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Topic: Bar Cup? |
Brian LeBlanc
From:
Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2008 4:55 pm |
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Anyone come up with a "cup" to catch the bar
ie, I switch between Guitar & standup C6 during a song
& want to make getting the bar a little easier..
and faster
thinking bolt-on to a single neck Remington
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Roger Palmer
From:
Rossendale, UK
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Posted 22 Dec 2008 5:06 pm
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| I saw Dave Gilmore use a pickup tray that was attached to the mic stand to put his bar on while he switched guitars...don't know where you would get one though! |
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Ray Langley
From:
Northern California, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2008 5:12 pm
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If you have a bar made of steel, stick a rare-earth magnet inside your shirt pocket. The magnet will hold your bar securily on the OUTSIDE of your pocket for easy retreival.
If this location is inconvenient, the magnet can be placed at the location of your choosing....... |
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Fred Bova
From:
Connecticut, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2008 8:37 pm Do not turn your Bar into a Magnet
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| If your Bar becomes a magnet it will cause "thumping" when near your pickup, and I'm not sure how it will affect the strings and how they are picked up by your pickup. Forget the Magnet, go with your Cup idea. |
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Ray Langley
From:
Northern California, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2008 9:33 pm
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| Thanks Fred..... makes sense. Lap Theremin anyone? |
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Don Kona Woods
From:
Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 22 Dec 2008 10:55 pm
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Howsabout a bar net. It is noiseless. 
Merry Christmas, 
Don |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 23 Dec 2008 1:40 am
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here's a nice one from a ebayer in Calif
he stopped makin' them & i still have a few
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Charley Wilder
From:
Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2008 7:42 am
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| I used to stick my bar between my belt and pants on my left side when I stood up and played steel and lead. It was a Stevens so it worked fine. If you use one of those big heavy things it could end up on the floor I suppose. |
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 23 Dec 2008 8:11 am
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I have one of the units like Steiner has for my pedal steel. For lap steel I use a Shubb/Pearse bar which is normally used for a Dobro but it just lays flat so I just lay it right on the guitar, it can't roll off. I had a small round bar made by Dunlop for lap steel but the tone of the Shubb is better so I started using that.........JH in Va.
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Jim Konrad
From:
The Great Black Swamp USA
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Brian LeBlanc
From:
Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2008 12:52 pm thinking different
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- don't like those leg-mounted ones
- fine if your sitting at the steel
- thinking something easier to hit & pickup while
left hand "in motion"
- I use a regular bullet
...eg, a padded ash-tray
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 23 Dec 2008 4:41 pm
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oh wait, you said....cup.......  |
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Brian LeBlanc
From:
Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2008 4:52 pm Yeah- I said Cup
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Yeah- I said CUP
& NO - I DON'T WANT TO SEE THE PIC!
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Gary Boyett
From:
Colorado/ Lives in Arizona
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Posted 23 Dec 2008 4:53 pm
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| HowardR wrote: |
oh wait, you said....cup....... |
Oh no, Lord only knows what Howard is going to show next... |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 23 Dec 2008 6:11 pm Re: Bar Cup?
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| Brian LeBlanc wrote: |
| ...I switch between Guitar & standup C6 during a song... |
There's your problem. If you use a double-necked instrument you just leave the bar between the necks.  |
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 23 Dec 2008 6:16 pm
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| Gary Boyett wrote: |
Oh no, Lord only knows what Howard is going to show next... |
Gary, this is a family forum.......well, sometimes Manson Family,......but I'll refrain..... |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 24 Dec 2008 3:21 pm
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Hang it on a string inside the front of your trousers. You might even get some appreciative winks from the girls. But don't hang the string inside the back of your trousers or the audience will start throwing things.  |
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