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Topic: Is Jim Burden "Bullet Bars" Still In Business?? |
Jim Fogarty
From:
Phila, Pa, USA
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Posted 15 May 2019 11:35 am |
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Tried his website, but it seems to be hacked and no response to an email.
Anyone know if he's still making bars?
Thanks! |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 15 May 2019 11:56 am
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I can't confirm but I "heard" he had stopped due to material quality and cost.
He winters here in Florida and always came to out monthly steel jams, with bars for sale. But he didn't attend any jams this Winter. |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 15 May 2019 2:05 pm
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| Steven Welborn wrote: |
| I spoke with Jim today and he no longer makes tone bars. He said he had trouble finding quality steel, his equipment is wearing out, and taxes becoming too much of a burden. |
This is a post from Mar. 2019 FWIW. |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 15 May 2019 4:24 pm
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| Jim made excellent bars. |
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Bobby Nelson
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 16 May 2019 3:04 am
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| That's too bad. His was the first non-Dunlop bar I bought for my console. I really liked the conical indentation in the end of it. |
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Richard Sinkler
From:
aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 16 May 2019 7:04 am
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That is too bad. I have one of his 12 string bars that is my go-to bar, whether or not I play 10 string or 12 string guitars. Great bar. As good, and sometimes better than most.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Michael Johnstone
From:
Sylmar,Ca. USA
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Posted 17 May 2019 9:53 pm
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| I have a 4" x 15/16" 12 string bar he made me about 15 years ago and it's still my main bar. |
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