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Topic: Ya gotta try one of these Boyett glass bar |
Danny James
From:
Summerfield Florida USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2007 10:03 am |
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I just received the lead filled Red & Silver Boyett glass bar that I ordered from Gary and Jeff Boyett.
Naturally I couldn't wait to try it out.
I am really impressed. 
The sustain and tone, to me, are every bit as good or better than the chrome plated steel bar and the stainless bars I have been using.
To my old arthritic and dry hands this bar is a pleasure to use. It is much easier to hold on to and it just glides across the strings. 
Thanks Gary & Jeff.  |
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Craig Hawks
From:
North Ridgeville, Ohio, USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2007 6:27 pm
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| Do you have a link for their site? |
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Danny James
From:
Summerfield Florida USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2007 7:02 pm
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Craig,
You can go to Google-Then -
Boyett's glass bars video.
A Youtube video should then be available to you.
Or you can reach them at glassbars@msn.com |
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 12 Aug 2007 8:11 am Hummm....................
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Does that mean you now play a Boyett Glass Guitar or Hwaiian Glass Guitar?
I just wnat to get it right.......
When I was younger, plastic covered bars were the early rage. Looking back, they were easier to hold but they tended to mute the sound.
I remained with Stainless Steel every since. |
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Danny James
From:
Summerfield Florida USA
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Posted 12 Aug 2007 10:55 am
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" Boyett Glass Guitar or Hawaiian Glass Guitar?"
I too started out with the plastic covered bars while taking lessons at Harlin Bros. Hawaiian Guitar Studio in Indianapolis. I still have that old plastic covered bar from Harlins, and Ray, you are right it doesn't have much sustain. 
I have given this Boyett Glass Bar a very good try this morning and compared it in every way I can to my stainless & chrome bars.
It holds it's own in every way for tone and sustain, compared to all my other bars.
It is far superior as to my being able to hold on to it. My hands are dry and arthritic therefore being able to easily hold on to it is very important to me. 
I seriously really do like this bar a lot. |
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 12 Aug 2007 12:10 pm
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You can't deal with nicer guys! This is a class "A" company.
Bobbe Seymour |
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Gary Boyett
From:
Colorado/ Lives in Arizona
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Posted 14 Aug 2007 4:09 am
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Thanks Danny. I am glad you like the glass bar. It is always fun when someone appreciates what we do.
Thank you Bobbe for the kind words. It means a lot coming from you!
We continue to experiment with our bars to try to make them better each time.
If you want to send me a clip of you playing I will put it up on our myspace page:
MySpace |
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Danny James
From:
Summerfield Florida USA
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Posted 14 Aug 2007 6:26 am
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Gary,
I will be glad to send you a clip of my using a Boyett bar, but the best I can do is to send a cassette tape. I don't have good quality recording equipment.
We have a gig coming up this Fri. eve. at the club 50 in the Fair Oaks Mall in Columbus, Indiana. I will be using my new bar there. The more I use it the better I like it. |
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James Mayer
From:
back in Portland Oregon, USA (via Arkansas and London, UK)
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Posted 14 Aug 2007 6:54 am
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| I'm curious why more steel players don't use a dobro style bar? I use the Shubb-Pierce SP2 and it's very easy to grip. It has a bullet tip and is very easy to use on slants, not that it matters to me as my intonation on slants is crap. |
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Keith Cordell
From:
San Diego
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Posted 14 Aug 2007 11:40 am
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| I do too, James. The SP2 does a fine job but the traditional bar is the bullet. I have no interest in tradition, I use what works for me; I either use an SP2 or an old Elton Ergo bar made of brass for blues. With my carpal tunnel a bullet bar would be pretty dumb. |
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Greg Gefell
From:
Upstate NY
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Posted 16 Aug 2007 11:42 am
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| While we're on the topic of bars - has anyone located a source for bars made of a material that will decrease sustain? Certain songs I do would sound better if the notes died out more quickly than I get with my Schubb SP2 - plus it would be fun to experiment with the different tones that plastic, wood, glass, etc could provide. |
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Danny James
From:
Summerfield Florida USA
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Posted 16 Aug 2007 12:27 pm
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Cut off about 3" of your wife's broom handle.
It will make it sound like a cross between a banjo, a dobro, and a broom. 
Works for me, and not much sustain for sure.
It's fun to use when no one is expecting it. |
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Dan Sawyer
From:
Studio City, California, USA
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Posted 17 Aug 2007 4:10 pm
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| has anyone located a source for bars made of a material that will decrease sustain? |
Why not try a guitar bottleneck slide? not the heavy brass ones, but the lighter thin walled steel models. They should have a lot less sustain. |
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Danny James
From:
Summerfield Florida USA
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Posted 18 Aug 2007 6:49 am
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I think you can order a glass bar from Boyett that is hollow and not filled with anything, if you prefer to try one for a more muted sound, yet still great to hold on to.
You might want to give them a call and consider ordering one of each. One that is filled for great sustain, and one that is hollow for a more muted sound. You won't be sorry.
We just did a gig last evening and I used my new filled glass bar for the first time out. I wouldn't trade it for anything. |
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