett:
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| Weeeeelllll Doggies |
Chuck B. was kind enough to send me another 2 3/4" x 3/4" ... new style Red Rajah ... after the one he sent awhile back apparently was hijacked by a crazed steel zealot 
Here it is ... next to one of my virginal RRs that I have stashed away ...
It's smoother, faster, harder and handsome-er that its ancestor and its sibling (The Phoenix).
Now that I'm a tad more knowledgeable about the power coating process ...
I can fully appreciate how Mr. Brattain has been able to continually "upgraded" his products ...
Thanks a-million ... this rascal is really somethin'
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Les Anderson
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The Great White North
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Posted 5 Jul 2007 12:33 pm
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What are these bars like for playing in cooler weather?
My bullet nose chrome bar is a nightmare to try and hang onto when playing outside in cooler temps. I always resort to my Stevens bar. |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 5 Jul 2007 3:15 pm
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I get those "winter slipperys" up here in Va.
Never had that issue in South Florida ...
Yep, the powder coating really does help ... that and a smidgen of bees wax ...
Just a tad ... too much is counterproductive ...
I discovered the bee's wax accidentally ... while waterproofing my Sorels ... |
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Gary Lynch
From:
Creston, California, USA
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Posted 5 Jul 2007 3:31 pm
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Does anyone build a bar with a super slippery and durable coating that is shaped like the Shubb SP-2 with rounded nose?
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 5 Jul 2007 3:49 pm
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Not yet, although Tribo-Tone claims they're looking into doing such a bar.
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Les Anderson
From:
The Great White North
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Posted 5 Jul 2007 4:01 pm
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| Rick Aiello wrote: |
Yep, the powder coating really does help ... that and a smidgen of bees wax ...
Just a tad ... too much is counterproductive ...
I discovered the bee's wax accidentally ... while waterproofing my Sorels ... |
Bees wax? What happens if you are in the habit of rolling the bar in your hands (like I do)? Doesn't the wax build up on the string? We have 5 hives in our back yard but never thought of using the wax on a steel guitar bar.  |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 6 Jul 2007 4:44 am
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I apologize ... I should have been more specific.
The beeswax ... I just touch it with my thumb, index and middle fingertips on my bar hand ...
Then kinda rub it around ... and then wipe off ...
Just enough to put a micro-thin layer on the fingers ...
There's not enough there to get on the bar, really ... let alone the strings.
I bought this waterproofing stuff for boots ... Sno-Seal ... when we first moved to the Blue Ridge.
http://www.atsko.com/snoseal.html
After doing my wifes and my Sorels, in anticipation of a big snow storm ...
I washed my hands with soap/water ... and later picked up my Dunlop JB bar (which had been very hard to handle) ...
It was my first time in snow and cold (at 42 yrs old) ... and I wasn't happy at all with the toll that the cold, dry air was taking on my hands/playing.
Well, after doing the boots ... I was slantin' up a storm ...
I still have the original jar ... and put a wad of it in a little 35mm film canister.
Right out of the jar ... its very moist ... but after a few days in the film cannister ... it sets up abit.
Then before playing ... I just reach in ... touch the surface ... rub the fingers together ... and then wipe them off on my pants ... 
Never had any "winter slipperys" since ...  |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 8 Jul 2007 11:15 am
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Back to the subject ...
All I can say ... after a few days with this rascal ... is ...
If you ever enjoyed one of Chuck's powder coated bars before ... and left it for one reason or another ...
You owe it to yourself to try this one ... |
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